HLA Happenings News from the Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture

Karen Sullivan and Student Gardeners Visit Lurie Garden

July 12, 2024 - Included in Issue: 24-26

Karen Sillivan, MJ Smith, and Ellie Hicks with horticulturalist at the Lurie Garden

Karen Sullivan and student gardeners MJ Smith and Ellie Hicks visited Lurie Garden in downtown Chicago on July 9th. Lurie Garden opened in 2004 and is located at the south end of Millennium Park. It is built on top of a parking garage and is 2.5 acres in size.

Perennial garden in the backdrop of the Chicago Skyline.

Example of Dutch garden designer Piet Oudolf’s first major perennial design in the U.S. The Chicago Museum Of Art is shown in the background. The garden represents garden as art and was designed with that view in mind as it can be seen from the north windows of the newest addition to the museum.

Echinacea pallida, Pale Purple Coneflower.

Echinacea pallida, Pale Purple Coneflower.

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