Second Saturday Garden Tours

Second Saturday Garden Tours

Second Saturdays: April–November

10–11 a.m.

Meet at Café Brauer

Free

All Ages

Overview

Join fellow nature lovers for a guided tour of Lincoln Park Zoo’s diverse plant life and ecosystems. During each tour, a zoo horticulturist will point out interesting species in bloom, answer questions from guests, and discuss the horticulture program’s past, present, and future.

Things to Get Excited About:

  • Spring flowering trees, like crabapples and redbuds
  • Summer prairie flowers, like milkweed and rattlesnake master
  • Hardy hibiscus and native hydrangea
  • The fall colors of maple and gingko trees
  • The faunal associations of pollinators, birds, and small mammals

For any questions, please email learning@lpzoo.org.

No registration needed.

Self-guided Tree Tour

Can’t make a guided tour? Embark on a self-guided tour with the zoo’s tree map!

Download Tree Map

Purple and white flowers

Horticulture at Lincoln Park Zoo

Dotted with formal garden spaces, prairie-style gardens, and mixed/layered garden beds, Lincoln Park Zoo is an urban oasis home to native birds, frogs, fish, turtles, insects, and more—a welcome escape from the bustling city for both wildlife and humans.The zoo is accredited as a Level III arboretum by ArbNet and as a botanic garden by Botanic Gardens Conservation International, in recognition of the Horticulture staff’s ongoing efforts to care for plants while promoting sustainability, conservation, and biological diversity.

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