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of landscape design, featuring broad, layered sweeps of perennials and ornamental grasses, Evening Island is home to the Garden’s Theodore C. Butz Memorial Carillon. An iconic Garden landmark, the Carillon attracts carillonneurs from around the world who play free concerts every Monday during summer as part of the Garden’s Evenings music series. Visitors also flock to the Krasberg Rose Garden, home to more than 200 rose varieties; the serene Elizabeth Hubert Malott Japanese Garden; the Regenstein Fruit & Vegetable Garden, brimming with the bounty of the season; and the charming Helen and Richard Thomas English Walled Garden, divided into six garden “rooms” representing different English gardening styles. Another frequent destination is the Dixon Prairie, which features six types of prairie that were once common in Illinois. There are many more gardens and natural areas to visit, and much more to see and do at the Chicago Botanic Garden, including Family Drop-in Programs in the Nature Play Garden on the Regenstein Learning Campus. Drop-in programs include fort building, sensory bins, and nature art with loose parts.The Grunsfeld Children’s Growing Garden and nearby Kleinman Family Cove— where visitors can enjoy a restored freshwater habitat up close—are also components of the Learning Campus. The Learning Campus features a Nature Preschool, where the whole child is shaped by the natural world. The Learning Center is the home base for the Joseph Regenstein, Jr. School of the Chicago Botanic Garden, with programs that create excitement and curiosity for people of all ages, abilities, and backgrounds. Grunsfeld Children’s Growing Garden 6 | DO NORTH