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In the highly recommended department… Today is the day for a walk in the freshly fallen snow. We got to Busse before anyone else. Peaceful and Pristine. The woods that is. We were more like Nanook and Nanookette. . . . → Read More: Take A Hike In The New-Fallen Snow I’ve been going through my recent photos, and I was struck by the vibrant colors that autumn brings. The explosion of color vibrated through each photo, from the last of the dahlias, to each supposedly last bike ride I’ve taken for the year, to the last of the leaves now flittering down. This autumn, color . . . → Read More: The Colors of Autumn Morton Arboretum’s Illuminations isn’t your typical Christmas light show. No ho ho ho Santa. No Candy Cane Lane. No lighted dancing elves, plastic snowmen, Snoopy decked out for the holiday, or toy soldiers. No reason to go then? Not so! Illuminations is a sensory treat you don’t want to miss. It’s this… And this… . . . → Read More: Morton Arboretum Illuminations – So Much More Than You Would Expect It’s a cold winter Chicago day and I’ve got zinnias, black-eyed Susans and lettuce. I do. I really do. Here they are, just tiny seeds for now, but that’s about the best I’ve got at home with this year’s ice and snow and cold. I’m especially happy to have the zinnia seeds. In . . . → Read More: Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – Fly Me Away Field Trip! I was in Milwaukee for a business trip, which of course means you get to see pictures of a garden I visited. Writing for you gives me a reason to visit gardens when I’m out of town (as if I need a reason). If you want to get picky about it, Boerner is . . . → Read More: Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – What’s Blooming at Boerner? A sneak preview of Nashville Indiana, an oh so cute town filled with oh so many flowers and oh so cute stores filled with oh so cute things. I’ll let their seating areas tell the story for now. More to follow, in particular since the Brown County Garden Club has a Secret Garden Walk on . . . → Read More: Sneak Preview – Flower Filled Oh So Cute Nashville, IN Bill Kurtis drove me around his garden on a golf cart. Boy was I surprised. I figured the kind person offering to chauffeur us around Bill Kurtis’s garden was one of the workers. Actually, it was one of the workers – the one who just happened to be Bill Kurtis himself. That moment was just . . . → Read More: Zone 5 – Favorites On The 5th – Open Days Program Session after session after session after session. As the On-Site Seminar Manager for the Chicago Flower & Garden show, you’ve got to figure I have some takeaways to share. No, not leftover plants from the displays (darn). For this month’s Favorites on the Fifth, I’ll share my list of favorite informational takeaways from the show. . . . → Read More: Zone 5 – Favorites On The 5th – Top 10 Takeaways From The Chicago Flower & Garden Show  Leave a comment  Birds,bugs,butterflies, Chicago Flower and Garden Show, Favorites on the 5th, Places to go, Spring  Best Book, Best Bulb Tip, Best Gardens, Best Lawn Care Tips, Best Photography Tip, Best Quote, Chalet Nursery, Chicago Art Institute, Chicago Flower & Garden Show, Chris Olsen, Dig In, Foxwillow Pines, IDM, Impatiens Downy Mildew, Jennifer Brennan, Mike Caplan, Mike Nowak, Milkweed, Northwind Perennials, Pat Miller, Rich Eyre, Rodale’s Ultimate Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening, Roy Diblik, Shedd Aquarium, Tony Fulmer, zone 5 favorites on the 5th If there is one thing I know about plants, it’s the importance of having the right plant in the right place. I know this because I move my plants so often that Mike says they have wheels not roots. I’m perfectly willing to move plants when they are less than thrilled with their location. Eventually . . . → Read More: Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – Location, Location, Location Magnificent-Mile-Chicago, from USATravelWithUs.com Max and Snookems have been gallivanting. They’ve been taking it easy since their appearance at the Chicagoland Flower and Garden Show last spring. It was time to get out for a Christmas shopping trip on Michigan Avenue. Neither of them drive. Of course not, they’re mannequins. So they reserved a . . . → Read More: Chicago’s Magnificent Mile On The Cheap, Or Not |
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