MAY / JUNE 1998

Features

Getting It Right the First Time
Focus on avoiding mistakes your first time out. Learn from experienced water gardeners what not to do. By Annette T. Roos. Plus a lesson in oxygenation and plants to choose for success.

Unusual Annuals
Joe Sable, Director of Production at Cantigny, picks a dozen new and less used annuals for Chicagoland gardeners.

Putting Children in the Garden
Children can bring great imagination to the garden " Cathy J. Maloney finds many ways. Carolyn Ulrich profiles the Blue Skies program that brings greening to Chicago Public Library branches.

Departments

Editor's Page - Select to read now!

What To Do in the Garden
Compiled by Ron Wolford of the University of Illinois Cooperative Extension Service

Q and A
by Pamela Wolfe

U of I Forum
Pat Kelsey shatters the myths about sandy soils.

The Edible Garden
Eat your weeds...horticulturist Kate Jerome doesn't just pull dandelions. She eats them too. Learn how you can also harvest what you pull.

Native Notes
Mea Culpa Big Time " Carolyn Ulrich recounts her first-hand experience growing prairie plants in the city.

Under Our Fingernails
Bogged Down " Annette Roos visits a peat bog.

Guest Editorial
Karel Jacobs of the Morton Arboretum discusses that all-important word: prevention.

GreenShopper
Landscape designer Rosalind Reed provides a primer to lighting your garden at night.

Garden Travel
Carol Bradley finds a special garden center in the Amish Community of Shipshewana, Indiana.

Tree Talk
Viburnums are mainstays of the Chicago gardens, says Pamela Wolfe.

Calendar of Gardening Events

Stepping Stones

Book Reviews
Two guides to Illinois gardening.

Stepping Stones
Kate Jerome recounts the joys of feeding her family with finger foods straight from the garden.