by Gabriela Carr | Jul 5, 2015 | Uncategorized
Oh my goodness, have I actually caught up?? I’m finally writing about the most recent site, phew! This site was super hilly (unlike all the other sites) because it was made from the sludge pulled from Lake Michigan when the city made the nearby beach....
by Gabriela Carr | Jul 5, 2015 | Uncategorized
View of Burnham Centennial North (a work in progress) This site is directly south of the Burnham Bird Sanctuary. All of our sites have been planted by Pizzo & Associates, but some (like this one) are still in the process of being restored. Some notes from...
by Gabriela Carr | Jul 5, 2015 | Uncategorized
Now that I’ve gotten some soil samples, it’s time to start prepping them for analysis! We’re doing this once a week at the Morton Arboretum soil lab, since it’s better equipped for a large number of samples than the Botanic Garden. We decided...
by Gabriela Carr | Jul 5, 2015 | Uncategorized
This site was particularly weedy, and it started to rain in the latter part of sampling so not too many pictures, but here’s what I have! It’s in the same park as the previous site, and right by McCormick Place. View of Lake Michigan from Burnham Bird...
by Gabriela Carr | Jun 30, 2015 | Uncategorized
This is my favorite site so far – absolutely gorgeous, lots of beautiful flowering plants, even though this site is right in Hyde Park! Burnham Nature Sanctuary The white flowers are Penstemon digitalis (Foxglove Beardtongue), a hardy native which I’ve...
