Ball Horticultural Company's
Trial Gardens

to be held at

Ball Horticultural Company
622 Town Road
West Chicago, IL 60185

Sunday, August 19, 2007
8:30 AM - 11:30 AM

The Ball Horticultural Company had its origin in 1905, 100 years ago and has locations in 22 countries on six continents! To celebrate this centennial year, the gardens have been completely redesigned by the landscape architecht who designed the plantings on Chicago's Magnificent Mile

Our tour affords SMSI members an opportunity to experience a four acre trial garden with over 1500 single variety and mixed combination containers, landscaped annual gardens, row trial gardens including the All-American Selections Evaluation Gardens, and perennial gardens with the best of Ball perennials. This tour lends itself to viewing specimens macroscopically and microscopically: bring cameras, hand lenses, and low power microscopes.

Directions to Ball Horticultural Company

From the East, take the Eisenhower Expy and continue to Rte 38 to Town Road in West Chicago and turn North onto Town Road. Town Road is about a mile west of Rte. 59. Proceed to entrance of Ball International.

From the North or South proceed along Rte 83 or 355 to Rte. 38, Roosevelt Rd. Then refer to directions above.

I 294 users may proceed to I 88 West or East to Aurora. Continue to Rte 59 and exit North. Proceed to Rte 38. Turn right onto Rte 38 (you are now going West) and go about 1 mile west to Town Road Turn right onto Town Road. Proceed to entrance of Ball International.

Note: there is a tall lavender fence on the left hand side of Town Road marking the east side of the garden.