Articles filed under Gardening
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Green infrastructure flood prevention training is a natural solution for natural disastersAug 23, 2024 10:58 pm - When floods happen, communities are forever changed. University of Illinois Extension is rising to meet the challenge by developing a program that trains municipalities how to maintain nature-based solutions that supplement their stormwater infrastructure.
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Shop the Mum Sale at the COD Greenhouse Sept. 11-12Aug 23, 2024 4:26 pm - The College of DuPage Horticulture program’s annual fall mum sale will be Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 11-12, at the COD Greenhouse.
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Beautify your yard and support local wildlife with the 2024 Glen Ellyn Native Tree & Shrub SaleAug 21, 2024 8:59 pm - The Glen Ellyn Park District, in partnership with The Conservation Foundation and the Glen Ellyn Environmental Commission, is hosting the 2024 Glen Ellyn Native Tree & S...
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Hackmatack Monarch Coalition hosts Monarch Fair for families Aug. 11Aug 07, 2024 12:41 am - Learn how to help pollinators at the ninth Monarch Fair, hosted by the Hackmatack Monarch Coalition, on Sunday, Aug. 11, in Crystal Lake.
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These plants wait their whole lives to bloom once. It’s usually spectacularAug 01, 2024 5:45 am - Monocarpics spend their whole lives growing to provide a single, swan-song bloom before dying. That once-in-a-lifetime bloom is often spectacular. Some examples are century plants, American columbo, fishtail palms, bamboo, bananas, and hens and chicks.
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Green Garden Mama and GardenWorks Project to host fall gardening workshop at Morton ArboretumJul 24, 2024 11:37 pm - On Thursday, Aug. 8, the GardenWorks Project and the Morton Arboretum are partnering for an enlightening workshop, “Productive, Beautiful Fall Gardens, with the Green Garden Mama.”
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Black flowers, sad statues: Gardens are going gothJul 23, 2024 8:55 pm - A combination of a new generation of gardeners and new horticulture breeding technology has created new trend, goth gardening, which incorporates some new dark-hued plants and blooms.
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‘It takes an army of volunteers’: How Geneva Beautification Committee brightens up the cityJul 19, 2024 4:30 am - Visitors driving or walking through downtown Geneva are likely to take notice of the gorgeous plantings on display on most street corners.
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Cress Creek Garden Club of Naperville awards 7 scholarshipsJul 18, 2024 4:40 pm - The Cress Creek Garden Club of Naperville held their annual scholarship luncheon on Friday, June 14. The club awarded $20,000 to seven recipients.
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Orders are open for Land Conservancy of McHenry County’s Fall Native Plant SaleJul 18, 2024 2:23 pm - The Land Conservancy of McHenry County has native plants, shrubs and trees available for pre-order now through Aug. 14 during its Fall Sustainability Sale.