Please allow 3 weeks to schedule the tour and arrange for the appropriate tour guide(s) to be lined-up. Tours are limited to groups of 25 or less and are scheduled during the following times based on availability:

• Monday and Wednesday afternoons from 1:30 to 3:30 pm
• Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 9:00 to 10:30 am

Greenhouse tours start at the main (East) entrance of the Plant Sciences Laboratory on Dorner Drive. The building is wheelchair accessible.

Parking is generally available on Dorner Drive and in the parking lot on the south side of the Plant Sciences Laboratory greenhouse in metered spaces. Parking meters all require a quarter per half hour (quarters only). If you need to arrange parking for a bus, please let us know when requesting the tour.

Please note that the greenhouse is a working teaching and research facility. As such, some hazards such as wet floors, hard bench edges, and spiny or poisonous plants may be present.

Please take these facility rules seriously:

1. Look at the plants, but do not touch them.
2. Move carefully in the greenhouses.
3. Stay on the walkways.

Tour Contact Information

For tours of the Plant Care Facility greenhouses contact: Ruth Green at (217) 333.3058, or email at rgreen6@uiuc.edu.

For tours of the conservatory and tropical plant collections contact Debbie Black at (217) 333.7857 , or email at black3@uiuc.edu.