About this item
Formed in 1890, during the heady days before the 1893 Worlds Columbian Exposition, the Chicago Horticultural Society boasted members with names deeply rooted in Chicago history Buckingham, McCormick, and Palmer, among others. Today, as it leads the Garden in a model public-private partnership with the Forest Preserves of Cook County, the Societys horticultural practices have exceeded the vision of its founders.Chicago and Its Botanic Garden The Chicago Horticultural Society at 125 is a lushly illustrated and thoughtful history of the Society and its evolution from a producer of monumental flower and botanical shows, through a fallow period, to the opening in 1972 of the Chicago Botanic Garden, a living museum and world leader in horticulture, plant science and conservation, education, and urban agriculture.
About the Author
As Senior Editor of Chicagoland Gardening magazine, garden historian Cathy Jean Maloney explores hundreds of private and public regional gardens. She is the author of World's Fair Gardens (2012), Chicago Gardens: The Early History (2008), The Prairie Club of Chicago (2001), and The Gardener's Cottage in Riverside, Illinois (2010). She writes a regular newspaper column for The Morton Arboretum and has taught classes at the Arboretum and the Chicago Botanic garden.
