Get in touch with your green thumb, as you learn how plants sprout, dissect seeds, explore plants at the Arboretum, and make a plant painting to take home. Each family must have at least one adult in attendance, this is not a drop off program.
Children and Family Programs
Family Field Trips: Paint your Plants (in person) Family Field Trips: Paint your Plants (in person)
Get in touch with your green thumb, as you learn how plants sprout, dissect seeds, explore plants at the Arboretum, and make a plant painting to take home.
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Rose Family Collection

European Collection

May T. Watts Reading Garden
East Side

Container and Display Gardens
East Side

Container and Display Gardens
West Side

Prairie Visitor Station
West Side

Big Rock Visitor Station
East Side

Schulenberg Prairie Trail
West Side

Birch Loop
West Side

Birch Trail
West Side

Conifer Connector
East Side

Joy Path
West Side
Conifer Walk
East Side

Meadow Lake Trail
East Side
Thornhill Trail
West Side

Main Trail Loop 4
West Side

Main Trail Loop 3
West Side

Main Trail Loop 2
West Side

Main Trail Loop 1
West Side

Conifer Loop
East Side

Woodland Trail
East Side

Heritage Trail
East Side

Main Trail Loop 4
East Side

Main Trail Loop 3
East Side

Main Trail Loop 2
East Side

Main Trail Loop 1
East Side

Membership Desk
East Side

Picnic Area
Restroom
Parking lot 1

Ride share drop off zone
East Side

Visitor Information Desk
East Side
Wheelchair rental
East Side

Cross-country Ski and Snowshoe rental
East Side

Acorn Express tram pick up
East Side

Plant Clinic
East Side

Administration and Research Center
East Side

Thornhill Education Center
West Side

Sterling Morton Library
East Side

The Arboretum Store
East Side

Ginkgo Restaurant and Café
East Side

Big Rock Visitor Station
East Side

Prairie Visitor Station
West Side

White Pine Pavilion
East Side

Sunfish Pond
West Side

Lake Jopamaca
West Side

Sterling Pond
West Side

Bur Reed Marsh
East Side

Crowley Marsh
East Side

Crabapple Lake
East Side

Lake Marmo
West Side

Meadow Lake
East Side

Schulenberg Prairie
West Side

Spruce Plot
East Side

Crabapple Collection
East Side

Magnolia Collection
East Side

Oak Collection
East Side

Conifer Collection
East Side

Willow Collection
West Side

Maple Collection
East Side

Ginkgo Collection
East Side

Birch Collection
West Side

Beech Collection
East Side

Buckeye Collection
East Side

Walnut Collection
West Side

Arborvitae Collection
West Side

Honeysuckle Family
East Side

Linden Collection
East Side

Asian Collection
East Side

North American Collection
East Side

Plants from Appalachia
East Side

Plants from Northern Illinois
East Side
Plants from the Midwest
East Side

Flowering Tree Collection
West Side

Dwarf Woody Plant Collection
East Side

Mud Kitchen
West Side

Word Garden
East Side

Ground Cover Garden
East Side

Four Seasons Garden
West Side

Fragrance Garden
West Side

Maze Garden
East Side

Children’s Garden
East Side

Human+Nature
UMI sculpture (East Side)
Human+Nature
Hallow sculpture (East Side)

Human+Nature
Sentient sculpture (East Side)

Human+Nature
Heartwood sculpture (West Side)

Human+Nature
Basilica sculpture (West Side)

Gateway to Tree Science
East Side

Conifer Exhibit
East Side

Collections and Creations
East Side and West Side

Elm Collection
East Side

Visitor Center
East Side