Garden Walks
• Early Spring Walk
• April Walk
• Spring Crabapple Walk
• McDonald Woods
• Dwarf Conifer Garden
• Rose Garden
• Crescent Garden
• English Walled Garden
• Fruit & Vegetable Garden
• Evening Walk
• Shoreline Walk
• Bonsai Walk
• Sculpture Walk
• Early Fall Wows
• Autumn Walk
• Dixon Prairie
• Winter Walk
• The Greenhouses
• Wonderland Express

Enjoy Your Visit — WALK THE GARDEN

Experience Conservation

Two Walks to the New Plant Science Center

Conservation Walk #1
(.5 mile)

Begin outside the Visitor Center.
Walk to the end of Parking Lot 2,
pass through the traffic gate, and
enter the East Road.

Conservation Walk #2
(.5 mile)

Begin near the entrance to
Dixon Prairie.

What is plant conservation? It’s a topic that covers a lot of ground.

With the September 2009 opening of the Daniel F. and Ada L. Rice Plant Conservation Science Center, there is a new home for the Garden’s many conservation efforts — a place where scientists, students, and visitors come together under one roof to work on, learn about, and gain appreciation for the most vital science of our time — conservation.

With that in mind, we’ve designed two garden walks to deliver you to the doorstep of the Plant Science Center from two different directions, while passing through the natural areas that are at the hub of the Garden’s conservation activities. Whether you begin your walk at the Visitor Center (a mixed sun/shade, .5-mile walk) or at Dixon Prairie (a full-sun, .5-mile walk), we suggest three items for your trek: comfortable shoes, a refillable water bottle, and a mindset that’s open to the ongoing, ever-changing nature of conservation.