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Annual flower-garden show a blooming success

March 19, 2007 By: Momoy Category: Flowers, Garden

The Chicagoland Flower & Garden Show closes its first appearance in Rosemont at 6 p.m. today. After a long run at Navy Pier, this harbinger of spring moved to the suburbs this year at Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, 5555 N. River Road. Check out some of our favorite scenes from the ...
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Flower show display highlights why smart gardeners pine for conifers

March 05, 2007 By: Momoy Category: Flowers, Garden

It's a great time to be Rich and Susan Eyre. When they started Rich's Foxwillow Pine Nursery in 1988, gardeners were not that excited about searching out unusual dwarf conifers. But now the world - or at least the Midwest - is beating a path to Woodstock. The winter garden has become almost ...

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