Spring Flourishes Under Glass Lincoln Park Conservatory’s Spring Flower Show
Release Date: 02/08/08
Under the snowy landscapes of Chicago, spring is still able to make an early entrance with the help of the Lincoln Park Conservatory this February. Escape the frozen tundra-like landscape to the Spring Flower Show at the Lincoln Park Conservatory, 2391 N. Stockton Drive, February 9 – May 11daily from 9a.m. to 5p.m.
"This historic glass house in Lincoln Parkoffers Chicagoans and visitors to Chicagoa chance to escape frigid cold temperatures by visiting our Spring Flower Show exhibit," said Timothy J. Mitchell, Chicago Park District General Superintendent.
The free annual Spring Flower Show offers visitors a chance to experience the beauty of spring with a rare opportunity to meet the direct descendents of the great Azaleas that once bloomed at the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893. In addition, this year’s flower show will feature a changing selection of spring blooming plants including Azaleas, spring flowering annuals and spring flowering perennials.
The Lincoln Park Conservatory, owned and operated by the Chicago Park District, was designed by nationally renowned architect of the Victorian era Joseph Lyman Silsbee in collaboration with architect M.E. Bell. The Conservatory was built in phases between 1890 and 1895, replacing a small greenhouse that dated from the 1870s and was designed both to showcase exotic plants and to grow the thousands of plants needed for use in the parks, which it still does today.
Lincoln Park Conservatory (312.742.7736) is located just five minutes north of downtown. From Lake Shore Drive, exit Fullerton Avenueand travel two blocks west. From I-94, exit Fullerton Avenueand travel two miles east. The Conservatory is located on the southeast corner of Fullertonand Stockton.
- Contact Phone: 312 742 7529