Chicago Botanic Garden

For families

kids exploring the greenhouse

Nature Nights

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

Registration is required and available online, or download the registration form to register by fax or mail. Registration ends on the Sunday prior to each respective program.

Spend a night in the Garden enjoying the company of your family while participating in a variety of engaging discovery-based activities! Choose from one of several reoccurring “Nature Nights” themes (including Plant Art, Go Green, Season Celebrations, and Travel), or select a one-time topic (such as Bizarre Botany, Alien Invaders, and Eat Your Plants!). Each evening will include first-hand experience with natural specimens, travel throughout the Garden grounds, and a light dinner. Along with parents/guardians, older children are encouraged to participate to support and guide their younger siblings.

Become a family member today and enjoy a special discount.

Ages: Families with children ages 4-10

Time: 5 – 8 p.m. on selected Friday and Saturday evenings

Fee (includes light dinner): Family Member: $30 per participant; nonmember: $45 per participant
(minimum one adult for every three children)

2008 Schedule:
Late Winter
2/9 Plant Art: Plants that Last
2/23 Greenhouse Adventure
Spring
3/7 Plant Pals
3/29 Bizarre Botany
4/5 Go Green: For Spring!
4/25 Season Celebrations: Spring Fling!
5/3 The Great Outdoors
5/23 Travel: Journey to Japan
Summer
6/14 Aquatic Adventures
6/20 Travel: Elegant England
7/12 Plant Art: Natural Music
7/25 Season Celebrations: Summer Fun!
8/22 Alien Invaders
8/30 Eat Your Plants!
Fall
9/13 It’s Common Sense
9/26 Travel: Indigenous Illinois
10/10 Plants in the House
10/18 Season Celebrations: Fall Harvest
11/7 Tremendous Trees
11/15 Plant Art: Plant Portraits
Early Winter
12/6 Season Celebrations: Life in Winter
12/19 Go Green: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle