Chicago Botanic Garden

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Nature Nights

PHOTO: class in the Sensory Garden

Roam the Garden after hours and uncover the mysteries of nature at night!

Bring a picnic dinner and spend an evening in the Garden! Children ages 4 to 10 and their families will explore different areas of the Garden and enjoy a variety of discovery-based activities. Each Nature Nights also includes a short tram ride, planting project, and s’mores around the campfire. Nature Nights is held rain or shine.

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(847) 835-6801.

Ages
Children ages 4 to 10 accompanied by adults. Limit of three children per adult, please. An adult MUST accompany children.

Times
5 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

Fees
$25 nonmember per child
Garden Plus members receive 20 percent discount

registration Policies

class information

Attire
Dress for the weather. Wear clothes that are comfortable for outdoor and indoor activities, and hands-on, sometimes messy, fun.

Location/parking
Park in the Learning Center entry drive. After the gatehouse, make a right at the first stop sign. Turn right again into the entry drive.

picnic
Bring a picnic dinner; dessert is provided.

Become a Garden Plus member today and enjoy a special discount.

June 1 or 15

 

NEW! Ready, Set, Garden! — Discover what plants need to grow and learn some gardening basics as you plan, plant, mulch, and water in the Grunsfeld Children's Growing Garden. Then, pot up a plant to grow in your own garden at home.

*Don't forget to bring a picnic dinner!
  Dessert is provided.

July 6 or 20

 

NEW! Abounding Butterflies — As you wander the Butterflies and Blooms exhibition, learn how butterflies sense the world around them, find out about the butterfly life cycle, and discover how to attract butterflies to your garden. Take home a plant that will entice butterflies to visit your yard.

*Don't forget to bring a picnic dinner!
  Dessert is provided.

August 3 or 17

 

Aquatic Adventure — Gather your own water sample and look at plants, insects and animals that live in the water at the Kleinman Family Cove using scientific tools. You'll even make an aquatic garden to take home.

*Don't forget to bring a picnic dinner!
  Dessert is provided.

September 7 or 21

 

Prairie Prowl — Explore the Dixon Prairie to learn about how prairies grow, find the plants and animals that call it home, and pot up a prairie plant to take home.

*Don't forget to bring a picnic dinner!
  Dessert is provided.

The Chicago Botanic Garden, Chicago's premier outdoor attraction, is close to the city, on Chicago's North Shore. Visitors come to enjoy family entertainment and fun outdoor and indoor activities for kids of all ages.