Here’s the tentative list of Native Plants we’ll have at the Hyde Park Garden Fair, May 16 and 17, Saturday and Sunday, 2026 at the Kimbark Shopping Plaza on 53rd Street between Woodlawn Avenue and Kimbark Avenue. We’ll be by the Liquor Store. Come early. We have a lot of flats, but some are just a few specimens.
Osaka Garden in Bloom April 22, 2026
Walking from the gate to the left, going clockwise Chinese Crabapple (several throughout garden) Yodogawa azalea (according to google–definitely an azalea) Judii Vibernum just starting to bloom near the zigzag bridge. Also called Korean Spicebush. Japanese Crabapple Regular old lilac, which predates the 1993 garden, so it’s allowed to stay though it can’t be shaped…
Osaka Garden in Bloom, April 16, 2026
I wanted to share with folks what’s in bloom in the garden, so people know when it’s good to visit. I thought posts here would work rather than the substack where I think there are more varied subscribers. I’m going to make an Osaka Garden page with the more permanent background information I’ve collected. I…
Japanese Community on the Southside of Chicago
I’m presenting a talk about Japanese and Japanese-American presence in and around Hyde Park, so I wanted to gather the relevant links in one spot. Sources for more reading My History of the Japanese presence on the South Side, the Detention Center and the South Side Japan Town, and the Urban Renewal On my substack…
Patricia L. Morse 