Plants & Gardens Blog

Learn to identify sweet fern, jewelweed, and sundew, all plants native to this region. One repels ants, one prevents poison ivy, and one eats flies. Read › Get to Know Your Native Plants

Delicious fresh salad greens and a spicy radish relish made with ingredients grown at BBG were featured in the Prospect Heights High School cafeteria on Thursday. Read › School Cafeteria Lunch Goes Green

With harvest season upon us, the Children’s Garden has a bounty of vegetables and flowers just waiting to be picked—and there’s time to sign up for fall programs. Read › Fall in the Children’s Garden

The Children's Garden was filled with handmade items and tasty, locavore treats for Market Day. Read › Market Day in the Children’s Garden

BBG’s Children’s Garden has won the American Horticultural Society's Jane L. Taylor Award for its work in nurturing future horticulturalists. Read › Children’s Garden Honored

Is it already time to think about spring and summer sessions in the Children’s Garden? Why yes, it is. Read › Summer Children’s Garden Registration

We prepare portions of the Children's Garden for the cold by covering crops with fabric and plastic. That way kids in our classes can so some harvesting year-round. Read › Winter in the Children’s Garden

BBG's Chile Pepper Fiesta is chock-full of chile-chocolate creations this year, including entries in the Chile-Chocolate Takedown. Read › Chocolate and Spice and Everything Nice

Explore seasonal changes outdoors with the children in your life! Read › Sharing the Fall with Children

Favorite native perennials in the Discovery Garden. Read › A Children’s Garden of Wildflowers