It’s going to take me several days to slog through the 350 photos I shot today, let alone what’s coming tomorrow. Suffice to say that I was overwhelmed and inspired by what I saw.

Here’s the outline for my entire Chicago trip. I’ll be adding the links as I write the posts for each feature of the tours.

• Shedd Aquarium
• Chicago Botanic Garden:
  • Native Plant Garden
  • Edible Plant Garden
  • Landscape Gardens
  • Model Train Garden
  • Other

• Lurie Garden
• Rick Bayless Garden
• Ginkgo Botanic Garden
• Carolyn Gail’s Garden
• Franklin Park:
  • Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool

This is a 180-degree panoramic shot stitched together from eight hand-held and panned shots using the pano tool built into Microsoft Vista. Best viewed at the largest resolution your monitor can support. I took this shot while standing on the Nichols Bridgeway, just opened two weeks ago, which joins Millennium Park to the new modern wing of the Art Institute of Chicago. Monroe Street passes underneath, on the left and right of the photo. Downtown Chicago is to the left, and Lake Michigan is to the right. Millenium Park, including the Great Lawn and Lurie Garden, are roughly in the center of the photo.

I created this panorama of the Native Plant Garden at the Chicago Botanic Garden the same way.

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Related Content

Native Plant Garden, Chicago Botanic Garden
Edible Plant Garden, Chicago Botanic Garden
Rick Bayless Garden
Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool

Links

Each Little World
Garden Punks
Gardening While Intoxicated
Mr. Brown Thumb: Words, Pictures
On the Shores of Lake Chicago: Day 1, Days 2 & 3
Our Little Acre
Prairie Rose’s Garden

Chicago Botanic Garden
Lurie Garden