Chicago Botanic Garden

enjoy your visit — visiting the garden

2010 Hours of Operation

In the morning, enjoy a cup of coffee, a newspaper, and one of the best made-to-order omelets on the North Shore in the Garden Café, then stroll through 24 display gardens and four natural habitats.

  Fall Hours
September 7– October 31
Garden Grounds* 8 a.m. – Sunset
Regenstein Center** 9 a.m. – 7 p.m. daily
Gatehouse 8 a.m. – 7 p.m. daily in September
8 a.m. – 6 p.m. daily in October
Membership Desk 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. daily
Visitor Center
Information Desk		 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. weekdays
8 a.m. – 5 p.m. weekends
Daniel F. and Ada L. Rice
Plant Conservation Science Center		 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. daily
Complimentary Shuttle service from the Visitor Center to the Science Center offered 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. on weekends through October 31
Plant Information Service 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Monday – Saturday
Noon – 4 p.m. Sunday
Closed holidays
Library 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. weekdays
Noon – 4 p.m. weekends
Closed holidays
Garden Café 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. weekdays
8 a.m. – 5:30 weekends
Rose Terrace Café 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. weekends
Weather permitting
Garden Grille 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. weekends
Weather permitting
Garden Shop 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. weekdays
10 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. weekends
Wheelbarrow Shop 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. weekends
through October 3
Grand Tram Tours 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. weekdays
10 a.m. – 5 p.m. weekends
Weather permitting
Bright Encounters Tours Through September 30
10:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. weekdays
10:15 a.m. – 4:15 p.m. weekends

October 1 – 30
10:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. weekdays
10:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. weekends

Weather permitting
Free Walking Tours†
(Meet at the Crescent Garden)		 Weekdays through mid-October
10:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.†
Garden Trolley
(Glencoe Metra station to Chicago Botanic Garden)		 Sundays, September 12 – October 31
9:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Model Railroad Garden
Landmarks of America		 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. daily
Weather permitting
Regenstein Fruit & Vegetable Garden Closed at 6 p.m.
Tool Shed Information Center 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. Wednesday – Sunday;
expanded days based on weather and visitation

  *Special Event areas may extend past posted sunset closings.
**Extended hours for class participants.
  †Inquire at Information Desk for confirmed departure times. Meet at the Crescent Garden, weather permitting.