Tag: Chicago Botanic Garden
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Flower power: The Chicago Botanic Garden provides a much-needed escape with nature
By Trent Modglin The start of school (i.e. e-learning from the living room) is just around the corner, and you need a break. An escape, if you will. Not a Starbucks latté or therapeutic massage type of escape, but a real escape. In nature, walking with the kids, breathing in the fresh air, exploring. The ... -
Kid Zone: The Great Train Story at the Museum of Science and Industry, Blue Man Group, Notebaert Nature Museum and Chicago Botanic Garden
Notebaert Nature Museum Local spots to let the kids learn, be amazed and be themselves By Trent Modglin Notebaert Nature Museum The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood — just across the street from the Lincoln Park Zoo and Fullerton Avenue Beach — is loaded with enriching exhibits and opportunities for hands-on ... -
Park Ridge Insider: Jamie Lee on Cooper’s Hawk Winery, sandwiches at Tony’s Deli and fun with the kids at the Wildwood Nature Center
How long you’ve lived here: I have now lived here a total of 13 years — two years in high school and 11 years after college. My grandfather bought his house on Norman in the 1950s, so my mom grew up here, and although I grew up in Colorado, I spent many summers visiting the senior ...
