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Glory on high: Framing the city skyline with flowers, ornamental grasses and vines, a rooftop gardener wins the top prize in Glorious Gardens '99
Special to the TribuneMayor Daley, there's somebody we'd like you to meet. She's Mary Ellen Rosemeyer, a River North resident who shares your passion for greening up the city. But she's way ahead of you on the rooftop-gardening thing. Mr. Mayor, you're reported to have gotten...Tags: Arts and Culture, Chicago Tribune, Willis Tower, Gardening, Crime, Law and Justice
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Glory Be! Best Overall Garden 2008
Tribune staff reporterWhen Mark Milkint and Ray Saleh bought their Evanston home three years ago, it was vacant and covered with ivy. "There were squirrels living in the house, and they weren't paying rent," Milkint says. They evicted the squirrels and trimmed the ivy...Tags: Homes, Chicago Tribune, Science and Technology, Travel, Hospitals and Clinics
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John Moore's garden has it all: great design and plant choices, seating, a pond--and edibles too.
Special to the TribuneThe object of landscape gardening is to make a picture. The greensward is the canvas, the house or some other prominent point is the central figure, the planting completes the composition and adds the color." -- Liberty Hyde Bailey The renowned...Tags: The Home Depot, Thyme, Chicago Tribune, Lakes and Ponds, Science
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A little patience goes a long way in the garden
![The world whizzes by these days. We rush to get work done, to run errands, to jump to conclusions. Some of us can't even take time to write an e-mail; we Tweet. And when we set out to master our outdoor space, we want it done -- all done and absolutely perfect -- right now. But nature doesn't run on a Twitter timetable. Real gardens don't appear in 24 hours, like they do on "reality" TV shows. In the garden, patience isn't just a virtue; it can pay off big time.](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/photo/2009-04/46607345.jpg "The world whizzes by these days. We rush to get work done, to run errands, to jump to conclusions. Some of us can't even take time to write an e-mail; we Tweet. And when we set out to master our outdoor space, we want it done -- all done and absolutely perfect -- right now. But nature doesn't run on a Twitter timetable. Real gardens don't appear in 24 hours, like they do on "reality\" TV shows. In the garden, patience isn't just a virtue; it can pay off big time.")
The world whizzes by these days. We rush to get work done, to run errands, to jump to conclusions. Some of us can't even take time to write an e-mail; we Tweet. And when we set out to master our outdoor space, we want it done -- all done and absolutely...Tags: Mother's Day, Flowers, Services and Shopping, Candy, Flowers and Gifts, Twitter, Inc.
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Beauty and the plastic beast
In the garage, shed or basement of nearly every gardener, you will find stacks of plastic pots. Then there are mulch bags, pesticide and fertilizer bottles, flat trays from six-packs of annuals. We think of our gardening as greening the world, but it...Tags: Cornell University, Homes, The Home Depot, Business, Environmental Politics
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Planting a small scale paradise
The tiny dooryard of a townhouse. The back porch of a six-flat. A balcony on the 12th floor. Or the 20-foot space between deck and garage behind a 19th Century cottage.
No question, small gardens have different challenges than a sunny half-acre. "There's...Tags: Vermont, Tennessee, Feet
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Winter wonderlands have a lesson to teach about garden structure
![Snow covers everything, and yet it makes so many things clear. In the city and the garden, it pops out edges and shapes that a day before blended into winter's gray monotony. "Snow gives you that change, which is so refreshing in a garden," says Galen Gates, director of plant collections at the Chicago Botanic Garden in Glencoe.](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/photo/2009-04/46535694.jpg "Snow covers everything, and yet it makes so many things clear. In the city and the garden, it pops out edges and shapes that a day before blended into winter's gray monotony. "Snow gives you that change, which is so refreshing in a garden,\" says Galen Gates, director of plant collections at the Chicago Botanic Garden in Glencoe.")
Snow covers everything, and yet it makes so many things clear. In the city and the garden, it pops out edges and shapes that a day before blended into winter's gray monotony. "Snow gives you that change, which is so refreshing in a garden," says Galen...Tags: Alcoholic Beverages, Tourism and Leisure, Monuments and Heritage Sites, England, Lifestyle and Leisure
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The Chicago Gardener gets the hang of 'hypertufa'
Chicago TribuneSquish. Slap. Smack. Stomp. I was starting to like this.There I was, up to the elbows in a mixture of Portland cement, sand, peat moss and water, mixing it up and kneading it like bread dough. Or Play-Doh. Or mud pies. I was among 19 women and one...Tags: Chicago Tribune, Eyewear, Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning, Breads, Boxing
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Follow these tips for lush container planting
Chicago TribuneWhether you plant one container or a patio full, a single hanging basket or a huge urn, the basics are much the same. Nancy Clifton, horticulturist at the Chicago Botanic Garden in Glencoe, helped us lay out what you need to know to create and care for...Tags: Chicago Tribune, Fertilizer, Water Restrictions, Boxing, Lightweight Boxing
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Time to show evergreens a little lovin'
Indoors, up go boughs of holly. A green garland twines the banister. Candles are scented with pine. And soon, at the heart of many homes, cloaked in regalia that sparkles with memories, an evergreen tree likely will be at the center of celebration, hugs...Tags: Morton Arboretum, Hamburgers, Botany, Science, Plant Openings
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Success in the vegetable patch
Chicago TribuneA lot of people seem to be trying their hands at vegetable gardening this year, according to George Ball, president of W. Atlee Burpee & Co., the big seed company in Warminster, Pa. He says sales of vegetable seeds are up 30 to 40 percent this season,...Tags: Central Park, Chicago Tribune, Arable Farming, Fertilizer, Petroleum Industry
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From top to bottom, beets are tender, tasty and nutritious treats
Chicago TribuneIf you only know beets as canned additions to a salad bar, fresh ones roasted in the oven can be a revelation. If you have never tasted tender young beet greens, spring is the time to savor their earthy flavor in a salad. Follow them up with baby beets,...Tags: Vitamin Therapy, Beet Tops, Chicago Tribune, Beets, Rivers
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