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Home and kitchen designed by A. Perry Homes. Photo credit: A. Perry Homes
Tour Five Stunning Homes With Exceptional Kitchens The self-guided tour includes homes in Glencoe, Glenview, Northfield, Wilmette and Winnetka.
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Jeanne Nolan and her husband, Verd, founder/owner of The Organic Gardener, at their Northbrook home.PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL LERNER
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It’s been three years since Jeanne Nolan, author, lecturer and founder of The Organic Gardener, moved into the 4.5 acre Northbrook farm she, her husband, and their two daughters (plus three dogs, three chickens, two goats, a hive of honey bees, and a pair of alpacas) now call home. As the Nolans’ menagerie of animals frolic inside a paddock, Verd and Jeanne are preparing their large, organic vegetable garden for the season’s first crop of lettuce, spinach, broccoli, sugar snap peas and radish seeds, to be planted at the end of April. “Early spring is a time when we till our soil,” explained Verd. “We bring compost into our raised garden beds and work in those nutrients so the soil is really alive adding air by turning and fluffing it.” When it comes to soil, as with all topics related to gardening, the Nolans are experts. Thirteen years ago, Jeanne founded The Organic Gardener, based in Highland Park and rooted in the heartfelt belief that anyone anywhere can grow his or her own food, whether it’s in a backyard, a schoolyard or an urban fire escape. Since then, Jeanne, Verd, and a team of 14 full-time and 14 seasonal employees have designed, built and maintained over
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school learning experience for years to come. During the first week of March, D225 administrators unveiled a total of eight new classrooms This semester, students and teachers at The Glen- – four at Glenbrook North High School and four brooks are beta-testing three innovative classroom at Glenbrook South High School - each condesigns that will dramatically impact the high structed using one of three design prototypes across DAILYNORTHSHORE.COM
four subjects, including math, language arts, social studies and world languages. Students and teachers will begin testing the redesigned spaces to assess their impact on learning and wellbeing. The prototype-testing period will conclude June Continued on PG 8