Musician and gardener Ellen Bunch turned her Irving Park backyard into an organic garden.
Tag: botany
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May Berenbaum and the case for tolerating bugs (even the annoying ones)
The University of Illinois entomologist argues that insects are necessary to our well-being in ways we can’t even imagine yet.
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How Emily Graslie went from YouTube science star to full-time at the Field Museum
A 20-year-old aspiring artist visited a zoological museum. Four years later, Emily Graslie is working at the Field Museum.
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The Elizabeth Gilbert problem
What do you do when an author with a despicable persona writes a really great book?
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All week long, the Bleader gets a lo-botany
For this week’s Variations on a Theme, we dig through all things botanical