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Gardening Tips from Chicago Botanic Garden

By Yasmin Rammohan | Published May 12, 2011 | Comments Off

Eliza Fournier from the Chicago Botanic Garden joins us on Chicago Tonight at 7:00 pm to show us how to plan your garden for all seasons. To learn the tricks of the trade that can help you in your own garden, check out the videos below from Chicago Botanic Garden specialists. To learn how to [...]

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The Jail House Greenhouse

By Ash-har Quraishi | Published June 24, 2010 | 2 Comments »

When a judge slapped Adolf Jerger with a 6-month sentence for contempt of court he never imagined his time in jail would include growing produce for upscale Chicago restaurants. For more than 27-years Jerger worked as a mechanic.  Now behind bars in Chicago’s Cook County Jail, he is four months into earning his Master Gardener [...]

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