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A kaleidoscope of oddball tomatoes to try as seed-starting season nears

By JESSICA DAMIANO
Feb 17, 2026 4:55 pm - Seed-starting time is right around the corner, and that means it’s time to think about tomatoes. There’s a whole kaleidoscope of tomatoes you can grow in your garden.
Tips on composting to improve garden soil and starting seeds for annuals

By Tim Johnson, Chicago Botanic Garden
Feb 17, 2026 2:21 pm - Chicago Botanic Garden director Tim Johnson shares tips on composting to improve garden soil and starting seeds for slow-growing annuals.
How to choose and care for cut flowers

By Tim Johnson, Chicago Botanic Garden
Feb 10, 2026 4:07 pm - Valentine’s Day is coming, and cut flowers make a great gift for your special person.
‘Everyone’s tired of winter’: Chicago Botanic Garden’s annual orchid show offers a colorful escape

By ERIN HOOLEY
Feb 10, 2026 3:52 pm - Outside it’s cold, but it’s warm — and colorful — inside at the Chicago Botanic Garden’s 12th annual orchid show. This year’s theme is “Feelin’ Groovy.”
Home & garden calendar, Feb. 15-22

Feb 10, 2026 3:03 pm - Upcoming gardening club meetings and events in the Chicago suburbs, covering topics like houseplants, nature journaling, and more.
The first bloom of the year is here, even if it’s buried in snow

By Ashley Stimpson
Feb 10, 2026 1:23 pm - The first wildflower of the year is already blooming — even if it is still covered in snow. The spiky shoots of the eastern skunk cabbage poke through the mud in mid-January, months before other plants begin to wake up.
Backyard vegetable gardens are healthy for people and the planet. Here's how to start yours

By CALEIGH WELLS
Feb 10, 2026 12:22 pm - It doesn't get more local, organic and in-season than a backyard vegetable garden.
The case for keeping your garden dark at night

By Kate Morgan
Feb 10, 2026 12:16 pm - Artificial outdoor lighting negatively affects insects, birds, bats and other small mammals, and it can even make the plants in your garden less productive.
Snow protects your garden beds. Trees might need some help

By JESSICA DAMIANO
Feb 10, 2026 11:51 am - Shoveling in single-digit temperatures after a colossal winter storm, I dumped mounds of snow onto my garden beds, knowing it would protect my trees, shrubs and dormant perennials.
Record cold has fireplaces working overtime. Should those ashes be put to use in the garden?

By JESSICA DAMIANO
Feb 10, 2026 11:44 am - With record cold gripping much of North America this winter, many who find themselves with an abundance of fireplace ashes are wondering whether they can use them in the garden.

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