During the 73rd Annual International Lily Show & Symposium, everyday you have the opportunity to visit and tour the Chicago Botanic Garden.

The Grand Tram Tours at the Chicago Botanic Garden run daily through mid October and last about 40 minutes each. Get carried away on this 2.3 mile narrated tour! Learn the history and science of the Garden while viewing highlights including the McDonald Woods, Elizabeth Hubert Malott Japanese Garden, the new Learning Campus, and others. Enjoy views alongside the Garden’s 81 acres of water!

PLEASE NOTE: each conference registrant is entitled to ONE Free ride on the Grand Tram Tour. Subsequent rides should be funded by the person taking the tram tour.

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In addition to on-site activites at the Chicago Botanic Garden,
we have planned the following special tours:

Thursday, July 6, 2023

Richard Hawke: Plant Evaluation Manager, will give us a tour the Breeding and Evaluation Programs in the Plant Conservation Science Center. We will be meeting at the (Bernice E. Lavin Plant Evaluation Garden) which is about a half mile walk from the visitor’s center and is 'Open to conference registrants only'. Please sign-up for this special tour when you pick-up your Conference Registration packet at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Deerfield, IL.

The Daniel F. and Ada L. Rice Plant Conservation Science Center provides laboratories and teaching facilities for more than 200 Ph.D. scientists, land managers, students, and interns whose research is critical to fulfilling the Garden’s efforts to save our planet by saving our plants. Awarded a Gold LEED rating by the U.S. Green Building Council, the 38,000 square foot Plant Science Center also serves as home to a unique doctoral program in plant biology and conservation with Northwestern University and as headquarters for the Garden’s international efforts in plant conservation. A viewing gallery and the 16,000 square foot Green Roof Garden are open to the public, giving nearly 800,000 visitors and schoolchildren each year the opportunity to view plant science firsthand.

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Friday, July 7, 2023

The Lenhardt Library is one of the great treasures of the Chicago Botanic Garden. The General Collection is for staff, members, and visitors and contains books and journals on subjects such as botany, horticulture, gardening, plant conservation, restoration ecology, horticultural therapy, Midwest flora, international flora, landscape design, garden design, phytopathology, soil science, pest and disease diagnosis, in formats from print and e books formats.

The rare books and journals at the Lenhardt Library is a collection of national prominence that strengthens its service to researchers and the visiting public. In 2002, the Library acquired a collection of rare books and journals from the Massachusetts Horticultural Society of Boston. This acquisition brought to the Chicago Botanic Garden a truly magnificent collection of approximately 2,500 rare books and 2,000 historic periodical titles.

PLEASE NOTE: There are two tours planned for the Lenhardt Library where we will have the opportunity for a rare book viewing of Liliaceae volumes. Each tour is 'Open to conference registrants only' and limited to 20 people. Please sign-up for this special tour when you pick-up your Conference Registration packet at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Deerfield, IL.

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