{"id":2455,"date":"2023-05-22T10:54:39","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T15:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mildsauce.org\/?p=2455"},"modified":"2023-05-23T10:55:17","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T15:55:17","slug":"blooming-adventures-discovering-the-wonders-of-the-chicago-botanic-gardens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mildsauce.org\/index.php\/2023\/05\/22\/blooming-adventures-discovering-the-wonders-of-the-chicago-botanic-gardens\/","title":{"rendered":"Blooming Adventures: Discovering the Wonders of the Chicago Botanic Gardens"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/mildsauce.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Gibran-Frost-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mildsauce.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Gibran-Frost-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mildsauce.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Gibran-Frost-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mildsauce.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Gibran-Frost-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mildsauce.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Gibran-Frost-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mildsauce.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Gibran-Frost-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/mildsauce.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Gibran-Frost-376x282.jpg 376w, https:\/\/mildsauce.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Gibran-Frost-273x205.jpg 273w, https:\/\/mildsauce.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Gibran-Frost-632x474.jpg 632w, https:\/\/mildsauce.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Gibran-Frost-582x437.jpg 582w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/mildsauce.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Gibran-F-W.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Listen to <\/em><i>&#8220;Blooming Adventures: Discovering the Wonders of the Chicago Botanic Gardens<\/i>&#8221; by Gibran.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A great center of wonder in the Chicagoland area can be found at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagobotanic.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chicago Botanic Garden<\/a>. The sprawling natural landscapes can provide peace of mind, even in the harshest of seasons. We take a look inside the garden during the winter season, and learn more about their sustainability efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My dad talks about his sense of wonder as a child, playing in the snow and experiencing his first blizzard in 1979.The Chicago Botanic Garden for him has been about seeing wildlife he might not normally see in the city. My mom\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s sense of wonder is about seeing the snow for the first time. Originally from Panama,, she talks about adjusting to the climate. The Chicago Botanic Garden for her serves as a place to unwind and relax from busy everyday life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I also managed to speak with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagobotanic.org\/blog\/learning\/gifts_gardeners_give#:~:text=from%20the%20neighbors)%2C-,Lynn%20McKay,-Ledford%E2%80%99s%20wool%20felt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lynn McKay<\/a>, a manager at the front desk about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagobotanic.org\/urbanagriculture\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Windy City Harvest Urban Gardening Program<\/a>, their own sustainability efforts in the community. Throughout the project I discovered how people got to connect with the space, as well as what the garden is currently involved in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>This issue of Mildsauce, we invited young journalists to reflect on the theme \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Sense of Wonder.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Click&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mildsauce.org\/index.php\/category\/the-wonder-issue\/\">here<\/a>&nbsp;to follow the stories coming up in our \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Wonder\u00e2\u20ac\u009d issue. For more podcasts, check out our Podcasts&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mildsauce.org\/index.php\/category\/podcast\/\">archive<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"small\">A great center of wonder in the Chicagoland area can be found at the Chicago Botanic Garden. 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