Bridges, blooms, and lakeside calm await at Chicago Botanic Garden. Explore 385 acres of color, art, and serenity in Glencoe, Illinois.

1979: In the wake of the city’s inept handling of record January snowstorms, Jane Byrne upset Mayor Michael Bilandic in the ...

Chase early spring blooms across Illinois this March! Discover gardens, conservatories, and scenic parks bursting with the season’s first flowers.

Lawmakers from several states are trying to woo the Bears away from Chicago. Arlington Heights in Illinois, Hammond, Gary, Portage in Indiana — and even Iowa have pitched stadium plans. Indiana Gov.

Powell Gardens is kicking off the spring season with the return of one of its most popular annual exhibitions, “Orchid Delirium.” But this year, the exhibit may look a little bit ...

For a dose of nature’s medicine even in the coldest of times, head indoors to these tropical forests, desert landscapes, and ...

For a dose of nature’s medicine even in the coldest of times, head indoors to these tropical forests, desert landscapes, and scented flower beds.

Thirty years ago, a group of scientists planted 4,200 seeds of the rare Pitcher’s thistle in the sandy dunes of the Great ...

CHICAGO — A soft layer of white snow blankets the grounds of the Chicago Botanic Garden. The air is chilly, the sky gray. Inside, however, the air is warm and lights illuminate more than 10,000 ...

Without Black women, it's very unlikely Black History Month would be what it is today. Terrell believed Black history was essential to racial equality, and after Frederick Douglass died in 1895 she ...

Dr. Silvia Alvarez-Clare, director of the Global Tree Conservation Program at The Morton Arboretum, and Johanna Hutchins, orchid flori-culturist at the Chicago Botanic Garden, joined ABC7 Chicago ...

Curators and museum leadership typically form and select exhibits. It was high school students though that helped change an exhibit about Latino culture in Chicago. Aqui en Chicago is now open. The ...