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  2. Chicago Botanic Garden - Wikipedia

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    The Chicago Botanic Garden is a 385-acre (156 ha) botanical garden situated on nine islands in the northern Cook County Forest Preserves. It features 27 display gardens and five natural habitats including Mary Mix McDonald Woods, Barbara Brown Nature Reserve, Dixon Prairie, the Skokie River Corridor, and the Lakes and Shorelines.

  3. Morton Arboretum - Wikipedia

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    Designed by noted Chicago architect Harry Weese, the Sterling Morton Library [18] was constructed in 1963 and named after Sterling Morton, son of founder Joy Morton. [19] It holds more than 30,000 books and magazines , as well as tens of thousands of non-book items including prints , original art, letters, photographs, landscape plans and drawings.

  4. List of botanical gardens and arboretums in Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Name Image Affiliation City Coordinates Anderson Japanese Gardens: Rockford: Bethalto Arboretum Bethalto: Cantigny: Wheaton: Century Park Arboretum Vernon Hills

  5. Illinois Mycological Association - Wikipedia

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    The free public show is every year during Labor Day weekend at the Chicago Botanic Garden. [8] [7] [9] The monthly newsletter has been called Fungus Friends since 1993, but was published before then without a title. [3] The newsletter is where the details for the locations for the forays are listed.

  6. Forest Preserve District of Cook County - Wikipedia

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    The Forest Preserves also owns the lands on which the Brookfield Zoo and the Chicago Botanic Garden operate, and its Chicago Portage area preserve is also affiliated with the United States National Park Service. The Cook County Board of Commissioners also serves ex-officio as the board for the district.

  7. Merchandise Mart - Wikipedia

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    The Merchandise Mart (or the Merch Mart, or the Mart) is a commercial building in downtown Chicago, Illinois.When it opened in 1930, it was the world's largest building, with 4 million square feet (372,000 m 2) of floor space.

  8. Category:Botanical gardens in Illinois - Wikipedia

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  9. List of Japanese gardens in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Chicago Botanic Garden: Glencoe: Illinois: Includes the Elizabeth Hubert Malott Japanese Garden, a 17-acre lakeside garden with three islands, also a collection of nearly 200 bonsai Cleveland Botanical Garden: Cleveland: Ohio: Includes a Japanese garden designed by David Slawson, was a gift of Ikebana International, Chapter 20, in 1975 [8]