A withered Monarda grand parade plant is showered with drops of water from a nearby sprinkler after being planted during the hot Memorial Day weekend at the Elgin Public Museum. May 30, 2012 | Michael Smart~Sun-Times Media
Elgin Public Museum Education Coordinator Sarah Russell moves a sprinkler head Wednesday to another part of the museum's garden. May 30, 2012 | Michael Smart~Sun-Times Media
A painting inside the Elgin Public Museum representing the Three Sisters Garden by museum staff that was started last year. May 30, 2012 | Michael Smart~Sun-Times Media
Elgin Public Museum Education Coordinator Sarah Russell. May 30, 2012 | Michael Smart~Sun-Times Media
Medicinal plants like this butterfly weed was planted at the Elgin Public Museum's Native Medicinal Garden on Saturday, May 26. May 30, 2012 | Michael Smart~Sun-Times Media
A water droplet falls from a Monarda "gardenview scarlet' bee balm plant that was planted over the Memorial Day weekend at the Elgin Public Museum Native Medicinal Garden. The plant that attracts hummingbirds and used to make a tea, is on display with other plants at the museum. May 30, 2012 | Michael Smart~Sun-Times Media
A water droplet falls from a Monarda "gardenview scarlet' bee balm plant that was planted over the Memorial Day weekend at the Elgin Public Museum Native Medicinal Garden. The plant that attracts hummingbirds and used to make a tea, is on display with other plants at the museum. May 30, 2012 | Michael Smart~Sun-Times Media
ELGIN — Record-breaking heat isn’t the best weather for gardening, either for the sweating volunteers or the slightly mopey-looking plants that were wavering under a sprinkler Wednesday outside the Elgin Public Museum. But about four brave Elgin-area residents nonetheless turned out Memorial Day weekend to … Read More
