One of the first things you notice in stunning Lurie Garden is the tall, strong “shoulder” hedge – an impressive plant structure and fitting representation for a garden in the heart of Millennium Park in what Carl Sandburg called “the City of Big Shoulders.”
Lurie Garden contains many symbols. The “living wall” of the hedge encloses [...]
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Lurie Garden
Posted by Lisa on July 18th, 2009
Posted in Chicagoland, Illinois 
Tags: Carl Sandburg, Chicago, garden, Home, Home and Garden, Lurie Garden, Millennium Park, Personal 
No Comments »2009 Hyde Park Garden Fair
Posted by Lisa on April 18th, 2009
Fulfill your dreams of lush, beautiful blooms at the 2009 Hyde Park Garden Fair May 15-16. Celebrating its 50th anniversary, this event – Chicago’s oldest community garden sale – will offer ten different plant departments with hundreds of flats of annuals in every color and form, more than 1,000 pots of perennials, beautiful hanging baskets, [...]
Posted in Chicagoland Tags: Chicago, Community gardening, garden, Home, Perennial plant, plant, Shrub, Tree No Comments »
