Do North

Four of the Chicago area’s most acclaimed cultural attractions—Chicago Botanic Garden, Kohl Children’s Museum of Greater Chicago, Ravinia Festival and Writers’ Theatre—have joined forces to bring awareness of the rich artistic, cultural, environmental, community and family activities that make the northern suburbs of Chicago a unique place to live, work, and visit. Visit www.donorth.org for information and special offers.

EcoMyths

With so much information floating around out there – some of it reliable, some of it not so much – it can be tough to figure out how best to be green, too. EcoMyths sets the record straight. To do this, we call upon an all-star alliance of experts from some of the most respected nature institutions in Chicago to provide you just the facts. Naturally. So you can make the best green decision for you, your family and nature.

Museums WOrk for chicago

Chicago’s world-class museums and zoos are really working hard for the Chicagoland area and for you.

Chicago’s 14 top museums and zoos are also key economic engines, generating more than $1 billion in economic impact in Illinois, including jobs and tax revenues generated. And Chicago museums and zoos are the reason hundreds of thousands of tourists each year make the Windy City their destination.

Check out the top 10 ways Museums Work for Chicago and learn how you can get involved in keeping our museums strong.

Lake county, Illinois Convention
& Visitors Bureau

Lake County, Illinois is the perfect place to kick-off your vacation, with fantastic events for everyone.

PLANTS OF CONCERN

This Garden program engages citizen scientists to monitor the Chicago Wilderness region’s rarest plants, assess trends in their populations, and provide important data used to conserve our rapidly declining floral heritage.

Chicago Wilderness

The Garden’s partner, Chicago Wilderness, is an alliance of organizations that champions biodiversity and its contribution to the quality of life in the urban, suburban, and rural areas of the Chicago Metropolitan region.

ChicagoLAND GROWS®

Chicagoland Grows® is an innovative plant introduction program developed to promote the use of new plant cultivars that are well-adapted to the growing conditions of the Upper Midwest. While regional in focus, the program’s plants can be grown successfully in all zone-appropriate regions of North America, Europe and around the world. Chicagoland Grows® is a corporate partnership among the Chicago Botanic Garden, the Morton Arboretum and the Ornamental Grower’s Association of Northern Illinois (OGA), a network of wholesale nurseries located in northeastern Illinois.