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On the cover: Photo by Laurie Rubin; styling, Diane Ewing; props, MOSS Modern Flowers, Forest Park, Il.

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Have you ever been swept away by theriver of salvia in Millennium Parks LurieGarden or watched bee balm sparkle

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Some of the Luries most loved peren-nial combinations pairings that aretribute to the genius of famed designerPiet Oudolf go on sale at garden cen-ters this spring. Each of the four com-binations, offered by Garden Artistry,comes in a flat of 10 pint pots of twokinds of plants, with a diagram suggest-ing how to arrange them in the garden.

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Epochmeasuresascadingvines and bloom-encrusted surfaces sound

e standard-issue fare for a florist. But interior designer-

rned-floral impresario Mike Hines, who founded Epoch

oral in Chicagos West Town in 2000 and Mike Hines

gnature in 2012, takes such creations to genre-bending

eights.

The lush, 60-foot-long ropes of emerald foliage and

schia hydrangeas he suspended off the Park Hyatts

ghth-story terrace last spring is a local case in point. Others

ave run the gamut from fields of blooms in a desert outside

ubai, complete with camels nipping at the buds, to the

nopies of daisies he crafted to sheath the ceiling of thehe Ritz-Carltons grand ballroom in Kapalua, Maui.

Hines was out to make waves in the field from the start.

ell concepts, not flowers, he explains. I use fewer ele-

ents, but theyre graphic and bold. Less is more, he says.

Today his client base includes style-setting retailers and

lebrities, from Barneys New York and Bottega Veneta to

lia Roberts, Tom Cruise, Jennifer Hudson and Michael

ubl, and chic locals with global abodes. Not in that strato-

here? Heres what Hines suggests for those who arrange

ooms at home.

Pare it down: Whatever you choose to do, keep it simple

nd impactful. You need two or three kinds of flowers. You

st need to know when to stop, and thats really the hardest

art of the whole thing, says Hines.

Skip the vase: Hines has laid blooming cherry blossomanches directly on tables and stuck dozens of daisies in

st tubes and pushed them in the ground to create big beds

stantaneously. You have to make a statement that forces

eople to take note says Hines. Placing a ring of potted

Craving battered and fried cardoon? Searching i

vain for red-striped mizuna, or want an endless

supply of radicchio at sub-supermarket prices?Thanks to companies like Gourmet Seed Inter-

national (gourmetseed.com) and Baker Creek

Heirloom Seeds (rareseeds.com,) you can grow

your own. Specializing in hard to find and heir-

loom seeds, these suppliers offer the promise of

a summer supply of not-so-ordinary vegetables.

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ficus trees flanked with benches in the middle of a r oom,for

instance, forces a pause. If someone just stops for a min-

ute and looks at it, or better yet lingers for a while, Ive done

my job, he says. Lisa Skolnik

Hines, shown

with prototypes

of his latest floral

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ANNIE NOVAK is a farmer witha rake, a hoe and a staircase.

The Evanston-grown Novaks callingis urban agriculture, a la Brooklyns

Eagle Street Rooftop Farm, apioneering 6,000-square-foot spread

atop a warehouse. There, stalks of cornrise shoulder-high alongside 30 othercrops, from arugula to watermelon

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Adam S chwerner gets gardening help from son Jamin, 13.I like it, Jamin says of the family plot. Its weird.

n a quiet street of century-

old cottages in Chicagos Old Town neighborhood sits a

house that stands out. It could be the trio of blue wooden

ladders rising from the miniature woodland. Or perhaps its

therowof olddoorspaintedineye-poppinghues thatlinethe

narrow gangway. Theres the terra cotta bowl filled with red

glass shards that sprouts antennae made from discarded

dripirrigationhoses.Andtherestherusticwood-hewnarbor

over the gate thats flanked by an iron fence topped with

yellow-tipped bedsprings. The entire composition tends to

stop people in their tracks.

When it comes to landscaping, People think there are

rules, and you have to follow them, says the homeowner,

Adam Schwerner, director of the Chicago Park Districts

Department of Natural Resources and liaison to Museums

in the Parks. I reject the rules, and thats where it becomes

interesting.Itsaboutthe experience,aboutthe actof change,

not a perfect instant garden.

Schwerner; his wife, Stephanie, a therapist; and son,

Jamin, 13, have enjoyed their ever-changing and somewhat

quirkygardenfor thepasteightyears.He isthe artisticbrain

behind the blue, orange and yellow trees spectacular art

installations along Lake Shore Drive and in Lincoln Park,

as well as other cutting-edge designs in city parks. Hes also

the driving force that oversees the districts 8,100-plus acres.

Like Chicagos public gardens, his home garden is a blend

of horticulture and art. Two dozen spent fluorescent light

bulbspopoutof thegroundlikehigh-techfungi.Yellowmetal

chains dangle from overhead branches. A mattress spring,

rescued from the garbage and filled with the familys empty

green water bottles, hangs from a fence.

Ilikethingsthathavehada liferevivifyingthem,giving

them a new life, he said.

A bucket of floats, once used for commercial fishing nets,

overflows from a pot. And a treasured group of bowling balls

came from a woman down the street. Ive always wanted

bowling balls. (He bowled twice a week in high school.)

His finds often happen when walking Asher, the familys

Australian labradoodle. He rescued a box of 30 convex mir-

rors from the garbage and in the winter places them on the

patio, where they reflect light, a boon on overcast days. Its

just twinkly instead of dark and oppressive, he says.

He painted the metal bands from a rotted wine barrel andcreateda backyardsculpture.Ihadthemforyearsandfinally

found a purpose for them.

Dont expect any made-for-the-garden tchotchkes like col-

ored glass globes or plastic elves, however. Bad taste is bad

taste.There areuglyobjects,anditshard tomakesomething

attractive out of an ugly object.

Not every visitor appreciated the garden when it was open

BYN I N A K O Z I O L

P H O T O S B Y B I L L H O G A N

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BACKYARD CANVASADAM SCHWERNERS URBAN GARDEN

CHALLENGES VISITORS TO SEE THE LANDSCAPE ASA LIVING WORK OF ART

fordisplayonesummer.Somepeopleget it.Peoplewhod

get it, dont stay. Its uncomfortable for them, Schwe

said. This is an art installation; its my living work of

and it changes every year.

The son of artists his mother was a playwright

actress, and his dad was a poet and musician Schwer

says his maverick outlook started with his upbringing.

parents gave themselves permission to do what they wan

to do. Youre only bound by what you think.

By age 12, Schwerner knew he wanted to get into pu

horticulture.Ialwaysgota kickoutof theinterfacebetwplants and people. When I was a preteen, my parents took

to a friends house. All of the native plants had died, and

had spray-painted them. She turned what was debris

something exciting and expressive.

Its a legacy Schwerner has been passing on ever si

Creating something out of nothing has always been a

stone for me, he says. You can touch someones heart.

In Schwerners yard, all is sculpture, including a collection of catci; plan

bright front door; a rusting patio table loaded with an assortment of round

barbell weights, washers and gears; bedsprings on the fence and painted


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PLANTEP O W E

6,000 daffod300 varieties of

40 years of diggSUSAN BEARDS JAW-DROPPIN

TAKES SOME SERIOUS TE

Turn into Susdrive, and youll notice right away: Sp

ing bulbs are strewn like a pastel car

spreadingtreesand asea of whitenarc

meet the road in front of the house. Th

species, drifts of grape hyacinths, cam

jum, corydalis, trillium, bloodroot, tro

celandine poppies rub elbows with m

varieties of hostas any of these coul

the obvious: an extraordinary gardene

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Beardis thekindof gardenerwhodoesntback

down, and shes undaunted by a climate thats

a far cry from California, where she grew up.

Her grandfather, a physician, had a lemon tree

ranchin SantaBarbara.It wasjustso muchfunexploring as a child, she said. Her late father,

a three-star general in the U.S. Air Force who

had a passion for roses and other flowers, was

a big influence. While visiting many years ago,

he decided to tackle part of the property away

fromthehouse.Healwayshadto havea project,

Beardsaid,so herenteda chainsawand worked

Previous page: Beard began with

100 bulbs and now has thousands

of daffodils, grape hyacinths and

other spring bloomers. Opposite:

Crabapples ornament the under-

story. Clockwise from top: Delicate

blue flowers of Siberian bugloss

(Brunnera) grace Beards wood-

land garden in late spring. Come

September, big drifts of black-

eyed Susans (Rudbeckia) bloom

alongside Tardiva and Annabelle

hydrangeas. Hosta flowers, somefragrant, attract resident hum-

mingbirds. Beards home, nestled

in the garden. Iron sculptures were

recently added to inject personality.

A stone path leads to a sweeping

container-filled patio and the

shade gardens beyond.

twasntallrosesinthebeginning.Infour

decades of cultivation, Beards west suburban garden has been through

its share of changes. Fencing was installed to keep marauding deer at

bay. The English ivy she planted in the woods got out of control. And an

in-ground pool was a glaring blue eyesore. I didnt want it to be a focal

point,so Ipainteditblack,Beardsaid.Nowit doesntdrawyoureyelike

a sore thumb.

for three hours clearing the edge of the woods. I

wasntplanningto havea gardenthere.Butnow

the area is filled with summer- and fall-blooming

perennials, including scores of day lilies.

A visit to her father in California resulted in a

treasure trove of lycoris, also called surprise lil-

ies. He had tons of them and was digging them

up, so I loaded up my suitcase. Come late sum-

mer, these pass-along plants add a splash of

color throughout the garden, along with anemo-

nes, asters and fall-blooming clematis.

The garden is still evolving as plants come

andgo.A stormlastyeartoppledcentury-oldoak

trees,leavingthe variegateddogwoodsand shade-

loving ground covers below struggling in the full

sun. She replaced a row of overgrown yews with

boxwood, which she says are more easily con-

trolled with pruning. Flagstones have taken over

the mulched paths. And because there wasnt

anythingexcitinghereby thebackof thehouse,

shesaid,asmallfish-filledpondwasadded,which

can be enjoyed from indoors.

While her father grew more than 100 rosesthat required spraying and fussing, Beard says,

Idontdo thatbecauseit killsbeneficialinsects.

Im not into the patented tea roses. I grow roses

that do well without that stuff. Mystic Fairy,

KnockOut andCherryPiearesomeof the newer

shrub roses shes planted recently.

Compost, chicken manure and worm castings

are added to planting beds and containers each

spring. She occasionally uses slow-release fertil-

izersprinkled aroundherplants, letsfallen leaves

remainonthe groundinthe woods,andcomposts

her grass clippings.

Beard, an experienced designer who once

offered garden design services and gave talks at

TheMortonArboretum,plannedherowngarden

toaffordviewswithfocalpointsfromeveryroom

inthehouse.Agatedarborwithan8-footopening

wasinstalledintheside yardtocreatean inviting

entryway. She added a 19-foot-long bridge several

years ago to make the gardens flow more inter-

esting. A low semicircle of stone surrounds the

seating area. I tell people when you have rolling

land,cutintoittomakea wall,makeit dramatic.

For the beginning gardener, Beard suggests

joiningone of t hemany plantsocieties. Garden-

ing books are great, but plant society people are

so knowledgeable. She joined the rose society

in Santa Barbara, Calif., where she has a second

garden.I wantedto findoutwhichrosestogrow

there, since some that do well here dont grow

there.

When hundreds of visitors strolled through

thepropertyduringa GardenConservancyOpenDays event, Kay Mangan of Olympia Fields, Ill.,

asked, Do you ever sit down?

Beard responded with a laugh, saying, No,

because I see everything that needs to be done.

I have more than enough to take care of, and Im

using more shrubs. And then there are all those

shrub roses she has her eye on for this year.

I


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When Fat Rices owners chef Abrah

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Asparagus, pea and paneer salad: Peel sbunch asparagus; cut in 1-inch pieces. Blin ice water. Blanch; shock 1 cup fresh shepeas. Put drained vegetables in a bowl wispoon fresh ginger julienne, cup each: leaves, crumbled paneer (a fresh cheese),red spring onion and 1 cup watercress. Ju1 lemon. Toss with salad, add 1 tablespooseason with salt and pepper.

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