Voting for One Seed Chicago is now underway. The event, now in it’s fourth year, is designed to unite Chicago area gardeners through planting a common seed. The three candidates this year are radish, eggplant and swiss chard. All Chicago area gardeners are eligible to vote for one of the seeds. And there are prizes! [...]
Posts Tagged ‘chicago’
One Seed Chicago 2011
Posted in Garden, tagged chicago, Garden, seeds on January 10, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Tulips Brighten Up Chicago
Posted in flowers, tagged chicago, flowers, Tulips on April 17, 2010 | Comments Off
There is a beautiful flower bed in the center of the street right outside my office building in downtown Chicago. The tulips are so lovely this year I just had to share.
Chicago River Geese
Posted in Birds, Wildlife, tagged birds, chicago, Wildlife on April 1, 2010 | 1 Comment »
On nice days I like to go for a lunchtime walk. Today I was walking along the Chicago River and there was a goose sitting in one of the planters. Geese will nest in some pretty strange places so I suppose it could be a female sitting on some eggs. I don’t know enough about [...]
Chicago Flower and Garden Show
Posted in Garden, Photos, tagged chicago, Garden, landscaping, Photos on March 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I stopped by the Chicago Flower and Garden Show this week. There were lots of nice landscaping displays, how to setup a rainbarrel, bulbs and herbs for sale, assorted vendors and of course lots of flower beds and an abundance of tulips and daffodils. My favoirte display was Del Agua Viene La Vida by the [...]
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