The Garfield Park Conservatory

Last week, The professor took us to the Garfield Park Conservatory which is one of the largest greenhouse conservatories in the United States. We have been to several cultural institutions this semester such as Shedd Aquarium Narrative and Chicago Cultural Center. We all enjoyed the colorful ocean world at Shedd Aquarium Narrative as well as full of artistic Chicago Cultural Center. Cultural institutions are very important projects for construction of cultural cities. The Garfield Park Conservatory is one of cultural institutions, so it is the no exception. There are three importances of the Garfield Park Conservatory.

It is a real eye-opening experience to visit the Garfield Park Conservatory, for example, people can see thousands of plants which grow in different climates at the same time. The Garfield Park Conservatory is an amazing place, because it restores some kinds of the plant environment. There is a Fern Room which shows Illinois might  have looked like millions of year ago. Visiting the Fern Room is like entering a different space-time. How fresh the air in the Fern Room! People would like to stay there for hours.

People can learn a lot of knowledge of plants from the Garfield Park Conservatory but not in classes. There is a desert house in the Garfield Park Conservatory which holds a number of kinds of cacti and succulents. Evan though the conditions are dry and harsh, those plants withstand it and grow very well. Those plants are beautiful not less grand than flowers. Cacti and succulents are not just people as well. People grow in different environments, for instance, some people are lucky to be born in a good family and country, but some do not. The lucky men should cherish what they own and relatively unlucky people should never give up.

That last reason of importance of the Garfield Park Conservatory is the idea of inspiring people to care and protect the environment.  There is a Show House in the the Garfield Park Conservatory which shows a variety of spectacular and beautiful flowers. Flowers are common, like air, they are everywhere, but some species of plants are becoming less and less. Plants not only make the world beautiful and lively, also provide people with oxygen. Unfortunately, people are destroying the environment such as the long-term over-harvesting and destruction on forest resources. Spreading the knowledge of environment protection is most important functions of the Garfield Park Conservatory.

Visiting the the Garfield Park Conservatory is an alvable experience for everyone, especially students. People will learn more about nature and the environment from the Garfield Park Conservatory and visiting the Garfield Park Conservatory also awakens people to the need to protect environment.