Forest Preserve District of Cook County - Meeting of Botanic Garden Committee on 5/23/2023 at 9:30 AM

23-0371

Thu, 23 May 2024 16:24:12 GMT

File #: 23-0371
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Committee Minutes
Title: COMMITTEE MINUTES Approval of the minutes from the meeting of 10/15/2019
Action: approve
Result: Pass

23-0329

Tue, 11 Jul 2023 17:55:35 GMT

File #: 23-0329
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Resolution
Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION (AS SUBSTITUTED) REQUESTING A HEARING OF THE BOTANIC GARDEN COMMITTEE ON OPERATIONS, PROGRAMS, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OF THE CHICAGO BOTANIC GARDEN WHEREAS, the Chicago Botanic Garden opened 50 years ago, as a garden for all; and WHEREAS, the Chicago Botanic Garden has since matured into one of the world’s great living museums and conservation science centers; and WHEREAS, the Chicago Botanic Garden’s modern history began in 1962, when the Chicago Horticultural Society agreed to help create and manage a new public garden. With the groundbreaking for the Chicago Botanic Garden in 1965 and its opening in 1972, the Society created a permanent site on which to carry out its mission; and WHEREAS, the Chicago Botanic Garden today consists of 28 gardens and four natural areas that are uniquely situated on 385 acres on and around nine islands and six miles of lake shoreline; and WHEREAS, the Chicago Botanic Garden is the proud home to the Lenhardt Library, containing 150,000 items-including one of the nation's best collections of rare botanical books, and nine lab
Action: accept a substitute
Result: Pass

23-0329

Tue, 11 Jul 2023 17:55:35 GMT