Chicago Botanic Garden Fall 2019

Membership chicagobotanic.org/member Questions? Contact the Member and Donor Services sta at (847) 835-8215 or visit the Membership Desk in the Visitor Center. Become a Garden Plus member: • Free parking year-round for two cars • Discounts for family classes, camps, programs, and many events • Advance purchase for some events • 10 percent discount at the Garden View Café every day • Free tram tours and admission to Butter ies & Blooms and the Model Railroad Garden on Wednesdays. Share your Garden love; give a gift membership Online: chicagobotanic.org/member Call: (847) 835-8215 Visit: Membership Desk, Visitor Center Why become a member Your annual membership contribu- tion supports the Garden’s mission: We cultivate the power of plants to sustain and enrich life. Did you pick up your gift? When you renew on your rst notice or online, you receive a gift voucher with your membership package. Select your gift at the Membership Desk in the Visitor Center from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Gift selections are subject to availability. The benefits of Garden membership Take advantage of all that the Chicago Botanic Garden has to o er. Visit as often as you want, from dawn to dusk. As a member, you will enjoy many members-only privileges: Free parking year-round Discounts • On Butter ies & Blooms, the Model Railroad Garden: Landmarks of America, tram tour tickets, and tick- eted Garden events and programs • 20 percent on most classes • 10 percent in the Garden Shop • Discounts for the Garden View Café based on membership level Members-only access • To special events, plus members-only hours • e Midwest’s nest gardening resources, including the Plant Infor- mation Service and checkout privi- leges at the Lenhardt Library • Free admission to 300 botanic gardens and arboreta nationwide • Access to exclusive travel tours to gardens around the world • Facility rental privileges Members get first choice of tickets to Halloween event—and more One of the benefits of your membership to the Chicago Botanic Garden is early access to buy tickets to our most popular events. Night of 1,000 Jack-o’-Lanterns has been expanded to ten nights, October 16 to 20 and October 23 to 27, but we expect it to sell out again. As a member, you get the first chance to buy tickets to this Halloween event that features the Garden filled with 1,000 carved pumpkins lit with LED lights. The mem- ber sale is August 26 to September 2. As a Garden member, you also never pay a ticket service fee or for parking. Look for announcements via email or in Keep Growing for other member presales. chicagobotanic.org/halloween Members-only calendar Friday & Saturday, September 13 & 14 : Behind-the-scenes tour of the Production Greenhouses, 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.; space is limited; $5. chicagobotanic.org/member/events Friday, October 4: Members-only preview bulb sale; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. chicagobotanic.org/bulb Saturday, November 2: Members-only double discount day at the Garden Shop during Shop hours. chicagobotanic.org 33