Klehm Arboretum and Botanic Garden
1S151 Winfield Road Wheaton, IL 60189 (630) 668-5161
500 acres
40 years old, 29 acres of formal gardens: Idea gardens, Reflection point. Rose. Prarie/Savannah.
Museums. Self Guided Tours. Parking available. Free. Restrooms onsite. Concerts. Greenhouses.
Handicapped accessibility. Adult Education programs. Children’s programs
Visitor center. Café. Restaurant. Indoor/Outdoor. Year-round visits. Maps available, also online.
4100 Illinois Route 53, Lisle Il 60532-1293 (610)968-0074
1700 acres
Large collection of trees: beeches, crabapples, elms, magnolia, maple, oak, and many conifers. Among the gardens
are rare plants, container displays, ground covers, fragrance, four seasons, herb and wild gardens. There is a childrens'
garden, and a maze. tree walks, plant clinics.
Self-guided tours. Docent led Garden Tours. Tram tours. Parking onsite. Restrooms onsite. Memberships. Handicapped accessible.
Adult Education programs. Children Programs. Visitor center. Gift shop. Cafe. Restaurant. Indoor/Outdoor.
Year-Round. Maps available.
1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe, IL 60022 847835-5440
385 acres
40 years old; garden areas include Aquatic, bulb, circle, crescent, dwarf conifer, enabling, english oak/meadow,
English walled, esplanade, evening island, fruit and vegetable, greenhouses, heritage, Japanese, lakeside, landscape, model
railroad, native plant, prairie, Regenstein Center, rose, sensory, spider island, sun evaluation, water, waterfall gardens.
Garden Tours. Self Guided Tours. Docent Led Tours. Tram Tours. Parking available, Free. Restrooms onsite. Memberships available. Handicapped accessibility. Adult Education programs. Children’s programs
Visitor center. Gift Shop. Library. Café. Restaurant. Plants for sale. Indoor/Outdoor. Year-round visits. Trails. Maps available
2715 S. Main Street, Rockford, Illinois 61102 815-965-8146
155 acres
Former Rockford nursery; gardens started in 1995. demonstration gardens. daylily, butterfly garden, grasses, hostas
children's garden, fountain garden, prehistoric plant garden
Garden Tours. Self Guided Tours. Docent Led Tours. Tram Tours. Parking available, Free. Restrooms onsite. Memberships available. Handicapped accessibility. Adult Education programs. Children’s programs
Visitor center. Concerts. Library. ndoor/Outdoor. Year-round visits. 1.5 miles of trails. Maps available.