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The Chicago Botanic Garden opened a little more than 40 years ago as a beautiful place to visit, and it has matured into one of the world's great living museums and conservation science centers. In 2013, one million people visited the Garden's 26 gardens and four natural areas, uniquely situated on 385 acres on and around nine islands, with six miles of lake shoreline. The Garden also has a renowned Bonsai Collection.
The Chicago Botanic Garden has 50,000 members—one of the largest memberships of any U.S. botanic garden. People of all ages, interests, and abilities participate in programs, take classes, and stroll the grounds year-round. Within the nine laboratories of the Garden's Daniel F. and Ada L. Rice Plant Conservation Science Center, scientists and graduate students conduct a wide array of plant research. The Garden is one of only 17 public gardens accredited by the American Association of Museums. Its Lenhardt Library contains 110,000 volumes — including one of the nation's best collections of rare botanical books.
HISTORY
The Chicago Botanic Garden traces its origins back to the Chicago Horticultural Society, founded in 1890. With the motto Urbs in Horto, meaning "city in a garden," the Society hosted nationally recognized flower and horticultural shows, its third the World's Columbian Exposition Chrysanthemum Show, held in conjunction with the world's fair in October 1893.
After a period of inactivity, the Chicago Horticultural Society was restarted in 1943. In 1962, its modern history began when the Society agreed to help create and manage a new public garden. With the groundbreaking for the Chicago Botanic Garden in 1965 and its opening in 1972, the Society created a permanent site on which to carry out its mission. The Garden today is an example of a successful public-private partnership. It is owned by the Forest Preserve District of Cook County and operated by the Chicago Horticultural Society.
2/27/2022
Barbara L.
This class was NOT good! I did not want a course on Botany, details of the orchids. The class was let out early and I did not get many
ideas for caring for orchids. The teacher spent too much time on her own graduate thesis and did not really help me learn how to pick out orchids or how to keep them growing.
I would NOT recommend this class.
2/21/2022
Joanne G.
Our instructor was fantastic. Knowledgeable, entertaining and personable. All the recipes were great too and i cant wait to try them at home.
2/13/2022
Ismail T.
Great teacher. Incredible class
2/6/2022
David D.
Thought it was great. Took the fear factor out of trying something new!!
1/23/2022
Linda M.
Great class! Emily is knowledgeable and engaging. I would highly recommend her classes!
1/19/2022
Lourdes A.
Ms. Julia had an exceptionally well organized class! The class itself was exactly what was offered, a quick knowledge on house plants. I learned to love my plants, treat them with respect and love on them!
8/13/2021
Anonymous
Iris, the instructor was great. I highly recommend this course.
6/13/2021
Victoria L.
This was a very good class that provided a lot of materials and specific plant names. The only reason I didn't give 5 stars is it was entirely specific to environments east of the Mississippi. I should have known that since it was offered from Chicago, but maybe the region should be included in the title. Most all of the plants discussed could not survive in the arid environments, even in the shade, of the west.
3/22/2021
Catherine S.
I wish it was a bit longer so the instructor could have evaluated the finished product.
3/9/2021
Anonymous
Tons of repeated information. Mostly about working with contractors and very little information for how to actually design (tips for drawing plans, etc) and all pics/examples were from professional/contracted work. I wish it had included more for those of us planning to do simple things ourselves instead of enormous, expensive renovations.
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