Re: Chicago Area Gardens

**C* U* <c*@sbcglobal.net>**

The green roof at City Hall isn't normally open to the public. You  
could call the Dept of Environment and see if someone would take you  
up. My guess is that they'd say yes. You have to make your way  
through a boiler room before getting to the locked  door that gives  
you access. Am sure there are lots of legal issues involved.
Carolyn Ulrich

> and don't forget the green roofs at?City Hall. There are a lot of  
> articles about Chicago's Green Roof Initiative. Here's one http:// 
> news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/11/1115_041115_green_roofs.html
>
>
> Sally
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carolyn Ulrich <cultivated@sbcglobal.net>
> To: Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum  
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> Sent: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 4:01 am
> Subject: Re: [GWL] Chicago Area Gardens
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>
> There's the Morton Arboretum with its new visitors' center
> overlooking a pond and a state of the art children's garden. Just up
> the hill from there is a giant twig sculpture by Patrick Dougherty
> that's worth seeing. It's called "Xanadu" and it does suggest
> Coleridge's stately pleasure dome.
>
> Garfield Conservatory has a new outside garden partially designed by
> Doug Hoerr and in front there's the Monet garden, which has matured
> nicely. The conservatory itself is huge and dates back to Jens
> Jensen. The main hall has a new glass roof that was funded by the
> Chihuly exhibit a few years ago. There's a colorful garden outside
> the much smaller Lincoln Park Conservatory as well. Has stunning
> views with city skyscrapers to the south.
>
> For private gardens, everybody wants to visit Trudi Temple's garden
> in Hinsdale. It's just under an acre and is justly famous. I wrote
> about it years ago in Horticulture. Contact me off line if you want
> details.
>
> Also, you must take in the Michigan Ave. median plantings. Chicago
> now has 60 miles of median plantings, maybe 70 by now, but those on
> Michigan Ave. are always breathtaking. They run from Oak Street on
> the north to Congress Expressway on the south.
>
> These days all the high rises along Lake Shore Drive compete with
> each other for the most colorful "front yard" plantings. Worth a
> stroll. Go to Oak Street and walk north.
>
> Carolyn Ulrich
> On Jun 28, 2007, at 3:30 PM, Doug Green wrote:
>
>> I'm spending a week in Chicago to take pics of the big pond tour
>> and am
>> looking for other great gardens in the area.
>>
>> I've already planned on the Chicago Botanic Gardens.
>>
>> What's a must-see, must-photograph, must-publicize garden ?
>>
>> Doug
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Doug Green
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