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CHICAGO — Three stories above a busy stretch of North Halsted Street, on a rooftop with views of downtown skyscrapers, crickets chirp and prairie flowers dance in the breeze. Waist-high grasses set the tone in a sprawling 2,500-square-foot native garden dotted with bright blooms: golden brown-eyed Susan, purple hoary vervain, yellow stiff goldenrod, snowy white turtlehead, lime-tinged spotted ...

Three stories above a busy stretch of North Halsted, on a rooftop with views of downtown skyscrapers, crickets chirp and prairie flowers dance in the breeze. Waist-high grasses set the tone in a sprawling 2,500-square-foot native garden dotted with bright blooms: golden brown-eyed Susan, purple hoary vervain, yellow stiff goldenrod, snowy white turtlehead, lime-tinged spotted beebalm. In all, ...

All plants grown in the garden are native to somewhere, just not necessarily to our local region.

With more than 30 species of native plants, the "Purpose Garden" at the YMCA of St. Joseph was inducted into the Native Gardens of Excellence program.

Professional home baker Alma Lopez doesn’t have a TV show or how-to book demonstrating her baking and cake decorating skills, but her colorful finished pieces of baked art are worthy

"I'm wondering what you guys would plan for a 'pretty' HOA garden."

The Alliance Theatre has announced the stage directors for its 55th season. See full programming, and learn how to purchase tickets!

The Atlanta Opera has announced that five creative teams have been selected to participate in the second annual 96-Hour Opera Project, a composition competition and showcase that pairs composers and librettists to write ten-minute operas. Bringing their completed works to Atlanta, the teams will workshop and rehearse their productions over four days from June 9–12, with travel, housing, singers, pianists and rehearsal space provided.

Hot Springs students visited Marshall Native Gardens to learn about native plants and engage in citizen science through the EcoExplore program.

There's a lot of work to be done at the 104-acre Calvin Ecosystem Preserve and Native Gardens, which are open to the public.