A large sculpture of Swedish physician Linnaeus (1701-1778) overlooks the Heritage Garden. |
The Rose Petal Fountain in the Rose Garden (of course!). |
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 The Lakeside Gardens. The purplish flower in the foreground is meadow liatris...not invasive loosetrife! |
Looking towards Evening Island and the 48-bell Theodore C. Butz Memorial Carillon. |
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 The Sensory Garden. |
The Japanese Garden. |
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 The English Walled Garden. |
 The Checkerboard Garden. |
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The Chicago Botanic Garden is my favorite American public garden...at least
up to this point! It is an easy drive from the Twin Cities and
you can spend a whole weekend strolling through the 385 acres of display gardens and native habitats.
Plus, if you are already a member of an arboretum or botanic garden, you may be
able to visit the Chicago Botanic Garden for no charge through the AHS
Reciprocal Gardens program. I have a .pdf list of the participating public
gardens here. For directions and more information on the gardens, please see their website at
http://www.chicagobotanic.org/.
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