Keeler Gardens was fortunate to be the feature of a discussion on the transformation of a city space into an urban oasis. The presentation was almost an hour long and included some wonderful before and after imagery, along with some of the why’s and how’s of the garden’s evolution. Today we have for you the… Continue reading The Evolution of a Garden Featuring Keeler Gardens
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Come Visit Keeler Gardens
GARDEN WALK AT KEELER GARDENS SATURDAY, JULY 16, 2016 10 AM – 2 PM Come take a walk through Keeler Gardens, have a glass of lemonade and a snack, and learn a bit about our teaching garden. We are approximately 1500 square feet of green on a Chicago city lot, offering as much as we can to… Continue reading Come Visit Keeler Gardens
Late Spring and Twilight Tours of Keeler Gardens
Two videos for this post, a late spring tour of the garden and something different, a twilight tour. We took a walk through Keeler Gardens at dusk to capture a different view of the garden, with the focus on beacons in the dark and guest staring fireflies.
Peonies and Roses at Keeler Gardens
Take a tour of the gardens to see the first round of peonies and roses in bloom…
May Flowers at Keeler Gardens
So we are taking a walk through the gardens again. It’s mid-may and we have Ajuga in bloom, tulips making a relatively graceful exit, and the peonies are on their way. You may have seen this video live on Facebook, when we featured the front gardens in bloom. This is the premier of the second… Continue reading May Flowers at Keeler Gardens
The Titan Arum Display at the Chicago Botanic Garden
Here are some more videos and pictures from the Chicago Botanic Garden’s titan arum display. Below, Sprout is blooming with his big burgundy spathe, Alice is in fruit in her special enclosure, and a youngster is leafing out. And now the videos. We showed you the collection of pollen in the previous post, and here are all the stars… Continue reading The Titan Arum Display at the Chicago Botanic Garden
Sprout the Titan Arum at the Chicago Botanic Garden
We recently visited Sprout, the newest star of the Chicago Botanic Garden’s titan arum display. We were fortunate to catch a couple of videos of CBG staff collecting pollen from Sprout’s male flowers. Pollen will be stored, frozen actually, so it can remain viable for about two years, and will be used to pollinate future titan… Continue reading Sprout the Titan Arum at the Chicago Botanic Garden
Keeler Gardens, Spring 2016
Late last week we did a live stream feed of the spring show here in the front garden at Keeler Gardens. We also filmed a video of the back garden, which is more a preview of what’s to come this summer. Take a look at the videos and we will post some images soon.
Spring Preview with Bailey Nurseries
Welcome to Spring! We have for you a video from Bailey Nurseries on some of their exciting new plants for 2016. Not all of these are new cultivars, some are new offerings from Bailey Nurseries and some are new to the industry. It begins with trees and shrubs then moves to perennials and edibles, and there… Continue reading Spring Preview with Bailey Nurseries
Shrub Crawl Details
I promised you more information on the shrubs discussed at Dr. Dirr’s Shrub crawl. You will find most of the specimens with a bit about each here. Any questions or thoughts leave a comment. You can also reach me on Facebook, Twitter, see my Instagram feed, and if you have an iOS device, on the… Continue reading Shrub Crawl Details