enjoy your visit — visiting the garden

2009–2010 Hours of Operation

In the morning, enjoy a cup of coffee, a newspaper, and one of the best made-to-order omelets on the North Shore in the Garden Café, then stroll through 24 display gardens and three natural habitats.

The Garden grounds will be open December 25 until sunset.

	Fall Hours September 8 – October 31	Winter Hours November 1 – March 31	Wonderland Express Hours*** November 27 – January 3
Garden Grounds*	8 a.m. – Sunset	8 a.m. – Sunset	8 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Regenstein Center**	9 a.m. – 7 p.m. daily	9 a.m. – 5 p.m. daily****	10 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Gatehouse	8 a.m. – 7 p.m. daily in Sept. 8 a.m. – 6 p.m. daily in Oct.	8 a.m. – 4 p.m. daily in Nov. 8 a.m. – 7 p.m. daily in Dec. 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. daily in Jan. & Feb. 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. daily in March	8 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Membership Desk	8 a.m. – 5 p.m. daily	8 a.m. – 5 p.m. daily	8 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Visitor Center Information Desk	8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. weekdays 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. weekends	8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. weekdays 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. weekends	8 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Daniel F. and Ada L. Rice Plant Conservation Science Center	9 a.m. – 5 p.m. daily	9 a.m. – 5 p.m. daily (closed Nov. 6). Complimentary shuttle from Visitor Center to Plant Science Center runs weekends, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., through Jan. 3	9 a.m. – 5 p.m. daily
Plant Information Service	9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Monday – Saturday Noon – 4 p.m. Sunday Closed holidays	10 a.m. – 2 p.m. weekdays Closed holidays	10 a.m. – 2 p.m. weekdays Closed holidays
Library	10 a.m. – 4 p.m. weekdays Noon – 4 p.m. weekends Closed holidays	10 a.m. – 4 p.m. weekdays Noon – 4 p.m. weekends Closed holidays	10 a.m. – 4 p.m. weekdays Noon – 4 p.m. weekends
Garden Café	8 a.m. – 5 p.m. weekdays 8 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. weekends	8 a.m. – 4 p.m. weekdays 8 a.m. – 4:30 weekends	8 a.m. – 7 p.m. daily
Caboose Café	Closed	Closed	Dec. 19 – Jan. 3 daily, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Rose Terrace Café	Closed	Closed	Closed
Garden Grille	Closed	Closed	Closed
Evening Grille	Closed	Closed	Closed
Garden Shop	10 a.m. – 5 p.m. weekdays 10 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. weekends	10 a.m. – 4 p.m. weekdays 10 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. weekends	10 a.m. – 7 p.m. daily
Wheelbarrow Shop	11 a.m. – 4 p.m. weekends through Oct. 4	Closed	Closed
Wonderland Express Shoppe	Closed	See Wonderland Express hours	Nov. 27 – 29 10 a.m. – 7 p.m. Nov. 30 – Dec. 17 weekdays 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.; weekends 10 a.m. – 7 p.m. Dec. 18 – Jan. 3 10 a.m. – 7 p.m. daily
Grand Tram Tours	10 a.m. – 4 p.m. daily, with extended weekend hours through Oct. 25, weather permitting	Closed	Closed
Bright Encounters Tours	10 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. daily, with extended weekend hours through Oct. 25, weather permitting	Closed	Closed
Free Walking Tours†	10:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. weekdays, weather permitting	Closed	Closed
Garden Trolley (Garden to Glencoe train station)	9:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. weekends through Oct. 25	Closed	Closed
Model Railroad Garden Landmarks of America	10 a.m. – 5 p.m. daily through Oct. 25, weather permitting	Closed	Closed
Fruit & Vegetable Garden	Closed at 6 p.m.	Closed at sunset	Closed at sunset
Tool Shed Information Center	11 a.m. – 4 p.m. Wednesday – Sunday	Closed	Closed

*Special Event areas may extend past posted sunset closings.
**Extended hours for class participants.
***Wonderland Express will close at 3 p.m. on Dec. 3 and 24, and will be closed on December 25.
****The building is closed to the public from Nov. 16 – 26, but the library and greenhouses will remain open.
†Inquire at Information Desk for confirmed departure times. Meet at the Crescent Garden, weather permitting.