First Nations Garden
Subject: First Nations Garden Mounds and Native Plants & Insects
Location: Chicago, IL (Albany Park)
Date: 07/22/2023
Camera: Canon S110
Learn about the First Nations Garden.
Native Plants and Insects List
Grey-Headed Coneflower (Ratibida pinnata)
Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)
Narrowleaf Milkweed (Asclepius fascicularis)
Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)
Shrubby St. John’s Wort (Hypericum prolificum)
Prairie Blazing Star (Liatris pycnostachya)
Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)
Blanket Flower (Gaillardia)
Eastern Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa Virginia)
Common Eastern Bumble Bee (Bombus impatiens)
Flat-Tailed Leaf-Cutter Bee (Megachile medica)
Brown-belted Bumble Bee (Bombus griseocollis)
Western Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) [introduced]
Two-Spotted Bumble Bee (Bombus bimaculatus)
Planting Mounds
The planting mounds are directly managed by Chi-Nations each of the three mounds contains different Native plants. Our mounds are developed as a teaching aid to help revitalize Indigenous cultivation while providing substance for a wide range of pollinators. (Except from the First Nations Garden website.)
Photographs
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