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Government
University of Illinois Extension
Has information on lawns, veggies, bugs, house plants, perennials, annuals, roses,
trees, grasses, kids gardening, and more.
Organizations
Citizens for Conservation
Prairie restoration and open-space conservation for the Barrington Area of NE
Illinois, working with environment-friendly volunteers to protect nature.
The Garden Clubs of Illinois
Promotes the love of gardening, floral design, civic and environmental responsibility.
The Garden Conservancy
Preserves America’s exceptional gardens for the education and enjoyment of the
public and sponsors private garden 'Open Days' each summer.
Illinois Native Plant Society
'Dedicated to the preservation, conservation, and study of the native plants and
vegetation of Illinois.'
National Garden Clubs
Provides education, resources and national networking opportunities for its
members to promote gardening and floral design.
Wild Ones
Promotes environmentally sound landscaping practices to preserve biodiversity
through the preservation, restoration and establishment of native plant communities.
Places
Chicago Botanic Garden
Offers courses, lectures, and 2.2 million glorious garden plants.
Morton Arboretum
Has 1,700 acres with collections of more than 4,000 kinds of trees, shrubs, and
other plants from around the world.
Magazines
Chicagoland Gardening
‘Information and inspiration on garden design, plants, and practical advice
for the Chicagoland area.’
Chicago Wilderness
Dedicated to promoting some of the finest and most significant nature in the
temperate world, with roughly 200,000 acres of protected natural lands harboring
native plant and animal communities that are more rare — and their survival more
globally threatened — than the tropical rain forests.
University of Illinois Extension
Has information on lawns, veggies, bugs, house plants, perennials, annuals, roses,
trees, grasses, kids gardening, and more.
Organizations
Citizens for Conservation
Prairie restoration and open-space conservation for the Barrington Area of NE
Illinois, working with environment-friendly volunteers to protect nature.
The Garden Clubs of Illinois
Promotes the love of gardening, floral design, civic and environmental responsibility.
The Garden Conservancy
Preserves America’s exceptional gardens for the education and enjoyment of the
public and sponsors private garden 'Open Days' each summer.
Illinois Native Plant Society
'Dedicated to the preservation, conservation, and study of the native plants and
vegetation of Illinois.'
National Garden Clubs
Provides education, resources and national networking opportunities for its
members to promote gardening and floral design.
Wild Ones
Promotes environmentally sound landscaping practices to preserve biodiversity
through the preservation, restoration and establishment of native plant communities.
Places
Chicago Botanic Garden
Offers courses, lectures, and 2.2 million glorious garden plants.
Morton Arboretum
Has 1,700 acres with collections of more than 4,000 kinds of trees, shrubs, and
other plants from around the world.
Magazines
Chicagoland Gardening
‘Information and inspiration on garden design, plants, and practical advice
for the Chicagoland area.’
Chicago Wilderness
Dedicated to promoting some of the finest and most significant nature in the
temperate world, with roughly 200,000 acres of protected natural lands harboring
native plant and animal communities that are more rare — and their survival more
globally threatened — than the tropical rain forests.
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| Silver bark of beech, and sallow bark of yellow birch and yellow twig of willow. Stripe of green in moosewood maple, colour seen in leaf of apple, bark of popple. Wood of popple pale as moonbeam, wood of oak for yoke and barn-beam, wood of hornbeam. Silver bark of beech, and hollow stem of elder, tall and yellow twig of willow. |
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