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Meeting Name: Botanic Garden Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 9/15/2026 9:40 AM Minutes status: Draft  
Meeting location: Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake Cook Rd, Glencoe, Illinois
Issued On: 9/9/2026
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26-0408 1  Committee MinutesCOMMITTEE MINUTES Approval of the minutes from the meeting of 06/27/2023   Not available Not available
26-0353 1  ResolutionPROPOSED RESOLUTION REQUESTING AN UPDATE TO THE BOTANIC GARDEN COMMITTEE ON CURRENT PROGRAMS AND FUTURE VISIONS OF THE CHICAGO BOTANIC GARDEN WHEREAS, the Chicago Botanic Garden opened more than 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 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 laboratories at the Daniel F. and Ada L. Rice Plant Conservation Science Center where scientists and graduate students alike conduct a wide variety of plant research; and WHEREAS, the Chicago Botanic Garden maintains engaging relationships with more than 60,000 members - one of the largest memberships of any botanic gar   Not available Not available