About the Author

Cathy Jean Maloney is a lifelong Chicago-area resident and garden historian. She is a senior editor of Chicagoland Gardening magazine, and the author of World’s Fair Gardens; The Gardener’s Cottage in Riverside, Illinois; Chicago Gardens: The Early History; and The Prairie Club of Chicago. She teaches classes both at the Morton Arboretum and at the Chicago Botanic Garden, and is a frequent speaker to groups around the country.

Reviews

The Chicago Botanic Garden is living proof of how a public-private partnership on the Chicago model can produce a world-class asset…The Chicago Horticultural Society and the Forest Preserve District of Cook County are the heroes of this remarkable unfolding story."" - Gary T. Johnson, President, Chicago History Museum