On Chicago’s northwest side in the Irving Park neighborhood is Kilbourn Park organic greenhouse. I first learned about the greenhouse while doing my Master Gardner’s …
Volunteering at Kilbourn Park Greenhouse, Chicago
March 2015
Crocus
How I love to see the first flowers after a white and grey winter. Looking back at old garden pictures this past weekend, I could …
Spring is arriving!
I can’t believe it! Finally, the snow is melting! The ground is showing (often with lots of melted dog poop, but it is showing). I …
Plant Verbenia bonariensis with Care
I have greatly admired Verbena bornariensis since I spotted it at the Chicago Botanic Garden last summer. It’s a wispy tall plant with fragrant purple …