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Interactive map
Use this map to help plan your visit to the Garden.

Explore the Garden
Learn more about each of the 23 formal display gardens and three natural areas in our 385-acre oasis.

Garden walks
In each season of the year, walking through the Garden is the most immediate and gratifying way to experience its colors, sounds, and fragrances.

What's in bloom
Before your visit, see where the action is. Check back frequently to discover which plants are blooming.

Plant Information Service
We answer 31,000 questions each year.

The Joseph Regenstein, Jr. School of the Chicago Botanic Garden
Classes abound for adult and child gardeners of all levels. Members receive discounts.

Gardening tips & techniques
Search for information on recommended plants for our area or unearth useful gardening tips and techniques.

Plant Evaluation Notes
For 25 years, this program has been dedicated to the scientific study of perennials, annuals, vines, shrubs and trees.

Interact with the Garden
Sign up to receive free eCommunications from the Garden, including the monthly eNewsletter, or send beautiful Garden eCards.

All life depends on plants
Learn how plant science will save the planet.

Invasive plant science
Invasive plants threaten our environment. Learn more about the damage being done to ecosystems.

Dixon National Tallgrass Prairie Seed Bank
The Garden has committed to collect seeds from 1,500 native species by 2010 from across the Midwest, aiming to conserve prairie plants.

Plants of Concern
Citizen scientists monitor the region's rarest plants, providing data used to conserve our declining floral heritage.

Project BudBurst
Thousands of citizen scientists from across the country gather valuable environmental and climate change data from the dates of first leafing, first flowering, and first fruit in local trees, shrubs, flowers, and grasses.