… London high society. Nope, we’re too busy looking at the wisteria . The show is based on the popular series of novels by bestselling author Julia Quinn. With all of its … 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 … plant stand by the blue gate. And don’t forget one of the prettiest seats at the Garden, the site of (wink, wink) many marriage proposals. Just past the pergola of white wisteria, you’ll see …
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… magenta blooms of Linaria ‘Enchantment’, which looks like a mini-snapdragon. Whatever it takes to get you to stop and feel spring in the Buehler Enabling Garden. People sometimes walk right by the brick … therapy garden. She likes to surprise them. “The Buehler Enabling Garden in spring is all about happiness!” she said. “I plant flowers that are colorful and scented, even a bit …
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… One of our favorite insects at the Chicago Botanic Garden is the praying mantis. So we were very excited to obtain an egg case earlier this spring. We decided to keep it indoors so we could watch it hatch, and then release the newly hatched insects into …
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… Louis Foundation Green Roof Garden North Bernice E. Lavin Plant Evaluation Garden Ayse Pogue is the senior horticulturist for the Malott Japanese Garden. She is also responsible for … Evaluation Garden and the Children's Outdoor Classroom. Two years later, she was promoted to horticulturist in the Dwarf Conifer Garden and the Waterfall Garden, and then to her current position. Inspired by her work at the Garden, Pogue decided to continue her formal …
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… recently named the next ten years the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, stressing that now is the time to focus on rebuilding, revitalizing, and restoring degraded lands around the world if we want a … representative has signed on here . For more information, visit: https://botanybill.weebly.com/ …
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… (GCNA) carillonneur examination. Later that year, she was awarded a grant from the GCNA to premiére an original carillon composition. In August 2023, she performed during the World …
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… harvests of fruit, nuts, herbs, and more in creative—and delicious—style. We asked our staff to share their handmade gift ideas, and their responses were so creative that we knew you’d say, … all black-and-white and gorgeous, at the suburban farm where she lives. She’s saving the four to six eggs she gets every day and handing them out as precious gifts, perfectly presented in a … With care, amaryllis will repeat the show next year. This long-lasting pink and coral beauty is Hippeastrum ‘Amalfi’. Amaryllis ( Hippeastrum ‘Amalfi’) make great “repeat” gifts. A Tiny …
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… fascinated with Beatrix Potter, the creator of The Tale of Peter Rabbit. I remember wanting to visit Hill Top Farm, Potter’s home, after finding a photo of children reading by the fireplace … Society—which had a few assumptions about women and their research. Beatrix’s full name is Helen Beatrix Potter . She shares her first name with her mother, Helen Leech Potter, who was … some of her drawings H.B.P. It was summer forays from the Potters’ London family home—first to Dalguise House in Perthshire, Scotland, and later England’s Lake District—that inspired …
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… In other seasons, people tend to breeze right by conifers in favor of, say, roses that scent summer evenings or crabapple trees … the plants that shine. Recently, we ran a blog about cultivating awe on winter walks, on how to shift your energy and attention outward instead of inward for emotional well-being. One easy way to do that at the Chicago Botanic Garden or anywhere you walk is to seek out the company of evergreens. That includes most conifers, which are plants that …
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… It’s been another fantastic season at Butterflies & Blooms at the Chicago Botanic Garden. This is my second year working at Butterflies & Blooms, and I think it’s looking better than ever. The … big, hairy atlas moth cocoons, and I was a little concerned about whether they would have time to emerge before we have to shut our doors for the season. When I came into the pupae chamber a few days after they …
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