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Around the holidays, we went to Lincoln Park Conservatory and enjoyed an Edible Plant Tour. It was amazing!
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Susan Salpeter, a docent at the Conservatory, welcomed us and led the tour. She answered questions, shared information about the plants, and had samples available so we could see the various parts of the plants, examine their textures, and even smell them. It was an hour educational tour, packed with interesting facts about the unique plants.
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Edible Plant Tour at the Lincoln Park Conservatory. The pictured pond was being repaired at the time of our visit.
Susan Salpeter begins the tour with her trusty umbrella used as a pointing stick during our educational tour
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Tour group of about 12 people being informed about the various plants they were about to see in the conservatory..
The Cocoa tree is marked with this sign inside the conservatory.
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Tour group at the base of the Cocoa Tree on Edible Plant tour.
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Susan’s umbrella was useful as a pointing object to draw people attention to the correct object within the tree.
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Close up view of Cocoa tree pod.
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Hand held diagrams were used to educate the tour group about the insides of the Cocoa pods
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This diagram shows the sequence of the chocolate making process
A sign is used to bring attention to a coffee bush growing within the conservatory.
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View of the coffee bush growing in the Lincoln Park Conservatory
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Unroasted coffee beans are shown to the tour group to smell and feel
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Diagram of a coffee cherry containing raw coffee beans.
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Banana pod that will that will mature into a growing banana stalk.
Peeling back the husks of the banana pod to show the seedlings with the Banana pods.
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Green bananas growing maturing on a banana plant at the Lincoln Park Conservatory
Diagram shows an agricultural pineapple field with maturing pineapples.
An immature pineapple growing the Lincoln Park Conservatory
Signage marking a Papaya bush within the conservatory.
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Papaya fruit growing on a Papaya bush within the conservatory at Lincoln Park.
For More Information See:
https://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/parks-facilities/lincoln-park-conservatory/
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