Cornell Oasis Garden is a Community garden located in the middle of a forest in Kenwood (48th and Cornell, Chicago. Presently we have 31 gardeners. The history of the oasis goes back well over 40 years. Contact Hal Cohen-Raptorhal3@gmail.com if you are interested in joining our community.
I finally have a new camera. I'll be blogging on a more regular basis now. We've had an enormous amount of rain over the past 2 months. The temperature has been on the cool side throughout May and into the third week of May. We had a new visitor to the garden today, an Ebony Jewelwing. This damselfly is most often found near water. Perhaps all of the rain has brought him, it's a male, into our woods.
The entrance to the garden is pinched near the beginning. This gives the illusion of going into a secret place.
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| Walking the path to the gardens-HC |
Along the path to the garden are many native wildflowers. Here is wild ginger. Not related to Chinese ginger used in cooking.
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| Wild Ginger along the path-HC |
Just before arriving at the gardens, the meditation garden comes into view. The paths wind around ferns and an assortment of perennial plants.
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| Ebony Jewel Damselfly-HC |
Below is a link to Native Wildflower Nursery who have provided ferns and wildflowers to our community.
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