<div dir="ltr">Jessica,<div><br></div><div>Both the Morton Arboretum and the Chicago Botanic Garden have advised gardeners on what has been happening weather wise with shrubs, trees, and plants, and how new and established growing things are affected by it all.  We can't add much to their expert's advice, but how do our gardeners in Chicago deal with these weather and climate events?  What we at CCGA can say is that Chicago community gardeners are in the midst of it all, day to day erratic weather, unanticipated seasonal changes, plant diseases and pests proliferating, rain pelting our gardens, but our gardeners are acutely aware and they're  responding.  There are more seed swaps than ever to introduce hardy varieties better suited to Chicago and while there gardeners share expertise and have hard conversations. Gardeners are a stubborn lot and closely watch for what nature gives them.</div><div><br></div><div>Hope this is what you're looking for</div><div>Communications Team</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Apr 3, 2024 at 1:05 PM Ma, Jessica via Communications <<a href="mailto:communications@chicagocommunitygardens.org">communications@chicagocommunitygardens.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hi, </div><div>I hope you are doing well. I'm working on a story about how this cold snap will affect flowers and plants that emerged when the weather was warner. Also, wondering what can people do now to help/protect their flowers and plants.</div><div><br></div><div>Let me know if anyone is interested. My deadline is today. </div><div><br></div><div>Thanks, </div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(255,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline">Jessica Ma  </span><span style="font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(89,89,89);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">(she/her)</span></p><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" size="1"><span><b>Reporting Intern</b></span></font></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:"Inter Tight",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline">p.</span><span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:"Inter Tight",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"> 650.556.5395  |</span><span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:"Inter Tight",sans-serif;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><font color="#3d85c6"> </font><font color="#0563c1"><u><a href="mailto:jma@suntimes.com" target="_blank">jma@suntimes.com</a></u></font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:"Inter Tight",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">848 E. Grand Ave. Chicago IL, 60611</span><span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:"Inter Tight",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span><span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:"Inter Tight",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline">w.</span><span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:"Inter Tight",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"> </span><a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:"Inter Tight",sans-serif;color:rgb(5,99,193);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">Chicago Sun-Times</span></a></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:"Inter Tight",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="border:none;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:174px;height:15px"><img src="https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/ykhkRITT4vdci8EmPXgWoK0sjM3s1C9ysU4UMfdmeJJpGQpIVcHc9XZd94ZttOF5qNT88jo_B9YsnS4ykyDj_Eglp0O52xqp_htfg2og68Jm2eBcY8D5Sd4pYENYp8SR2tBhXI5YZz6S6ej_5DXX-Rk" width="174" height="15" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></span></span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:"Inter Tight",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">Part of Chicago </span><span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:"Inter Tight",sans-serif;color:rgb(237,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">Public</span><span style="font-size:7pt;font-family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