Hortiventure

It is always interesting to get a sense of what the attitude of a place is towards horticulture, if and how it engages with ecology and nature, especially cities, and then to see what those influencers are. Chicago’s reputation has always stood out as being a bit of a pro-green city, with the city (our equivalent of a local council) striving to make it the greenest and most sustainable city in the world. It boasts the most green roofs in the country (over 400 according to some claims), with the City Hall setting an example by establishing one of the first ones on their own roof to reflect their motto 'City in the Garden'. All of this was strongly advocated by a mayor called Richard Daley who served for six terms from 1989 to 2011, which current mayor Rahm Emanuel seems to be happy to carry on in the vein of. A bit like what mayor Michael Bloomberg did for art and horticulture in New York. Key figures like architect Frank Lloyd Wright who came to Chicago after the Great Chicago