Wilder Park Conservatory
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The Wilder Park Conservatory (12 acres) is a conservatory and botanical garden located in Wilder Park at 225 Prospect Avenue, Elmhurst, Illinois. It is open daily.
The conservatory's origins date back to 1868, when Seth Wadhams purchased a treeless farm, planting trees and building a greenhouse for his wife (still in use today). Subsequent owners continued to develop the site's gardens. The property was transferred to city ownership around 1920, and in 1923 the Elmhurst Park District Board added a conservatory to the original greenhouse. In 1926 a second greenhouse was added.
