Tuesday, July 12, 2016 -
2:00pm to 9:00pm
Meeting Rooms (Private):
Offsite
Age:
Adult
Contact:
Adult Services
Contact Number:
630.627.0316
Visit the Lenhardt Library and see all that a special library has to offer including a rare book exhibition and an entire library focused on plants and gardens. View the beautiful Chicago Botanic Garden and enjoy a free Tuesday evening concert.
This program is only available for specific public libraries.
Register for this program at your public library. Registration is limited to 40 individuals.
On the specified day, from 1 to 2 p.m., show your public library card at the Chicago Botanic Garden Gatehouse, give your registered name, and your parking cost will be waived.
Admission to the Chicago Botanic Garden is always free—365 days a year.
2 p.m. Gather in the Lenhardt Library, located in the Regenstein Center
2 – 2:30 p.m. Welcome, Lenhardt Library tour, Gallery talk on the library exhibition
2:30 – 3 p.m. View specially chosen rare books (ages 10 and over)
3 – 9 p.m. Explore all that the Chicago Botanic Garden has to offer
(40 Max) MUST Register by Tuesday, July 5th!!!
One of the great treasures of the Chicago Botanic Garden is the Lenhardt Library. Open to the public 7-days a week, its 125,000 volume collection encompasses resources on gardening, botany, plant conservation and landscape design, in formats from rare books to e-books. The Library supports all aspects of the Garden’s mission: We cultivate the power of plants to sustain and enrich life.
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