Lurie Garden

This two-and-a-half-acre landscape designed by Gustafson Guthrie Nichols Ltd., Piet Oudolf and Robert Israel is the perfect Loop lunch spot. Be sure to check out the picturesque footbridge, year-round garden and dramatically lit “shoulder” hedge, which represents Carl Sandburg’s reference to Chicago as the City of Big Shoulders. In monthly garden walks, experts show how you can imitate the ecofriendly horticulture.