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The Chicago Botanic Garden is a living plant museum situated on nine islands and featuring 26 display gardens and surrounded by four natural habitats: McDonald Woods, Dixon Prairie, Skokie River Corridor, and Lakes and Shores.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Historical Overview )〕 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).〔(Admission and Parking Fees )〕 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). ==Garden facts== The Chicago Botanic Garden has 50,000 members, the largest membership of any U.S. public garden, and is Chicago's 7th largest cultural institution and 12th-ranking tourist attraction. The 25 display gardens and four natural habitats include: *The Aquatic Garden *Bonsai Collection *The Bulb Garden *The Grunsfeld Children's Growing Garden *The Circle Garden *Crescent Garden *Dwarf Conifer Garden *Enabling Garden *English Oak Meadow *English Walled Garden *Esplanade *Evening Island *Regenstein Fruit & Vegetable Garden *Great Basin & Water Gardens *Greenhouses *The Green Roof *Heritage Garden *Kleinman Family Cove *Lakeside Garden *Landscape Gardens *Elizabeth Hubert Malott Japanese Garden *Mary Mix McDonald Woods *The Plant Evaluation Gardens *Suzanne S. Dixon Prairie *Native Plant Garden *Model Railroad Garden *Krasberg Rose Garden *Sensory Garden *Skokie River *Spider Island *Waterfall Garden 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chicago Botanic Garden」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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