Explore the Garden
• Aquatic Garden
• Bonsai Collection
• Bulb Garden
• Children's Growing
Garden
• Circle Garden
• The Crescent
• Dwarf Conifer Garden
• Enabling Garden
• English Oak Meadow
• English Walled Garden
• Esplanade
• Evening Island
• Fruit & Vegetable
Garden
• Gardens of the
Great Basin
• Greenhouses
• Heritage Garden
• Kleinman Family Cove
• Lakeside Gardens
• Landscape Gardens
• Japanese Garden
• McDonald Woods
• Native Plant Garden
• Plant Conservation
Science Center
• Plant Evaluation
Gardens
• Prairie
• Railroad Garden
• Rose Garden
• Sensory Garden
• Skokie River
• Spider Island
• The Trellis Bridge
• Water Gardens
• Waterfall Garden
Explore the Garden
• Lakeside Gardens
• Lakeside Terrace
• The Serpentine bridge
• Evening Island
• Water Gardens
• McGinley Pavilion
Hundreds of crabapples bloom in the Gardens of the Great Basin.
Gardens of the
Great Basin
take a tour
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Experience the scenic walkways, beautiful gardens, and breathtaking views that encircle the Chicago Botanic Garden's central lake.
The Gardens of the Great Basin — the Water Gardens, Lakeside Gardens, and Evening Island — encircle the Garden's central lake and extend into the water. They are linked by scenic pathways and distinctive bridges, and graced with terraces, overlooks, and seating areas of the lake and surrounding gardens.
Together, the Gardens of the Great Basin create an extraordinary sensory experience — one that changes with the seasons, the hours of the day, and each step along the path.
