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Chicago Botanic Garden

1000 Lake Cook Road
Glencoe, Illinois, 60022
(847) 835-5440
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Holiday Season

Relax and unwind at the Chicago Botanic Garden, a place of ever-changing natural beauty that makes each visit unique. Enjoy a walk through the Greenhouses and dine at the Garden Café.
Discover the magic of Wonderland Express as the Garden celebrates the holiday season inside and out. Dazzling lights, festive miniature trains, and special events make Wonderland Express the perfect holiday destination and family tradition. Make your reservations now for Christmas Supper with Santa, and the Hanukkah Dinner and Concert.

Visitor Services

Take a break in the Garden Café and enjoy their new menu, which uses locally-grown produce when items are in season. You’ll find fresh flat bread pizza’s, healthy wraps, crisp salads, tasty soups, sweet pastries and organic coffee. Starting April 1, hours are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays, and until 5:30 p.m. on weekends. Unique and beautiful gifts inspired by nature are available for every member of the family in the Garden Shop, open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays, and until 5:30 p.m. on weekends.

Those pondering a gift for Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, teachers, graduations or weddings might consider a gift membership to the Chicago Botanic Garden. Year-round benefits include free parking and discounts on classes, tram tours and shopping. Gift memberships can be purchased by calling (847) 835-8215, or by visiting ChicagoBotanic.org/member.

Admission to the Garden is free. Select event fees apply. Parking is $15 per car. For information about any of the Chicago Botanic Garden’s programs and events, call (847) 835-5440, or visit ChicagoBotanic.org.

Events for Chicago Botanic Garden

Farmer's Market

The Chicago Botanic Garden and King’s Hill Farm in Mineral Point, Wisconsin, have partnered to use the Chicago Botanic Garden as a pick-up location for the farm’s Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) vegetable shares. Each week, CSA members will receive three-quarters of a bushel of organically grown, freshly picked produce grown at King’s Hill Farm. On-site registration for the CSA will be at the Chicago Botanic Garden Winter Farmers’ Market on Sundays, December 7 and January 4, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Visit www.kingshillfarm.com for more information or to sign up online.

Wonderland Express

November 28, 2008 – January 4, 2009
Hours: 10 a.m. – 7 p.m. daily
Closed at 3 p.m. December 4 and December 24
Closed all day December 25
Wonderland Express member and nonmember tickets go on sale Wednesday, October 22. Wonderland Express special event tickets, including Christmas Breakfast with Santa, Christmas Supper with Santa, and the Hanukkah Dinner, go on sale to members only from October 22 through November 5. Special event tickets will be available to the general public on Thursday, November 6.
Take a magical trip to a winter wonderland of twinkling lights and holiday beauty at the Chicago Botanic Garden when we kick off the holiday season! Outside, 750,000 white lights sparkle and welcome you and your family to the Garden's wonderland. Inside the Regenstein Center, a 10,000-square-foot exhibition of miniature trains winds over bridges, under trestles, past waterfalls and through dozens of Chicago's favorite landmarks. New landmarks for 2008 include K.A.M. Isaiah Israel Synagogue, the Newberry Library, and the Chicago Botanic Garden's Daniel F. and Ada L. Rice Plant Conservation Science Center. Paul Busse, designer of the Model Railroad Garden, created this amazing exhibition exclusively for the Garden's holiday celebration.
Walk past an English country train platform, beautifully decorated for the season. Come with friends and family to the special holiday events listed here and visit all season for lunches and dinners in the Garden Café.

Weekend Family Classes

Together, adults and children can explore cool things about how plants connect to science, art, history, and culture. Each program includes a variety of hands-on activities and projects, as well as opportunities to bring the Garden home. Programs run from November through April on Saturdays.

Registration and payment must be received no later than one week prior to the date of the program. Ages: Children ages 4 to 10 accompanied by adults. Limit of three children per adult, please. An adult MUST accompany children.

Times: 9:30 – 11 a.m. or 1 – 2:30 p.m.

Fees: $17 per child member, $20 per child nonmember

Hours

April 1 – June 6
8 a.m. – sunset.
June 7 – September 1
7 a.m. – 9 p.m.

Admission

Free, but parking charge applies

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