Just as I have been in over my head in Swiss Chard, I happened upon my May issue of Yoga Journal and it’s green miso soup recipe! Ingredients 2 tbsp grapeseed oil 1 cup thinly sliced onion 4 cups veggie broth or water 4 cups chopped chard leaves 3 tbsp of white or yellow miso [...]
Lincoln Park Zoo is offering a Native and Prairie Plants of the Midwest: Advanced Class. August 3rd, 10th, and 17th 9:30-11:30 am $125 ($106 for zoo members)
I was biking through Logan Square this weekend and happened upon a community garden at the corner of Altgeld and Sawyer. The plots are a group effort of folks rather than individual beds. Plants are grown for food and dyeing purposes. Awesome. If you are interested in helping in the team effort, email altgeld.sawyer.farm@gmail.com or [...]
Come and join a soup and bread benefit for the Garfield Park Conservatory at the Hideout. This past week’s hail storm broke about 50% of it’s all glass structure. Some rooms and the outside gardens are accessible to the public as of Sunday, July 3rd, but the repair of this historic site will be expensive. [...]
Last night Chicago got hail. A serious storm, Garfield Park Conservatory is closed indefinitely because of safety and the amount of glass broken. Personally, I saw ping pong size, but pictures have shown up to handful size. Amazing is one word for it, and destructive is another. What do you do when hail falls on [...]
Visit the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum. You won’t be disappointed. Part of the University of Minnesota, it is home to wild and landscaped gardens alike. With 12.5 miles of trails, there’s hardly enough time in one visit. My family and I walked through the gardens closest to the main building, and then drove the 3 mile [...]
7th Annual Spring Bonsai Show May 21 -22, 2011 A newer tradition for the Midwest Bonsai Society is their Spring Show. Displays of member trees Courtyard of vendors Demonstrations The Spring Show is held in the Burnstein Hall of the newly remodeled Regenstein Center at the Chicago Botanic Garden, and its timing corresponds with the [...]
I saw this on my bike ride down California Ave (between Division and Chicago) just yesterday and thought to myself, “that’s great the the Norwegian Hospital is putting in a garden.” But low and behold, it’s a community garden with plans for about 100 plots!!! Take a look at their blog, join them if you [...]
Paseo Prairie Plant Sale Perennials, many native, and a fair selection of annual vegetables and flowers will be on sale from 10am-3pm on both Saturday, May 7th, and Sunday, May 8th, at the Paseo Prairie Garden in Logan Square, located at the southwest corner of Kedzie and Milwaukee (the entrance to the Logan Square blue [...]
May 7th and 8th, 10am-4pm. Wicker Park Plant Sale! LOCATION: Wicker Park 1425 N. Damen, Chicago, IL 60622 RAIN OR SHINE: West Side of Wicker Park Field House or Inside Gym if Raining CASH OR CHECKS Accepted No Admission Charge to Plant Sale