Gardening: Places to Go

Statewide guide from the Illinois Department of Agriculture

Locate a farmers' market close to home in Lake County.

Features 27 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. Located on Lake Cook Road in nearby Glencoe.

Chicago's “landscape art under glass” is one of the largest and most stunning conservatories in the nation.

Designed to showcase exotic plants and grow the thousands of plants needed for use in the parks, the Conservatory offers visitors a tropical experience within its four display houses: Palm House, Fern Room, Orchid House, and Show House. Part of the Chicago Park District.

An urban oasis at Millennium Park, the garden’s design pays homage to Chicago’s transformation from flat marshland to innovative green city, or “urbs in horto” (city in a garden).

Dedicated to the planting and conservation of trees the Arboretum offers a wide variety of activities, events, tours, and classes for people of all ages and interests.