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  2. Chicago Botanic Garden - Wikipedia

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    The Chicago Botanic Garden is a 385-acre (156 ha) living plant museum situated on nine islands in the Cook County Forest Preserves. It features 27 display gardens and five natural habitats including Mary Mix McDonald Woods, Barbara Brown Nature Reserve, Dixon Prairie, the Skokie River Corridor, and the Lakes and Shorelines.

  3. Chicago's Mag Mile transforms with unique butterfly exhibit - AOL

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    Kasey Chronis. May 20, 2024 at 5:25 PM. CHICAGO - A unique art exhibit landed along the Mag Mile this week. Ten metal butterfly sculptures flew over from the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum. The ...

  4. Butterfly Pavilion - Wikipedia

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    The Butterfly Pavilion is located in Westminster, Colorado. It opened on July 15, 1995, and was the first stand-alone non-profit insect zoo in the United States. The 30,000-square-foot (2,800 m 2) facility is situated on 11 acres (4.5 ha) of land, [1] and contains five main exhibit areas to teach visitors about butterflies and other invertebrates.

  5. Lurie Garden - Wikipedia

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    MED SSL. Lurie Garden is a 2.5-acre (10,000 m 2) garden located at the southern end of Millennium Park in the Loop area of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. Designed by GGN ( Gustafson Guthrie Nichol ), Piet Oudolf, and Robert Israel, [3] it opened on July 16, 2004. The garden is a combination of perennials, bulbs, grasses ...

  6. List of botanical gardens and arboretums in Illinois - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 20 January 2024, at 15:05 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 4.0; additional terms may apply.

  7. Chicago Maritime Museum launches new exhibit featuring ... - AOL

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    The exhibit features actual artifacts from the ship, although many things remain lost. "The waterways really shaped Chicago into the city it is today," Crispell said.

  8. United States Botanic Garden - Wikipedia

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    The United States Botanic Garden ( USBG) is a botanical garden on the grounds of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., near the James A. Garfield Monument . The Botanic Garden is supervised by the Congress through the Architect of the Capitol, who is responsible for maintaining the grounds of the United States Capitol.

  9. Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden - Wikipedia

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    Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden is an 83-acre (34 ha) botanic garden with extensive collections of rare tropical plants including palms, cycads, flowering trees, and vines. It is located in the city of Coral Gables , Miami-Dade County , just south of Miami , surrounded at the north and west by Matheson Hammock Park .