Cooper Forsman

A Haunting

As sunset arrives earlier each day, many Chicagoans have been hearing strange sounds in the spreading dark. You may have heard them yourself: eruptions of sharp half-laughter underscoring the usual city noise, often echoing passing ambulance sirens and cheers from late-season baseball games. While biking past Humboldt Park

Deep Time, Short Notice

For me, the most intoxicating aspect of working with native plants is their connectedness.  They go beyond decoration (although many are stunning) and reach back into deep time, displaying evolutionary relationships millions of years in the making. I run the Native Plants department at a small garden center on Chicago&