Garfield Park Conservatory Spring Flower Show

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Garfield Park Conservatory Spring Flo wer Show

Where: Garfield Park Conservatory, 300 N. Central Park Ave, Show House, 312-746-5100

When: February 14 – May 10, 2020 Daily Hours: 9 am – 5 pm and Wednesdays: 9 am – 8 pm. Admission free. Donations requested. Free parking is located just south of the Conservatory’s main entrance in the visitor parking lot. If you take the Green Line be aware of your surroundings you’ll be going through Austin and Garfield Park.

Celebrate the return of spring once again at Garfield Park Conservatory! Our annual Spring Flower Show attracts tens of thousands of visitors every year, lifting spirits with a sneak peek of the coming spring bloom! The 2020 exhibit “Golden Hour” will celebrate the golden light of dawn and dusk with colorful displays of azalea, hydrangea, and calibrachoa. Special features this year include immense hanging baskets overflowing with spring flowers, and two rope-art displays depicting the vibrant rays of the sun.

General info about the Conservatory here.

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About Garfield Park Conservatory

GPC is one of the largest conservatories in the nation. When it opened in 1908 it was referred to as “landscape art under glass.” The conservatory occupies approximately 4.5 acres inside and out, where thousands of rare plant species are on display throughout eight indoor display rooms and vast outdoor gardens during the summer.

The Conservatory’s eight themed and multifaceted display houses are: Palm House, Fern Room, Sugar from the Sun, Elizabeth Morse Genius Children’s Garden, Aroid House, Desert House, Horticulture Hall and The Show House. The outdoor gardens include a city garden, a sensory garden, a labyrinth, lily pools and a demonstration garden.

Most recently, the Garfield Park Conservatory sustained catastrophic damage from a hail storm that swept through the area in June, 2011, shattering 60 percent of the facility’s glass roof. The public display houses most affected by the damage include the historic Fern Room, Show House, and Desert House, along with the all 10 production greenhouses. Reconstruction and repairs were completed in 2015 and all rooms have reopened.