Articles filed under Giving Garden
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Bring your produce to our partyAug 26, 2002 11:00 pm - We've known since Day One of the Daily Herald's Plant a Row for the Hungry campaign that our readers and area gardeners are top-notch. In four years, you've dropped off ...
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Harvest in the ParkAug 26, 2002 11:00 pm - Bring produce donations, gardening questions, and even pesky bugs to identify. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Friendship Park Conservatory at 395 Algonquin Road, Des Pla...
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'Surprise Gardener' specializes in planting with styleAug 26, 2002 11:00 pm - If Susie Coelho doesn't inspire you to add some style to the edibles you're growing, no one will. Coelho, host of "Surprise Gardener" on HGTV, will speak at Harvest in t...
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Museum farm feeds hungryAug 24, 2002 11:00 pm - Vegetables grown in Elk Grove Village's farmhouse museum made the rounds in years past. Members of the Elk Grove Garden Club who cultivated the plot took some home, they...
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Gardener rallies co-workers to Plant a RowAug 03, 2002 11:00 pm - Rudy Viereckl just wasn't getting enough quality time with his plants. He worked on experimental flowers all day, tended a home garden at night, but still, felt the need...
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Fresh vegetables full of nutrientsJul 13, 2002 11:00 pm - When it comes to fresh, nutritious fruits and vegetables, there are few poor nutritional choices. Some selections, though, are better options for delivery to food pantr...
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Master gardeners' expertise yields resultsJul 13, 2002 11:00 pm - Rows of tomatoes, lettuce, green beans and carrots seem a little out of place among the numerous floral beds at Friendship Park Conservatory. But that very fact draws v...
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Students get serious about helping their neighbors in Plant a Row campaignJun 16, 2002 11:00 pm - Muddy little hands, dirt covered knees and a virtual symphony of children's laughter surrounded the neatly spaced rows of dirt. Among the smiles, though, was a seriousn...
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No dirt? No sun? No problem!Jul 31, 2001 11:00 pm - The odds were stacked against the Congregational Church of Batavia. It is, after all, a little difficult to have a garden without dirt. Or sun. Or gardeners. But Diane...
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His love of gardening is rooted in feeding the hungryJul 31, 2001 11:00 pm - Larry Grabowski "did his own thing" for years when it came to spreading around the extra zucchini his garden invariably produced. No, he didn't leave them on neighbors'...