Nature is the way to find peace in our crazy world. Summer is nearing an end. So, get outside to experience memorable and breathtaking scenes of colorful wildflowers and whimsical grasses, right here in Chicago’s backyard.

Nature is the way to find peace in our crazy world. Get outside to experience memorable and breathtaking scenes of colorful wildflowers and whimsical grasses, right here in Chicago’s backyard.

It’s early August, and dozens of colorful flowers bloom in our the prairies, savannas, open woodlands, and wetlands. Find your peace in nature and experience breathtaking moments that are happening right here, right now, in Chicago’s backyard.

As July enters August, dozens of colorful flowers bloom in our the prairies, savannas, open woodlands, and wetlands. Find your peace in nature and experience breathtaking moments that are happening right here, right now, in Chicago’s backyard.

In late July, the prairies, savannas, open woodlands, and wetlands fill with a vast array of colorful wildflowers that range from pink to purple, white to gold with stunning shows of ironweed and blazing star, rattlesnake master, Culver’s root, yellow coneflower, compass plant, and more. The grasses are even flowering!