View of part of the Japanese Garden in the Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe, Illinois.
The Chicago Botanic Garden is a 385-acre (156 ha) living plant museum situated on nine islands featuring 26 display gardens and surrounded by four natural habitats: McDonald Woods, Dixon Prairie, Skokie River Corridor, and Lakes and Shores. Located at 1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe, Illinois, United States, the Garden is open every day of the year. Admission is free but parking is $25 per car, free for Garden members. 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 (APGA). The Elizabeth Hubert Malott Japanese Garden is a 17-acre lakeside garden includes three islands. Only two—Seifuto (Island of Clear, Pure Breezes) and Keiunto (Island of the Auspicious Cloud)—are open to the public. Across the lake, the inaccessible island Horaijima (Island of Everlasting Happiness) is symbolic of paradise—in sight yet elusive. In traditional Japanese gardens, literature and paintings, pine trees often symbolize longevity and the timelessness of nature. Many of the pines throughout this garden are pruned and trained to mimic the idealized forms of aged trees.
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Location: Chicago Botanic Garden,1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe, IL 60022
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