The prime reason for my trip to the Chicago Botanic Garden this week was to solve a mystery that had been bugging me ever since my last visit, but more on that later. Needless to say, I got sidetracked by all the beautiful scenery and colorful flowers.
As to the mystery, you may remember, if you read my earlier post, that a strange structure had sprung up in one of the open spaces in the garden. This turned out to be an art installation, one of several, that will help to celebrate the Garden’s 50th Anniversary this year. As I mentioned before, they rarely have outdoor art exhibits, the garden itself being enough to please the eye without further embellishments but I’m looking forward to seeing the completed project and will share more pictures in future Garden posts.
The Nature of Things 
The flowers there are fabulous. And the art installations will be fun to see, as well!
They were still assembling the art when I was there but one of the gardeners told me they hope to have it all put together in a week or so.
Hopefully, you will be able to have a return visit to see all the art installations as they look really fascinating. Amazing colour from the tulips and wonderful statuesque foxgloves – a wonderful place to visit.
If the weather holds up, I plan to go again in the next couple of weeks, so more pictures for sure.
Gorgeous views Sue! It will be fun to see what they do with the art.
Thanks, Deb! More to follow in a few weeks, I hope.
Splendid tulips, well worth a visit for themselves.
Yes, they really were gorgeous this year.
Awesome vivid colour all the way through these photos, what a dream.. thank you Sue!
Thank you, Liz!
Beautiful images… and it looks like we had best plan a trip to this garden for the 50th celebration!
Thank you! This would be a great year to visit although probably you would do well to leave it till later this fall as they are still working on renovating the visitor’s center.
What abeautiful garden! So colourful and bright! I think the art displays are going to be great!
Thanks for visiting, Aletta. I’m looking forward to seeing the completed art projects, maybe next week.
That will be great to see that!
An interesting post with great photos
Thank you so much, Diana!
Gorgeous images. Thinking I need to take a road trip to Chicago soon. 😊
Thank you! Yes, the Garden is well worth a visit.
Such gorgeous images of a lovely place.
Thank you so much, Rupali.
Beautiful flowers of course. But that woven structure looks so interesting. I hope I see more of it in your future posts
If the weather cooperates, I plan on going over there next week so I hope to have more pictures soon.