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4 | April 18, 2019 | The glencoe anchor news glencoeanchor.com Second Unearth Festival attracts larger crowds this year Christine Adams Freelance Reporter The Chicago Botanic Garden hosted its second Unearth Science Festival from Saturday-Sunday, April 13-14, inviting guests of all ages to take a closer look at plant science at the interactive event. Dozens of stations, exhibits and activities were set up throughout the Regenstein Center, allowing visitors to get a hands-on experience with each of the four major themes: seeds, pollinators, flowers and fruits. Much of what was displayed is a precursor to CBG’s upcoming “Bees and Beyond” exhibit, which will look more closely at pollinators and their necessity in plant reproduction. A real bee colony encased in a glass display showcased the worker bees gathering sugar-water and bringing it back to their habitat. Visitors could also recreate wind pollination using a fan and some cotton balls that flew through the air, or even create their own “seeds” from craft materials that could be dropped from a pulley-contraption to see how the wind helps disperse them. The festival was created last year when CBG decided to act on its desire to better communicate the scientific work of the garden. While many come to appreciate the beauty of the gardens, “not so many know the garden is a scientific institution,” said Jennifer Schwarz Ballard, vice president of learning and engagement. All departments at the Maggie Schoenecker (left), 5, makes a living seed necklace with the help of volunteer Sue McFaul at the Unearth Science Festival Sunday, April 14, at Chicago Botanic Garden in Glencoe. Schoenecker was visiting from Virginia. Photos by Rhonda Holcomb/22nd Century Media garden came together to create accessible entry points for visitors to learn more about plant research and science. The AV department displayed large screens Sofia Stone, 2, of Highland Park, looks at bees. showing high-definition time-lapse images of blooming plants on all four walls, and a center screen hanging from the ceiling showed a compilation of time-lapse plant photography by John Nash Ott, who pioneered the practice and hailed from Winnetka. Volunteers and employees also worked at stations where visitors could create seed necklaces, bird feeders and more. “It’s been amazing,” Schwarz Ballard said. On Saturday, 3,000 guests came — which is already more than attended the entire weekend in 2018 — and Sunday’s late spring snowfall did not deter as many as feared from attending. The Friday night adultsonly event that kicked off the festival was sold out and saw grown-ups getting a thrill from the same activities and observations that children did later in the weekend, whether that was looking at seeds under microscopes or learning more about the science behind making fruit jams. When asked what he liked about festival, Noah Carson, 10, of Highland Park, said he liked the experiments and new experiences. “I’ve never tried a jackfruit before today,” he said. But kids weren’t the only ones who appreciated all of CBG’s offerings. “I am a bit of a science nerd,” said Shawna Wood, of Deerfield. “I absolutely love it here. We’ve been engaged at every turn.” On Sunday, the festival also screened a new documentary, “The Guardians,” about monarch butterflies and an indigenous community in Mexico. While spring may be trudging its feet this year, this festival revealed that both Chicago Botanic Garden and the public are ready to embrace all of the new life that will be blooming shortly, as well as the science that keeps that life going. Silas Panall, 8, of Chicago, learns about flower pollination. The Voss family, Neil Voss, Heather Volkman and Lyra Voss, pose for a photo.
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