URL:   http://www.chicago-botanic.org/  Name: Chicago Botanic Gardens - Sanshoen  Chicago Botanical Garden Photo: Chicago Botanical Garden   Alternate Name:   Address: 1000 Lake Cook Road  Mailing Address: P. O. Box 400, Glencoe, IL 60022-0400  City: Glencoe  State: Illinois  Postal Code: 60022  Country: UNITED STATES  Latitude/Longitude: lat=42.1488; long=-87.7756 Find Gardens Nearby Weather:   Phone: +1.312.835.5440  Fax:   E-Mail:   Contact: Tim Johnson, Director of Horticulture  Designer(s):   Contruction Date: Gardens established 1972  Public/Private: PUBLIC  Hours: Daily, 8am to Sunset; Closed Christmas  Admission: No admission fee. Parking $4  Added to JGarden: 7/8/2000  Last Updated: 8/28/2007  Sources:   JGarden Description: Sansho-en (literally, 'garden of three islands') is built on three islands in an artificial lake, the gardens feature a wide variety of landscaping styles. A Japanese teahouse and Zen rock garden occupy two of the islands, while the third is inaccessible, representing the Buddhist paradise. [description provided by Wayne Johnson.] The entire site is a 385-acre garden with over 20 different gardens and several educational greenhouses of interest to all members of the family. Narrated tram tours available. Direction: 25 miles north of downtown Chicago; follow Edens Expressway (I-94) north to Route 41 and exit Lake-Cook Road. Go east 1/2 mile to the entrance.

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