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!

The middle of July is a dream as prairies & savannas overflow with color, including stunning shows of purple prairie clover, Culver’s root, rattlesnake master, yellow coneflower, wild bergamot, and wild quinine. Even the grasses are flowering!

July offers a fanfare of color in our prairies and savannas, including the stunning shows of purple prairie clover, purple leadplant, mountain mint, Culver’s root, rattlesnake master, wild quinine, butterfly weed, and more. Somme Prairie Grove should be magnificent.