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Finish pruning up your trees and shrubs this weekApr 02, 2025 1:56 pm - If you haven’t done it yet, it’s time to finish up the pruning of shrubs and trees, as it’s best to do it before spring growth starts. An expert offers some tips, and explains why you shouldn’t just hack it off at the trunk.
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Home & garden calendar, April 6-12Apr 02, 2025 1:03 am - Pressed flowers, dahlias, dragonflies, plant sales and more.
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Cuttings prepped now will be ready for spring plantingMar 25, 2025 11:20 pm - If you kept a coleus as a houseplant over winter, you can still start cuttings for transplanting to the garden.
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Home & garden calendar, March 30-April 5Mar 25, 2025 9:41 pm - Garden club meetings, plant sales and more.
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Spotlight: Edge of the Wood Theatre opens with Theresa Rebeck’s ‘Bernhardt/Hamlet’Mar 24, 2025 3:22 pm - An actress becomes “Hamlet” in Edge of the Wood’s “Bernhardt/Hamlet,” a woman answers a stranger’s cellphone in MadKap Productions’ “Dead Man’s Cell Phone,” and a grandmother and granddaughter jump into action in Filament Theatre’s “Hannah and Halmoni Save the World.”
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Warm days of spring awaken earnest gardenersMar 18, 2025 8:54 pm - It’s March so it’s time for gardeners to get busy — check for perennials that may have been nudged from the ground during the freeze-thaw cycle, finish up your pruning and get your vegetable seeds started.
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Home & garden calendar, March 23-29Mar 18, 2025 8:14 pm - Garden club meetings, plant sales, grafting and more.
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Spring is popping up all over, in the form of early bulbsMar 11, 2025 7:02 pm - It is starting to feel like spring in the Chicago area. During periods of warm weather, early bulbs might begin sprouting, especially those planted with a southern exposure, close to a house or garage.
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On stage for spring: New, new-to-Chicago plays and musicalsMar 08, 2025 10:43 pm - Suburban and city theater fans looking for a new or a new-to-Chicago show have plenty to choose from this spring. Here are a dozen mostly new shows for spring.
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A guide for creating a bird-friendly gardenMar 05, 2025 3:10 am - It takes more than feeders, birdhouses and a birdbath along with some flowers for a truly bird-friendly garden. Birds need a complete habitat that includes food, shelter, nesting areas and perching spots.