Political Quotes

“Chicagoans take our green spaces very seriously. In fact, if you look at the great seal of the city of Chicago, you will see, written in Latin, the city's motto: Urbs in Horto--City in a Garden. So it seems only natural that Chicago is home to one of America's most popular and spectacular gardens: the Chicago Botanic Garden. The Botanic Garden is one of the brightest jewels in Chicago's crown of great cultural and educational institutions. Since its opening in 1972, the Chicago Botanic Garden has provided a 385-acre island of beauty and tranquility just outside of one of America's biggest and busiest cities. Today, it is the second-most visited public garden in the country, drawing appreciative visitors from throughout the Chicago area and around the globe. Part of what makes the Chicago Botanic Garden so extraordinary is the dedication, vision and inexhaustible energy of the woman who has served as its president for the last 12 years, Barbara Whitney Carr. With a great sense of gratitude--and a touch of sadness I would like to wish Barbara Carr well as she prepares to step down from the Botanic Garden and begin a new chapter in her life. More importantly, I want to thank her for all she has done to make the Chicago Botanic Garden a beautiful oasis, a popular tourist attraction, and an important teaching tool.”