… Production department's nursery supervisor. Many of the Garden's more unique and difficult-to-source plants are grown in the nursery. Raue started working at the Garden in 1986, as a … Following her internship, in the next seven years, Raue worked as a horticulturist for the Farwell Landscape Garden, Native Plant Garden, Graham Bulb Garden, and Aquatic Garden. She transferred to Plant Production as a grower for indoor floriculture in 1996 and then to the nursery as a …
Type: Staff bio
… An edible orchid in an ice sphere adorns a cocktail from chef Daniel Boulud, marthastewart.com Why, yes, that's an orchid in my cocktail Noted French chef Daniel Boulud paired with a mixologist to come up with a white cosmopolitan recipe that calls for elderflower liqueur and a frozen orchid sphere. The “aromatic” Platanthera obtusata. Photo by …
Type: Blog
… Chicago Botanic Garden. Or in the intimate spaces of our Thomas English Walled Garden . Want to experience a sense of the show’s dreamy romance? Inside the English Walled Garden, past the … hand-pressed brick walls, you’ll feel like you’re stepping back in time—maybe, in fact, back to the Regency period, when most of Bridgerton (along with the Jane Austen novels) takes place. … or passionflower. On Bridgerton , masses of lush wisteria are twining everywhere—a metaphor for all of the romantic entanglements? Artistic license? No judgments. But alas, senior …
Type: Blog
… and flushing out the salts. If you live in an area with very hard water, you might want to water your plants with distilled water. …
Type: Plant Info
… a sheltered location, or as part of a moist understory planting or shady border. It will grow to about five feet tall and wide. It is not hardy in Chicago and must either be brought indoors, …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… suckers and can naturalize in woodlands and in damp areas along ponds or streams in full sun to part shade. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… ficoidea , known as Joseph’s coat, calico leaf or parrotleaf, is a tropical perennial used to fill in the blanks in a floral tapestry. Rarely grown as individual plants but in crowds, they …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… can continue from May until November. As the petals fall, the tiny coral-pink calyxes continue to provide color. The foliage becomes burgundy in late fall and persists well into winter—it is …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… sharing that research with wider audiences. She creates visual-forward science communication to take the vital lawn alternative research and make it something that people can easily …
Type: Staff bio
… There are approximately 40 recognized species of dahlia, which are native from Mexico to Colombia, and thousands of cultivated varieties. 'Dazzling Sun' comes from the Netherlands and …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
