Chicago Botanical Garden

Chicago Botanical Garden We cultivate the power of plants to sustain and enrich life You can explore the wonders of the Garden by walking or by taking a tram.

We hope you enjoy your visit, and we invite you to come again soon to experience the glory of nature as it changes daily. In every season at the Chicago Botanic Garden, there are activities and programs, and breathtaking beauty throughout our 385 acres, including 26 gardens, four natural areas — including prairie and woods — and 81 acres of water. Tram tours include a panoramic overview or the int

imate view of the gardens of the main island. To enhance your visit, please download Garden guides of individual gardens or check out our interactive Garden map. Detailed information on special events, exhibits, garden walks, and tram hours is available online in the Events Calendar or onsite at the Visitor Center. fun for the family
Close to the city of Chicago, the Garden offers fun for kids and families. Come to the North Shore for a family outing, with free activities that entertain young and old alike. Find a perfect garden for an indoor or outdoor walk or to enjoy nature photography. Let the children run and smell the flowers while you enjoy the serenity and beauty of the ever-changing views.

The Butterflies & Blooms exhibition is a butterfly exhibition where visitors can immerse themselves in a habitat filled ...
09/09/2015

The Butterflies & Blooms exhibition is a butterfly exhibition where visitors can immerse themselves in a habitat filled with hundreds of live butterflies. This exhibition is filled with species native to South America, Asia, North America, and Africa, as well as those native to Illinois. For the 2015 season, the 2,800-square-foot white mesh enclosure is located on the Annex Road, as you head out from the Visitor Center to McDonald Woods.

Popular perennials to look for include Russian sage, Japanese anemones, waterlilies, sedums, Joe Pye w**d, obedient plan...
09/09/2015

Popular perennials to look for include Russian sage, Japanese anemones, waterlilies, sedums, Joe Pye w**d, obedient plant and turtlehead. Less common flowers in bloom include autumn squill and yellow waxbells in several gardens, GREAT STAR™ panicle hydrangea outside the east wall of the English Walled Garden and “white lettuce” in the woods. If it's annual displays you want to enjoy, prime spots are the Circle Garden, English Oak Meadow, Enabling Garden and the raised beds of the Sensory Garden. Enjoy a colorful summer walk at the Chicago Botanic Garden.

Late summer is a time of abundance and prime time for native plants. You will delight in the swaying grasses and colorfu...
09/09/2015

Late summer is a time of abundance and prime time for native plants. You will delight in the swaying grasses and colorful wildflowers in the Prairie, including big bluestem, prairie cord grass, saw-tooth sunflowers, goldenrods, black-eyed Susans and gaura. In garden areas, shrubs in bloom include roses, panicle hydrangeas, oakleaf hydrangeas, summersweet, butterfly bush, rose-of-Sharon, bluebeard and chaste tree.

The Chicago Botanic Garden has a major collection of more than 2.6 million plants consisting of 9,200 different kinds of...
09/09/2015

The Chicago Botanic Garden has a major collection of more than 2.6 million plants consisting of 9,200 different kinds of plants (taxa). Plants are displayed in a landscaped manner, showing ways in which these plants may be incorporated into the public's own gardens, whether large public projects or smaller residential landscapes. New plants are acquired through commercial nurseries, other public gardens, plant breeding programs, and plant-collecting expeditions.

A museum's major function is to collect and preserve objects. As a museum, the Chicago Botanic Garden is dedicated to bu...
09/09/2015

A museum's major function is to collect and preserve objects. As a museum, the Chicago Botanic Garden is dedicated to building its permanent collections, which are its objects. Living collections at the Chicago Botanic Garden focus on plants from around the world that grow well in the Chicago area and are adapted to the local climate and soils.

The Chicago Botanic Garden opened a little more than 40 years ago as a beautiful place to visit, and it has matured into...
09/09/2015

The Chicago Botanic Garden opened a little more than 40 years ago as a beautiful place to visit, and it has matured into one of the world's great living museums and conservation science centers. In 2014, more than one million people visited the Garden's 26 gardens and four natural areas, uniquely situated on 385 acres on and around nine islands, with six miles of lake shoreline. The Garden also has a renowned Bonsai Collection.

Recharge your senses with a day at the Chicago Botanic Garden. Watch for goldfinches diving and dipping through the Dixo...
09/09/2015

Recharge your senses with a day at the Chicago Botanic Garden. Watch for goldfinches diving and dipping through the Dixon Prairie, listen for cicada song in the McDonald Woods, and catch the first scent of northern dropseed prairie grass in the Native Plant Garden. It smells like popcorn!

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1000 Lake Cook Road
Glencoe, IL
60022

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