Explore the Garden
• Aquatic Garden
• Bonsai Collection
• Bulb Garden
• Children's Growing
Garden
• Circle Garden
• The Crescent
• Dwarf Conifer Garden
• Enabling Garden
• English Oak Meadow
• English Walled Garden
• Esplanade
• Evening Island
• Fruit & Vegetable
Garden
• Gardens of the
Great Basin
• Greenhouses
• Heritage Garden
• Kleinman Family Cove
• Lakeside Gardens
• Landscape Gardens
• Japanese Garden
• McDonald Woods
• Native Plant Garden
• Plant Conservation
Science Center
• Plant Evaluation
Gardens
• Prairie
• Railroad Garden
• Rose Garden
• Sensory Garden
• Skokie River
• Spider Island
• The Trellis Bridge
• Water Gardens
• Waterfall Garden
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A handcrafted boardwalk leads to Spider Island, and its proximity to the water provides a close view of the lake and shoreline plants. It makes the small island garden appear larger.
Designed as a quiet, contemplative retreat, this garden features naturalistic plantings of trees, grasses, and wildflowers surrounded by tranquil views of the lake and shoreline. Sweeps of woodland, meadow, and shoreline plants help create the natural style of Spider Island. A woodland path leads to a secluded seating area beside the lake.