page_title: Chicago Botanic Garden
section_title: Garden facts
hierarchical_section_title: Chicago Botanic Garden / Garden facts
caption_attribution_description: English: The green roof garden a top the Daniel F. and Ada L. Rice Plant Conservation Science Center.
context_page_description: The Chicago Botanic Garden is a 385-acre living plant museum situated on nine islands in the Cook County Forest Preserves. It features 27 display gardens in four natural habitats: McDonald Woods, Dixon Prairie, Skokie River Corridor, and Lakes and Shores. The address for the garden is 1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe, Illinois. The garden is open every day of the year. Admission is free, but parking is $30 per car.
  The Chicago Botanic Garden is owned by the Forest Preserve District of Cook County, and managed by the Chicago Horticultural Society. It opened to the public in 1972, and is home to the Joseph Regenstein Jr. School of the Chicago Botanic Garden, offering a number of classes and certificate programs.
  The Chicago Botanic Garden is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums and is a member of the American Public Gardens Association.
context_section_description: The Chicago Botanic Garden has 50,000 members, the largest membership of any U.S. public garden, and is Chicago's 7th largest cultural institution and 12th-ranking tourist attraction.
  The 25 display gardens and four natural habitats include:
  The Aquatic Garden
  Bonsai Collection
  The Bulb Garden
  The Grunsfeld Children's Growing Garden
  The Circle Garden
  Crescent Garden
  Dwarf Conifer Garden
  Enabling Garden
  English Oak Meadow
  English Walled Garden
  Esplanade
  Evening Island
  Regenstein Fruit & Vegetable Garden
  Great Basin & Water Gardens
  Greenhouses
  The Green Roof
  Heritage Garden
  Kleinman Family Cove
  Lakeside Garden
  Landscape Gardens
  Elizabeth Hubert Malott Japanese Garden
  Mary Mix McDonald Woods
  The Plant Evaluation Gardens
  Suzanne S. Dixon Prairie
  Native Plant Garden
  Model Railroad Garden
  The Bruce Krasberg Rose Garden
  Sensory Garden
  Skokie River
  Spider Island
  Waterfall Garden
caption: Green Roof Garden atop the Plant Science Center
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