GardenGuide

Chicago Botanic Garden

About this app

When your question is: “How do I find…”
Your answer is: The Garden Guide

Packed with information about the Chicago Botanic Garden, our app is the perfect companion as you navigate, discover, learn about, and explore all 385 acres, 26 gardens, 4 natural areas, and our outstanding collection of 2.6 million plants.

Get to know the Garden with the help of our Walking Tours and Audio Guides. Or, be your own guide--set out on your own and pin your favorite places. Discover what’s in bloom year round and locate any plant on the grounds by its name, color, or characteristics.

Think of it as your personal garden docent--whether you’re visiting the Garden grounds or working in your own backyard.

Ratings and reviews

While it hasn't been updated in 2 years, and the bulk of the reviews (few recent though) are negative, I was pleasantly surprised that the app actually works well and is quite useful. (Running Android 8 Oreo on Samsung Galaxy S7.) My main complaint is that the app includes/advertises the butterfly house without mentioning it has special hours, extra fees, and only available Memorial Day thru Labor Day (missed it by a week). App screenshots are 100% accurate.

Installed the app in anticipation of a visit to Chicago. Once it was installed, it hung up on the page asking for permissions. I tried allowing permissions through my device's app manager rather than Google, but the app just stayed on that screen with no option to do anything else. Uninstalled.

It's a useless app. Literally replaces the physical app, while using data to pull everything (a web app). Forget about searching for a location or navigating to it by walking.

What's new

Updates for Brazil in the Garden