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Piping plovers returning to our beaches, Chonkasaurus the snapping turtle capturing hearts on the river, and now fox "pups" or kits making a home in Millenium Park--we've been making more space for Nature in the City & now Wildlife is returning. https://t.co/RkkfDEFQAI

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Only hours left to head over to our online learning community for plant parents and show us what's growing in your garden this month! https://t.co/bTiomn9bzI

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Chicago plant parents and gardeners--want to chat about plants with local experts from the area?Check out the newest group of our online learning community for plant parents: https://t.co/bTiomn9bzI

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Looking for a plant community to live your best plant life online? Check out ours, join the 3-day End of Year Reflection Series, & share your thoughts with other plant peeps. Day 3: Which lessons learned do you intend to carry with you into the new year? https://t.co/9mCUk6BRBu

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Check my online plant community to join our 3-day "End of Year Reflection" series. Day 1: How did you grow as a plant parent this past year? https://t.co/f2HUbTEFWU

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A Happy "PLANTY" Halloween! If you use plants (living or once-living) in your Halloween decor, there's only one day left to submit your photos for this year's challenge! Join my online plant community & submit here: https://t.co/bTiomn9bzI

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@LUCLibraries So glad to be able to share a reading from my book with my Loyola University Chicago alumni and friends!

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5 of 5 stars to Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake https://t.co/eLsldjYA3C

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Mum season in Chicago has arrived!

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It is fig season in Chicago! #chicagohardyfig

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5 of 5 stars to The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller https://t.co/yWZS8vQuMG

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With flower buds the size of tennis balls, this 𝘗𝘢𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘢 𝘴𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘢 'Godaishu' is ready to burst into bloom any day now! #CityGarden

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@storyforager Well said! And also fun...watching it unfold from five stories up in one the densest neighborhoods of the third largest city in the U.S.

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Mama duck came back this morning and added a third egg to her nest while her partner relaxed with his buddy on the roof next door #CityGarden @storyforager

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So apparently a mallard duck family has decided the reed grasses in my roof deck planters are a great place to nest and live out their best lives during quarantine #CityGarden

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"Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom" ~John Muir in 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘴 (1901) #SundayInspiration

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“The problem isn’t technological; the problem is a matter of values.” ~Denis Hayes #EarthDay #WovenTogether https://t.co/IXG0OCb68p

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When we contemplate the whole globe as one great dewdrop [...] flying through space with other stars all singing and shining together as one, the whole universe appears as an infinite storm of beauty. ~John Muir, 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘈𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘢 #EarthDay

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#Spring is hard at work...unfolding, unrolling