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For 50-year members, the Garden has meant inspiration, refuge, and more

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The Chicago Botanic Garden has been celebrating its 50th birthday throughout 2022, and it wouldn’t be a party without the people who have been with us since the beginning: our members of 50 years.

More than 675 people who joined when the Chicago Botanic Garden first opened in 1972 are still members today. Here’s what a few of those inaugural members had to say about what the Garden has meant to them.

Click on each member below to read their full quotes!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you to all of our members for helping us protect and celebrate the natural world since 1972.
Our future is bright because of them.

50 Year Garden Members
Some of the Garden’s 50-year members gathered in August 2022 for a celebratory event held in their honor.