Chicago Botanic Garden Spring 2019

3 chicagobotanic.org Spring at the Garden Features 6 Unearth Science festival 8 Spring Calendar 14 20 years of the Model Railroad 16 Investing in the Garden’s Future 18 Honoring Board Chair Bob Finke 20 Safeguarding the Tallgrass Prairie 25 Budburst Helps Students Grow 26 The Garlic Guy 28 The Fleeting Beauty of Spring Ephemerals 30 Finding Your Center Through Tai Chi 32 Across the Forest Preserves 34 Ask the Experts 36 Smart Gardener 38 Joseph Regenstein, Jr. School of the Chicago Botanic Garden 79 Membership Resources Time for a class? Grow your own bouquet in a new class, Creating a High-Yield Cutting Garden. See page 45. Do you miss campouts? Now there’s a camping night at the Garden just for adults. See page 63. Did you know? The official flower of Cook County is the coneflower. The Garden’s Jim Ault was an early leader in coneflower (Echinacea) breeding, and Richard Hawke has conducted extensive evaluations over the years on this important pollinator plant. See more about our plant breeding program in This Season in the Garden on page 80. THE ORCHID SHOW The luminous feel of an endless summer, with more than 10,000 orchids in bloom. Wouldnʼt you rather be In the Tropics? Get your tickets now. Through March 24. chicagobotanic.org/orchid