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    Wilder Park Conservatory

    4.1 (8 reviews)
    Closed 8:00 am - 6:00 pm

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    Siobhan D.

    Beautiful! The indoor space is on the smaller side, but the gorgeous outdoor gardens are bountiful, lush, and interesting! A staff member kindly stopped and graciously fielded a few questions, teaching us about the different plants. The staff were preparing for a wedding reception photos. This would be a beautiful spot for photos, for sure. Free. Plenty of parking.

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    Nicole L.

    Still love this cute little conservatory. You probably won't spend more than 10 minutes in here, but it's at the edge of a beautiful park area which includes a museum, plus downtown Elmhurst isn't far away.

    Michaela J.

    The conservatory is much smaller than I expected, but it was still a lovely place - had a fiddle fig leaf tree that made my day. Also pretty cacti! I wouldn't go out of my way to visit this conservatory, but if you're near by and also want to take your kids to an awesome play ground (part of Wilder Park), it's worth it!

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    Lilacia Park - Lilicia park at Christmas.

    Lilacia Park

    4.7(61 reviews)
    4.0 mi

    Beautiful park in Lombard with incredible views of lilacs and tulips. This is very well maintained…read moreand has a large variety of different colored flowers. Parking was a little challenging during my late April visit with all the beautiful flowers in bloom, but it was well worth parking a few blocks away and walking over for the experience. Scattered throughout the park are plenty of benches, a scenic lookout area, iron deer statue, and more. A stroll around the park is super relaxing here since you're surrounded by plenty of colors and pleasant aromas. Definitely a must visit for any tulip or lilac lover. Worth a special trip due to the quality of the park and the beautiful views.

    I probably should come here more often, but I make sure to come at least 2 or 3 times a year. Once…read morein April for the tulips and daffodils, then in April/May once or twice for the lilacs, and finally in December for the lights. There are so many lilacs here, and the park just keeps going. You can smell them from across the street, and wandering the park when they're in bloom makes me unreasonably happy. So I check the Bloom-O-Meter on the park's website / social media and you should too. The wide variety of lilacs means they all start blooming at different times, so the joy lasts for weeks. There are also huge plantings of multiple varieties of tulips and daffodils - they're pretty sad by the time the lilacs really get going, but earlier they're beautiful too. During the official weekend of "Lilac Time" the local garden club will sell you your very own lilac, and possibly some other plants, too (convenient parking in the spots by the Metra if you're hauling plants). The Historical Society across the street stocks extra lilac stuff (postcards, shirts, keychains, etc.) when the lilacs are blooming, so hit them up too. The winter holiday lights are also magical and they keep them up a fairly long time (into January) - so if you didn't get around to seeing a light display, they got you. I don't recommend coming the night they turn them on as it's a mad crush, but there's a wide variety of different kinds of lights and it's well worth a trip when it's less crowded. Lights are on until 10pm - most of the little kids are gone by 7pm or so. Street parking usually available, or the lot at the Historical Society is free after 11am.

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    It's awesome! Even though the plants are more expensive than Home Depot, they are much healthier…read moreand do not die. There is a good guarantee, and the people who work there actually know about the plants they are taking care of. They are super helpful! It is so much fun to walk around and see their planting displays as you shop.

    Yesterday we went to Platt Hill in Bloomingdale for a last-ditch effort to get two lilac bushes we…read morewere replacing. We walked in the outside area, and all plants were gone - put away. We could tell they were making way for Christmas Trees. Thinking we couldn't accomplish this, and getting ready to leave, all of a sudden, their employee Stephanie appeared. Without a hitch, she asked us what we needed. We then received extensive information on what was available. Not only was she educating us on varieties of lilac bushes, but she was also going to go into was already put away into storage for the spring to bring us what we asked for. Wow! Talk about going above and beyond. She actually brought out 4 bushes so we could choose wisely. We chose our two, and with Stephanie's advice purchased the fertilizer to go with it in planting. I checked out the hot house, and Platt Hill employees were all over the place preparing for Christmas. Everyone employee greeted me and kept working at the same time. I would say the store will be ready for Christmas in a couple of days. I believe they are having an open house this weekend. Thank you, Stephanie for such an uplift on an ordinary buying experience. Next step is buying the Christmas tree. Can't wait to feel the true spirit.

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