Native Plant Museum

Jan Smith Park is a four-acre outdoor museum of native Illinois prairie plants. Each fall, on the annual harvest day, local gardeners collect the seeds and take them home to use in their gardens. The park is also a certified Monarch Butterfly Waystation.

Learn about natural wildflowers and prairie grasses and how they grow by becoming a volunteer. Hands-on experience is one of the best ways to discover the process of planting and caring for prairie gardens. Volunteers are needed for weeding and caring of the gardens during the growing season.

Tours are available for groups. Just give Jan a call. You will often see her at the park caring for the grounds.