In the winter of 2009/2010 I worked on the turnaround for the Chicago Botanic Garden’s Learning Campus while at HNTB. Here are a few photos, and please, check out the article here.
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25 Jul
Beginning…. to …. well, almost the end………
We still need to add a tree, and divert the downspout to the rain garden, & also add a rain barrel.
The hard work was done by Let’s Go Chicago’s participants!
25 Jul
Neighbors, Community, and Green Infrastructure Solutions
Please check out this video of the Let’s Go Chicago team laying some drainpipe at one of our projects. We had a big rain last week and were absolutely thrilled to receive an email from our client indicating there was no more seepage through her basement wall!
19 Jul
The RIVERS Project… part of FRED Weekend
Riverside, Illinois is hosting FRED, in honor of Frederick Law Olmsted. The RIVERS Project is a collaboration with among Lupfer Landscaping, Dig Right In Landscaping, Semiramis Studio, and Aquascapes. We are offering to address residents’ flooding problems with installation work culminating in a green infrastructure extreme build and education event August 16-18! Contact the number on the postcard above if you are intersted in attending or addressing your flooding problem. Exciting!
17 Jul
The Studio’s New Rain Garden at TRITON COLLEGE Gets Some “Ink”……!
See full publication here: http://www.igencc.org/Network-News
Please see the earlier post about Triton’s Rain Garden here.
15 Jul
Watch the Rain Garden Do It’s Thing…!
Watch the Video: Semiramis Studio’s garden at CNT-E
The Garden at CNT Energy during a rainstorm with the newly diverted downspout water going into the garden!
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13 Jul
Let’s Go Chicago Pitches in at CNT’s Garden!
In preparation for the Bucktown Garden walk this weekend, Let’s Go Chicago planted native sedges in the parkway outside Center for Neighborhood Technology’s building at 1741 Western Avenue. The building houses CNT Energy, so the group also learned about Energy’s programs and toured the building. The group’s assistance doing final planting in the garden was key in getting he garden in shape for tomorrow. Pizzo Native Plants donated more plants and Grace Koehler taught the grup about native plants. Thanks everyone!
24 Jun
Ripe!
Red Raspberry season is here! Raspberries are nearly zero maintenance and pest-free. The fruit is rarely stolen by birds, squirrels, or other urban critters. I recommend planting yourself a patch. Confining them between a sidewalk and a garage or other barriers keeps them from spreading too much. Delicious!
20 Jun
Rain Garden – plants in!
The Rain Garden was installed last fall, and topped with pine fines mulch for the winter. This spring, we refined the grading and removed most of the mulch for use in other areas.
The soil at this site is extremely sandy, so standing water will be rare. We installed native sedges in the lowest areas of the swale, and they should hold the sandy soil quite well.
Over the next few months, as the plants establish, we’ll introduce the downspout water.
