Chicago Botanic Garden

enjoy your visit — visiting the garden

2010 Hours of Operation

In the morning, enjoy a cup of coffee, a newspaper, and one of the best made-to-order omelets on the North Shore in the Garden Café, then stroll through 24 display gardens and three natural habitats.

  Winter Hours
Through March 31
Garden Grounds* 8 a.m. – Sunset
Regenstein Center** 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. daily
Gatehouse 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. daily in Nov.
8 a.m. – 7 p.m. daily in Dec.
8 a.m. – 4 p.m. daily in Jan. & Feb.
8 a.m. – 5 p.m. daily in March
Membership Desk 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. daily
Visitor Center
Information Desk		 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. weekdays
8 a.m. – 5 p.m. weekends
Daniel F. and Ada L. Rice Plant Conservation Science Center 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. daily
Plant Information Service 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. weekdays
Closed holidays
Library 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. weekdays
Noon – 4 p.m. weekends
Closed holidays
Garden Café 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. weekdays
8 a.m. – 4:30 weekends
Rose Terrace Café Closed
Garden Grille Closed
Evening Grille Closed
Garden Shop 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. weekdays
10 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. weekends
Wheelbarrow Shop Closed
Grand Tram Tours Closed
Bright Encounters Tours Closed
Free Walking Tours† Closed
Garden Trolley
(Garden to Glencoe train station)		 Closed
Model Railroad Garden
Landmarks of America		 Closed
Fruit & Vegetable Garden Closed at sunset
Tool Shed Information Center Closed

  *Special Event areas may extend past posted sunset closings.
**Extended hours for class participants.
  †Inquire at Information Desk for confirmed departure times. Meet at the Crescent Garden, weather permitting.