PlantCast

Our plantcast blog project is closed, but will still be available here for a little while yet. Please browse our gardening tips or subscribe to the archive on iTunes. We are currently moving our tips to our YouTube channel as well, so be sure to look us up on YouTube!

Just because it’s fall doesn’t mean it’s time to put your garden to bed. Tim Pollak, outdoor floriculturist for the Chicago Botanic Garden, discusses fall plants that will enhance your garden with bright colors and texture and last well into the season. He also shows you how to create a spectacular fall container using plants [...]

Podcast: Download

Are your roses just short of spectacular this season? Corri White, Chicago Botanic Garden horticulturist of the Rose and Dwarf Conifer Gardens, shows you best methods for feeding your roses to make them healthy, and the envy of all your friends and family. Podcast: Download

Podcast: Download

Assistant Horticulturist Dave Cantwell offers useful tips on how you can create clean edges around your garden beds and best mulching practices. Happy gardening! Podcast: Download

Podcast: Download

It’s June and gardening season is in full swing! Tim Johnson, the Chicago Botanic Garden’s director of horticulture, shares tips on how you can get your soil into shape for the season. Podcast: Download

Podcast: Download

May is the time to welcome bees back into the garden! Attract and keep native cavity-dwelling bees with homemade bee nesting blocks. Plant Biology and Conservation graduate student Becky Tonietto shows you how. Download instructions for your Bee Condo at chicagobotanic.org/plantinfo/building_bee_nesting_block. Podcast: Download

Podcast: Download

Now is the time to sow spring blooming flowers and veggies. Tim Pollak, Chicago Botanic Garden’s Outdoor Floriculturist, takes you through a step-by-step process on how to start your seeds indoors. Podcast: Download

Podcast: Download

Sean Regan, grounds crew leader for the Chicago Botanic Garden, shares tips on how to safely remove snow from your shrubs and trees, and de-icing your sidewalks and driveways. We invite you to visit www.chicagobotanic.org/plantinfo for more information. Podcast: Download

Podcast: Download

Benjamin Carroll, Chicago Botanic Garden’s Senior Horticulturist, shares his expert tips on how to divide perennials. Fall is the perfect time for dividing perennials because of the cool air and moist soil. Podcast: Download

Podcast: Download

Now is the perfect time to plant spring bulbs. Benjamin Carroll, Chicago Botanic Garden Senior Horticulturist, shares tips on how to correctly plant bulbs to ensure beautiful springtime blooms. Podcast: Download

Podcast: Download