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GRANT PARK GARDENS

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Grant Park (originally named Lake Park) is referred to as Chicago’s “open front yard”. This large park covers 319 acres and located between Michigan Avenue and Lake Michigan. It is free of any skyscrapers and is one of the reasons of Chicago’s beautiful lakeside view.

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Interestingly, Grant park has many big and small gardens..
Grant Park – Formal Garden
Congress Triangle Garden
Congress Plaza Gardens
South President’s Court
North President’s Court
Aron Montgomery Ward Garden

The Spirit of Music Garden
Sir Georg Solti Garden
Rose gardens
Cancer Survivors Garden

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FORMAL GARDEN – GRANT PARK 

Location: S Michigan Ave (100 E) & E Balbo Ave (700 S),Chicago, IL 60605.

Grant Park fountain is in the center of the Formal Garden.

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Grant Park fountain is in the center of the Formal Garden.

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CONGRESS TRIANGLE GARDEN – GRANT PARK 
Location: Congress Blvd. & Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60604
This garden has the sculpture “Magdalene” by Dessa Kirk… click here..

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CONGRESS PLAZA GARDENS – GRANT PARK 
Location: Congress Pkwy (500 S) & Michigan Ave. (100 E), Chicago, IL 60604 

Congress Plaza Gardens are on the north and south of the Congress Triangle Garden along Michigan Ave.

Congress Plaza Gardens have..

two Equestrian Indian statues “Bowman and Spearman” by Ivan Mestrovic..  click here..  and

two Eagle statues by Frederick Cleveland Hibbard… click here…

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SOUTH PRESIDENTS’ COURT – GRANT PARK  
Location: Columbus Dr.(150 E) & Congress Pkwy (500 S), Chicago, IL 60604 

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The South President’s Court features the exhibit “Artists And Automobiles” a series of sculptures by 5 Chicago artists Mary Brogger, Ted Garner, Dessa Kirk, John Mason and Lucy Slivinski.

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NORTH PRESIDENTS’ COURT – GRANT PARK  
Location: Congress Pkwy. (500 S) & Columbus Blvd. (150 E), Chicago, IL 60604.

The North President’s Court has

the famous sculpture “Sitting Lincoln” by Augustus Saint-Gaudens…click here..

It also has a vegetable and herbs garden.

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ARON MONTGOMERY WARD GARDEN – GRANT PARK  

Aaron Montgomery Ward had a vision for Chicago’s lakefront that set him apart from most of his contemporaries. For two decades [1890-1910], he fought tirelessly to preserve Chicago’s lakeshore as an open space and assure that the city’s “front yard” would remain free and clear, providing magnificent view and recreational opportunities to all its citizens . Grant Park is his legacy to the city he loved, his gift to the future.

It has the bust of Montgomery Ward  click here..

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SPIRIT OF MUSIC GARDEN – GRANT PARK  
Location: Michigan Ave. & Harrison St., Chicago, IL 60604

It has the famous Theodore Thomas Memorial / The Spirit of Music sculpture by Albin Polasek.. click here..

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SIR GEORGE SOLTI GARDEN – GRANT PARK  
This garden has the bust of Sir Georg Solti by sculptor Dame Elisabeth Frink… click here…

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ROSE GARDEN – GRANT PARK

To the north and south of Buckingham Fountain in Grant Park there are Rose Gardens.

These planted in 1963 with the help of the Chicago Horticultural Society and the Chicago Central Area..

For more.. click here..

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CANCER SURVIVORS’ GARDEN – GRANT PARK 

The park is known as the Richard and Annette Bloch Cancer Survivors Park, and it was dedicated in 1996.

It occupies 2 ¼ acres of land in the Northeast corner of Maggie Daley Park.

For more.. click here..

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