For the third consecutive year, the Chicago Botanic Garden set an all-time attendance record in 2011, generating 953,864 visits, representing a 5.4 percent increase or 49,000 more visitors than 2010. This number equates to a 29 percent increase since 2009. During 2011, the Garden experienced three record-setting months: August was the highest attendance month ever in the Garden’s 40-year history with 134,049 visits; October had 97,289 visits and December saw 70,509 visits. The Wonderland Express winter exhibition exceeded 2010 attendance by 15,000 people, with overall attendance reaching 65,000.
The 385-acre Garden features 24 formal display gardens and four natural areas, including the 100-acre McDonald Woods, the 15-acre Dixon Prairie, the Skokie River Corridor and 60 acres of garden lakes. It is home to the Daniel F. and Ada L. Rice Plant Conservation Science Center and the Joseph Regenstein, Jr. School of the Chicago Botanic Garden.
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