Chicago Botanic Garden Winter 2019

Winter at the Garden Features 6 New! Lightscape 8 Brilliance: The Orchid Show 10 Super Seed Weekend 12 Winter Calendar 16 Membership Resources 18 Your Gardening Source 20 Rediscovering Our Extraordinary Natural Areas 22 Joseph Regenstein, Jr. School of the Chicago Botanic Garden 64 This Season in the Garden Explore the relaxation techniques of yin yoga and yoga nidra. See page 34. Time for a class? Sip cocktails as you create a new kind of holiday centerpiece using succu- lents in an evening class on Tuesday, December 10. See page 25. Thank you, volunteers ese Chicago Botanic Garden volun- teers received the 2018 volunteer service awards: Volunteer of the Year: Jerry Podolsky Since 2002, he’s contributed nearly 4,000 hours as an assistant engineer in the Model Railroad Garden: Landmarks of America. Kris Jarantoski Excellence in Horticulture Volunteer Service Award: Jerry Macek A volunteer in the Landscape Garden, Macek is known for being eager to help with any horticulture assignment, no matter the weather. Barbara Whitney Carr Excellence in Leadership Award: Martha Belew Belew is currently leading a project to transfer 335,000 bloom observations into spreadsheets. Five-Star Customer Service Award: Jean Lytle She assists with family programs on Saturday mornings and has volunteered for almost every youth program. Super Senior Award: Rita Inserra Inserra began her service in 1998 and has trained hundreds of volunteers at Garden events. Editor’s note: Rita Inserra passed away on August 27, 2019. To learn more about volunteer opportu- nities at the Garden, please contact Judy Cashen, director, volunteer administra- tion and engagement, at (847) 835- 8392. From left, Martha Belew, Jean Lytle, Rita Inserra, Jerry Podolsky, and Jerry Macek chicagobotanic.org 3