Chicago Botanic Garden Unveils New Plant

The Chicago Botanic Garden, along with the Morton Arboretum and the Ornamental Grower’s Association, will introduce three new plants at the Mid-American Horticultural Show this January.

Glencoe’s own Chicago Botanic Garden, in collaboration with the Morton Arboretum and the Ornamental Grower’s Association, will introduce three new plants – the Forever Pink Phlox, the Beijing Gold Peking Tree Lilac and the Crescendo Sugar Maple – at the Mid-American Horticultural Show in mid-January.  “All of the breeding that I do is in the ground [at the Botanic Garden], so I’m truly selecting plants that will work in the ground in northern Illinois,” said Dr. Jim Ault, Director of Ornamental Plant Research, who developed the Forever Pink Phlox. Ault has his bachelor’s, master’s and PhD in botany, but has been doing horticulture for 25 years and “hasn’t looked back once.” He’s been at the Chicago Botanic Garden for 18 years. Years of …

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Last Winter Farmers Market this Sunday

Chicago Botanic Garden will be hosting the last Winter Farmers Markets this year on Sunday in the center's Garden View Room.

Farmer’s Market Season Continues Through Winter at Chicago Botanic Garden

Farmers’ Markets will take place on the first and third Sundays of November and December.

  Information provided by Chicago Botanic Garden.  The weather’s turned cool but that doesn’t have to mean an end to farmers’ market season. Chicago Botanic Garden is simply moving the market indoors! For the fifth straight season, Chicago Botanic Garden will hold farmers’ markets through winter, with vendors setting up shop in the Garden View Room of the Visitor Center. Participating vendors, such as the Chicago Botanic Garden’s Windy City Harvest will sell seasonal produce, honey, herbs, breads, pottery and more. Farmers’ Markets will take place on the first and third Sundays of November and December. Admission to the Chicago Botanic Garden is free. Select event fees apply. Parking is $20 per car; free for Garden members. For information…

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Chicago Botanic Garden Wins Award for its Green Roof

The green roof in Glencoe is both a display garden and a scientific resource.

The green roof garden at Chicago Botanic Garden in Glencoe recently received the 2012 Award of Excellence from Green Roofs for Healthy Cities.  The 16,000-square foot green roof at the Rice Plant Conservation Science Center serves both as a display garden for visitors, but also as scientific resource according to the Toronto-based company’s website.  A Northwestern doctoral candidate for plant biology and conservation is currently using the green roof to study if they can support native plants and how wildlife pollinates them, according to Medill Reports Chicago.  Kelly Ksiazek told Medill Reports Chicago that native plants grown on rooftops fair just as well as their counterparts on the ground, adding that green roofs could be habitats …

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Enjoy Weeknights at Botanic Garden

Chicago Botanic Garden in Glencoe has events each weekday night through the summer, including farm dinners, entertainment and musical performances for the whole family.

Chicago Botanic Garden in Glencoe is offering a variety of events to be enjoyed each weekday night throughout the summer.   The events, held Monday through Thursday evenings, include picnics on the lawn, live blues and jazz, entertainment for the kids, Farm Dinners and music you can dance to. Carillon Concerts by the Water-Mondays Musical performances with carillon bells by Carillonneurs from around the world can be enjoyed Mondays at 7 p.m. through September 3. The 45-minute performances are on the 48 bells of the Theodore C. Butz Memorial Carillon.  Tours and demonstrations are held every 15 minutes from 5:30 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. Picnics on the lawn are welcome.  Music on the Esplanade-Tuesdays Live music including Spanish guitar, jazz …

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Photo Gallery: Dusk Falls in Glencoe

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Riverwoods resident Stephen M. Levin loves photographing communities throughout the North Shore. He took this series of photos on May 10 as he was visiting various spots throughout Glencoe at dusk. He also sent Patch two lovely shots he took at the Chicago Botanic Garden. Patch loves getting photo submissions from readers. You can share your images or even videos of Winnetka, Glencoe or Northfield by submitting them to our Pics & Clips gallery. For more local news and photos follow us on Facebook.

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Here's Who Makes That Salad

Last week's salad with mixed berries, walnuts and a side of couscous was produced by the cafe in the Chicago Botanic Garden.

Laurey Tussing correctly guessed that the lunch shown in last week's "Guess the Food" contest came from the Chicago Botanic Garden's cafe in Glencoe. If you've been to the Garden Cafe, consider leaving a review on its business listing. It's open most days from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Earlier: Guess the Food and Win Lunch Everyone's invited to play Guess the Food again this week. All you have to do is look at the photo and make your guess in the comments section.  Don't miss the free food giveaways! Subscribe to Winnetka-Glencoe Patch for local news, events and happenings. It's free.

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Chicago Botantic Garden President Speaks to Sold-Out Crowd

The first Women’s Business Luncheon at the Winnetka Community House brought in more than 120 people last week.

The following is a press release sent out by Chicago’s North Shore Convention and Visitors Bureau. Here is the press release in full: Chicago’s North Shore Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Winnetka Chamber of Commerce co-hosted their first Women’s Business Luncheon where Keynote Speaker Sophia Siskel, President and CEO of the Chicago Botanic Garden spoke to a sold-out crowd.  Over 120 people attended the event held at the Winnetka Community House.  In addition to Winnetka business professionals, women from many North Shore communities  networked and gained insight from Ms. Siskel’s presentation which highlighted the benefits to the community of having a world-class botanic garden in our region and the people, from two to 92 who …

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Local Gardeners 'Go Native'

The authors of “The Midwestern Native Garden” are hosting presentations and signings in Wilmette, Winnetka and Glencoe.

It was the lack of butterflies that made Charlotte Adelman realize there was something wrong with her garden. It was populated by beautiful exotic flowers like Chinese day lilies, but her flora failed to attract any fauna. “There they sit doing nothing but being visual,” said Adelman, who lives in Wilmette. “I noticed where there’s native plants they’ll always have bees buzzing around and they’ll be attracting butterflies, so I started working on the idea of having native plants in my own garden.” Along with her husband Bernard Schwartz, Adelman is hosting a series of local discussions and book signings. You can see them at 7 p.m. April 19 at Round Table Books in Winnetka, 10 a.m. April 21 at the Wilmette Public Library and 1:30 p.m. May …

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Last Chance: Summit at Chicago Botantic Garden This Weekend

Our new 'Last Chance' feature lets you know about important upcoming deadlines.

Readers with green thumbs, take note: Chicago Botanic Garden's "Eco-friendly Lawn & Landscape Summit" takes place this weekend. With one day for professionals and one day for amateurs, the summit will tackle issues concerning eco-friendly lawn and landscape care. The recent heat wave has plenty of people questioning the impact for their verdant gardens and lawnscapes. Organizers say now's the time to grab your tickets: $75 for the first day and $40 for the second day. Find more information about the summit in our event calendar. Know about an important deadline coming up? Tell us in the comments, or email carrie.porter@patch.com. You can also post your own event or announcement for everyone to see.

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