First Nations Garden
Subject: First Nations Garden Mounds and Native Plants (macro photography)
Location: Chicago, IL (Albany Park)
Date: 06/16/2024
Camera: Fuji X-T4
Learn about the First Nations Garden.
Native Plants
Black-Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)
Pale Purple Coneflower (Echinacea pallida)
Blanket Flower (Gaillardia)
Lemon Bee Balm (Monarda citriodora)
Rose Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata)
Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)
Butterfly Milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa)
Annual Fleabane (Erigeron annuus)
Yellow (Grey-Headed) Coneflower (Ratibida pinnata)
False (Early) Sunflower (Heliopsis helianthoides)
Common Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
Shrubby St. John’s Wort (Hypericum prolificum)
Northern Tobacco
Pale Indian Plantain (Arnoglossum atriplicifolium)
Prairie Blazing Star (Liatris pycnostachya)
Cylindrical Thimbleweed (Anemone cylindrica)
Cup Plant (Silphium perfoliatum)
Joe Pye Weed (Eutrochium maculatum)
Eastern Prickly Pear Cactus (Opuntia humifusa)Wild Strawberry (Fragaria virginiana)
Planting Mounds
Chi-Nations directly manages the planting mounds. Each of the three mounds contains different Native plants. Our mounds were developed as a teaching aid to help revitalize Indigenous cultivation while providing substance for many pollinators. (Except from the First Nations Garden website.)
Photographs
Creative Commons License
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