This year, the Chicago Botanic Garden is celebrating its 50th Anniversary. I have been visiting the Garden for almost that many years and have been a member for a good many of those. And for the past eleven years I have included posts featuring the Garden here on WordPress.
Naturally, many of the pictures are of flowers, although with most posts I have tried, not always successfully, to stick to a single theme, be it color, season or one particular area of the Garden. This time I’d like to present my close-up view of the Garden.
There are 12 featured areas in the Garden which include:- Bulb, Circle, Crescent, Enabling, English Walled Garden, Evening Island, Fruit and Vegetable Garden, Heritage, Japanese, Native Plant, Rose and Sensory Gardens. Each one of these is beautifully set out and maintained with a colorful array of flowers and plants.
But the Garden is about so much more than just the flowers. It’s about the buildings and bridges, the statuary and structures such as the bell tower and its ‘command center’ hidden among the treetops.
There are also three natural areas in the Garden including:- McDonald Woods, the Prairie and the Nature Reserve. So let’s not forget the wildlife. The larger birds are easy to spot, but the smaller ones like the mother hummingbird with her baby in its nest are not quite so easy to find. And watch out for the giant fish lurking underneath the Serpentine Bridge by Evening Island.
This probably won’t be my last post on the Chicago Botanic Garden this year, but I will certainly endeavor to come up with a fresh angle and new pictures in future features.
A feast of photographs. Thank you
Thank you so much for visiting!
I like close up pictures of flowers so this post was a treat for me. You have been lucky to have been able to visit this excellent garden on a regular basis and we have been lucky to join you on your visits.
Thank you, Tom! It’s been my pleasure.
This is a winner Sue, with a few plants I’ve never seen before. That fish looks like it was hoping for a kiss…!
Many thanks, Deb! Haha! Yes, the fish are always hopeful of getting some food and luckily stay around long enough for me to take a few shots.
So many lovely photos! The hummingbirds are terrific, it is so difficult to capture them as you did here. And the many garden statues speak to me. Wonderful post!
Thank you so much for visiting! I would never have spotted the hummingbird nest if another photographer hadn’t pointed it out. We both stood there for ages waiting for the mother to come back, and were finally rewarded.
I constantly search for their nests as hummingbirds frequent our feeder. Having seen how slight the nest in your photos seems, I now think I’ve got one under my deck. Have been wondering who’s home this was.
That’s great!
Marvelous photos and the one of the hummer and her baby in the nest is a stunning one. I love the flower close ups as I could see details I might not have noticed before Thank you.
Many thanks, Anne! I’ve often wondered what a hummingbird’s nest looked like and was so amazed when someone pointed this one out to me. I never would have spotted it.
Lovely collection of photos you got here! It is a lovely place to visit!
Thank you, Aletta! My CBG membership is probably the most worthwhile one I’ve ever had.
That is so awesome
Beautiful place and great photos! I could spend many hours with my camera there.
Thank you for visiting, Dawn!
My pleasure, I love your work
Some absolutely gorgeous shots -I love the butterfly
Thank you so much for visiting!
Beautiful images Sue!
Thank you, Anne!
So many fascinating images . Such an incredible site to see.
Thank you so much for visiting!
Excellent introduction to the garden
Thank you so much, Michael!
my pleasure, Sue
Lovely macros. I like the moss on that turtle’s shell
Thank you! I think the turtle has been around for quite some time, by the looks of him.
This place, and I’m sure I’ve told you before, I have to see for myself…you’ve captured it so well. Where exactly, as Chicago is enormous, is the Botanical Garden?
The Chicago Botanic Garden isn’t actually in Chicago, Chris. It’s a bit north of there in Glencoe. Definitely worth a visit.
Thanks! I think it’d make a great stop in September.
Absolutely!
Amazing captures! 👍
Many thanks, Teresa!
Love the green man!
Many thanks for visiting, Sharon!