A new 25,000-square-foot children’s center is expected to open in Chicago’s North Lawndale Ogden Avenue corridor in 2027.

When your hobby is collecting “gardens,” as in viewing as many of the world’s greatest as you can, the only part you get to keep are the memories and photographs.

A large turf knife thought to date back to the late 1800s has been discovered under the ground at the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh. The "exciting" artefact was found during excavation work to ...

Norfolk Botanical Garden has been voted No. 3 in Newsweek’s 2025 Reader’s Choice Awards for Best Botanical Garden in the U.S. The garden joins a group of nominees, including The U.S. Botanic ...

With an astounding 27 gardens clustered throughout 385 acres, the Chicago Botanic Garden is a fever dream of technicolor blooms and incredible plants. Due to its massive size, there are several ...

Chicago also offers a plethora of spots that focus primarily on pizza, pasta, and Italian beef. Six eateries have made their exits from the Italian food map, not a reflection of their worthiness ...

Even though Chicago chefs have worked wonders to change what the world thinks of its culinary offerings, Chicago’s steakhouses still thrive — they’re even featured in Eater’s Guide to Chicago.

Parking is free. The Chicago Botanic Garden offers 385 acres of garden walks, greenhouses and exhibitions (though the greenhouses don't open for the season until March 23). Visitors can also eat ...

A hardiness zone is a geographic area with a similar average minimum temperature. The map is based on the average annual extreme minimum temperature, so people in those areas know which plants can ...

There's much ado about Jurong Lake Gardens, especially after the Chinese Gardens and Japanese Gardens reopened in 2024. Aside from the two new gardens, we also have Lakeside Gardens, a landscaped ...

Benda, a southern Illinois botanist and something of a rock star in Illinois’ natural world, coordinates the Plants of Concern Southern Illinois Program for the Chicago Botanic Garden ...

Hazel Johnson was jolted by deaths of those she knew and loved throughout her life. Her mom died of tuberculosis when she was 12, her little brother died before his 2nd birthday, and her baby ...