Orchid Oasis at the Chicago Botanic Garden
Stop and smell the orchids at the Chicago Botanic Garden’s Orchid Show.
Stop and smell the orchids at the Chicago Botanic Garden’s Orchid Show.
Kitchen container gardens are easy to plant, fun to tend and fabulous to use.
Are you planning next year’s garden or just dreaming of spring color?
That strange noise? It’s called silence. Those few blessed hours between the school bus pickup and dropoff. And now that they’re here, you may find yourself in the position of having or needing to fill them. Here are several suggestions that will at least get you brainstorming: Exercise Are you having a hard time committing […]
Just because summer is over doesn’t mean it’s time to let your garden go. There are still many great things you can do in your garden throughout fall. Rearrange your garden – Early fall is a good time to rearrange your gardens. Take advantage of plant sales, and divide and transplant overgrown and underperforming perennials. […]
George and Sylva Cardenas of Highland Park share their garden retreat with Make It Better. George and Syliva Cardenas have been landscaping North Shore homes since they founded George Cardenas Landscape Design in Highland Park in 1976. Although running the business keeps the couple busy, they carve out time to maintain their own garden retreat […]
Climate change or not, this summer has been a challenge for any gardener. With the heat and heavy rains, most of our landscapes look overgrown and tired. We turned to two local landscape experts for their advice on how to keep your garden not just growing, but glowing this August. For starters, both Anne Flannery, […]
This year’s Antiques & Garden Fair at the Chicago Botanic Garden had wonderful displays, (Hellebores and Euphorbias will be popular in gardens this year) and lots of beautiful antique accessories for the garden and home.
Many people want to do the right thing for their gardens.
Now that the snow has finally melted, check the woody stemmed plants for damage from critters.