Enjoy Chicago’s end of summer season with us.
September light in the Garden brings photographers and nature lovers to explore. Take a hike through the Dixon Prairie and feel the seasons begin to change. Explore sculptures like the twin benches by renowned sculptor Martin Puryear, or walk through the gardens to view beautiful flower displays.
Fall is a time of transition, but in many ways it’s a lot like spring. The great American naturalist John Burroughs (1837–1921) summed up the similarities of the two seasons in this wonderful passage from his book, A Year in the Field: “Spring is the inspiration, fall the expiration.
"Both seasons have their equinoxes, both their filmy, hazy air, their ruddy forest tints, their cold rains, their drenching fogs, their mystic moons; both have the same solar light and warmth, the same rays of the sun; yet, after all, how different the feelings they inspire. One is morning, the other the evening; one is youth, the other is age.”
Embrace the changing seasons and experience the joys that being outdoors in nature brings.
