COST
FREE Admission to festival, regular parking fees apply
HIGHLIGHTS
Festival-goers will also have the opportunity to see the masters at work with interactive art demos and booth chats taking place all weekend long!
TASTY TREATS
The Garden View Café seeks to provide customers with a fresh menu featuring local, sustainably produced, seasonal ingredients whenever possible. The Garden View Café is located in the Visitor Center of the Chicago Botanic Garden. You can also find food and beverages at the Garden Grille and the Rose Terrace Beer Garden.
LIVE MUSIC
Coming soon!
GETTING THERE
The festival takes place on the Esplanade in the Chicago Botanic Garden. Address to the Chicago Botanic Garden is 1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe, IL.
METRA
The Garden is located near the Braeside Metra train station on Metra’s Union Pacific North Line. For a schedule of trains, contact Metra at www.metrarail.com.
Once you arrive at the Braeside station, you may walk to the Garden. You may also summon a cab by calling the 303 Taxi Cab Company at (847) 729-0303. From the Glencoe Metra station you may take a shuttle. Shuttle service is provided to and from the Glencoe Metra Station on Sundays, May 12 – September 1, 2019 from 9:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Round-trip trolley tickets are $2 per person. Garden members and children 5 and under ride free. Monday through Saturday, take the #213 Pace bus that leaves from the east side of Green Bay Road. Ask the driver to stop at the Chicago Botanic Garden. View Hours of Operation for additional information.
QUESTIONS
Need more information? Call the office 847-926-4300 or email [email protected] with any additional questions or requests.
Chicago Botanic Garden Art Festival Location
1000 Lake Cook Road Glencoe, ILChicago Botanic Garden Art Festival
1000 Lake Cook Road
Glencoe, IL
Event Details
July 3, 2020 10PM-5PM July 4, 2020 10AM-5PM July 5, 2020 10AM-5PM10th Annual Chicago Botanic Garden Art Festival
The 10th Annual Chicago Botanic Garden Art Festival, features only art of a botanic theme, botanic material or botanic use and it is held in one of the most renown botanic gardens in the United States with a membership base of over 50,000 and an annual attendance of over one million people. The Garden is located 25 miles north of Chicago in Glecoe and showcases the work of 100 unique artists in a beautiful setting overlooking a lake, spectacular display gardens and 385 acres of garden majesty. Crowds attend the festival from all over the Chicago area.
NEW THIS YEAR, the festival is open to the public all day Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 10am to 5pm!