Chicago Botanic Garden

Glencoe, United States

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Visit the Chicago Botanic Garden. The 385-​acre Garden features 26 display gardens and four natural areas, uniquely situated on nine islands surrounded by lakes. The Chicago Botanic Garden is open every day of the year. Hours are 8 a.m. until sunset, with extended summer and winter holiday season hours. Parking fees apply.

History

Established in 1972.

In 1963, the Chicago Horticultural Society was granted 300 acres of forest on the outskirts of the city, and the Chicago Botanic Garden established roots. With the groundbreaking for the Garden in 1965 and its opening in 1972, the Society created a permanent site on which to carry out its mission. The mission encompasses three important components: collections, education, and research.

Today, the Chicago Botanic Garden is a flourishing environment of diverse gardens and expansive programming serving the needs of people. Visitors may find it difficult to imagine that this vibrant place was an undeveloped, primarily flooded piece of land 40 years ago. Beneath the plants, animals and facilities that now thrive here is a history of people with passion, vision and dedication that has helped Chicago become a leader in horticultural sciences and botanical gardens.