People gather nearby the well known corpse flower (real name is Titan arum) on Saturday, June 8, 2024, at the Chicago Botanic Garden in Glencoe, Ill. (Vincent Alban/Chicago Tribune) ...

While the Chicago Botanic Garden has an extensive variety of plants on its sprawling 385-acre campus, one flower in particular is hard to miss. That's not only because of its gigantic size but its ...

Access to the Mitsuzo and Kyoko Shida Evaluation Garden is included with admission to the Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe; 847-835-6801, chicagobotanic.org adperez ...

Back in the 19th century, Chicago's government picked the phrase "urbs in horto"—Latin for "City in a Garden"—as its motto, employing landscape architects like Daniel H. Burnham, Jens Jensen ...

This is the 11th year of the show. The garden’s Associate Vice President Jodi Zombolo says they’ve learned some lessons about displaying the warm-weather flowers in the middle of winter.

Where: Chicago Botanic Garden’s McDonald Woods, 1000 Lake Cook Rd., Glencoe. ... green thumb enthusiasts can peruse nursery-grown plants that aren’t easily found at garden stores.

Show your family just how beautiful the Prairie State can be with a trip to the Chicago Botanic Garden. Just north of Chicago, the living museum is home to 28 gardens and four natural areas, including ...

CHICAGO — Tony Holland gawked at the sprawling flower, which jutted more than 6 feet above him. Its distinct, rancid odor cut through the air, like rotting flesh. It was Holland’s dream come ...

The Botanic Garden has housed titan arums since 2003, and now nurtures 18 of the endangered species. They’re native to rugged rainforests on Sumatra, an Indonesian island along the equator.