Above is Michael Jesiolowski from the Chicago Botanic Garden. Michael gave an inspirational talk last night on the “Handsome Harvest” which featured many plants that provide edibility (and ornamentality!). We …
Today was excellent weather and the progress was monumental. We had an excellent turnout of volunteers and were able to plant in five areas and do some serious weeding …
The weather was unseasonably cool today and in the mid 70 degrees F. No one was complaining though as it was perfect working weather with a nice mix of clouds …
The cart seen above is one of three that I loaded up today to head in to the gardens. We are 87.4% planted right now with a couple areas and …
My blog title refers to the fact that we had to do A LOT of watering today to make up for the lack of recent precipitation and the increasing heat! …
We had hoped for more rain today and while up to 1″ of precipitation was predicted…we only received 1/10″ or so. It was overcast most of the day but …
Today was another sunny day with a cool morning and a warm (85 degrees F) afternoon. Our grounds staff kept busy throughout the day and our volunteers continue to be …
Today ended up being another hot one with temperatures tickling the 90 degrees F mark. We were all pretty beat by the end of the day but we have …
We had a nice warm Saturday morning for the last of our six sequential Volunteer Work Days. We had about 20 volunteers show up to plant over six areas! Big …