The Buehler Enabling Garden at the Chicago Botanic Garden is a world-class model promoting garden design, tools, equipment, and techniques that engage people of all abilities in gardening. Since its beginning, the Garden’s Horticultural Therapy Services has contracted with more than 200 health and human service agencies. These include the following:

Allendale Association
Blair Early Childhood Development Center
Chicago Association of Retarded Citizens
Chicago Lighthouse for the Blind
Children’s Memorial Hospital
El Valor
Englewood Hospital
Evanston Hospital
HUD Senior Housing
Illinois Children’s School
Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital
Mather LifeWays
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Presbyterian Homes
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
Schwab Rehabilitation Hospital

The Garden is a not-for-profit public garden located 25 miles north of Chicago in Glencoe, Illinois. A variety of display gardens, as well as education and research programs, are featured on the 385-acre site. Since its inception in 1972, the Garden has grown in prominence and expertise in community education, youth and family programs, adult education, and professional credentialing. The Garden partners with Northwestern University in offering a masters and doctoral program in plant conservation science.