(M)(L)Ugly ducklings (M)(L)Friends and family (M)(L)Lincoln Park Conservatory (M)(L)Investigating a pretty flower (M)(L)Lily of the Nile (M)(L)My best shot of the giraffes...that's not saying much, I know. (M)(L)Meerkats!!! (M)(L)Civic Opera Building from the Architecture Boat Tour (M)(L)Garfield Park Conservatory (M)(L)Magnolia blossom (M)(L)Magnolia blossom just opening (M)(L)Jeff and a Chihuly sculpture, Aroid House, Garfield Park Conservatory (M)(L)Water lily (M)(L)Water lily pond at Garfield Park (M)(L)Demonstration raised beds for home and community gardeners (M)(L)More demo beds, and volunteer beekeepers. They had a really cute little teaching hive with all the parts. CROPS needs one! (M)(L)Gorgeous flower bed with foxglove (M)(L)Another gorgeous flower bed - still at Garfield Park (M)(L)More beautiful plants (M)(L)I didn't know there were this many purple leaved plants! (M)(L)Sheffield Garden Tour -- private homes in a fancy Chicago neighborhood (M)(L)The yards were tiny but packed with flowers (M)(L)Front yard with Tiger Play lily (M)(L)More flowers -- didn't see a single vegetable plants in any garden on the tour. (M)(L)Another view of previous yard--very small. (M)(L)Sun! (M)(L)More creative garden decorating (M)(L)A nice front yard in the Sheffield neighborhood

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