Antiques & Garden Fair
Road Trips Gardeners who also like to browse for antiques should plan to head to the Chicago Botanic Garden April 16-18, 2010 (with a preview night from 6-10 p.m. April 15, 2010. This is the 10th year for the Antiques & Garden Fair, offering classical and contemporary garden furnishings, botanical art, and home and garden design from more than 100 exhibitors from the United States and Europe.
The Fair will be held in the Regenstein Center of the Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe, Illinois (yes, it’s in the northern suburbs, NOT in Chicago itself). There will be tents over the Esplanade and the Rose Garden as well as vendors in Burnstein Hall, Runnells and Searle Courtyards, Nichols Hall, Joutras Gallery, and the Greenhouse Galleries.
There also will be gardens designed by Craig Bergmann Landscape Design, Inc., Mariani Landscape, Rosborough Partners, Inc., Schmechtig Landscape Company, and William Heffernan Landscapes, as well as floral booths by Botanicals, Designs by Jody, Heffernan Morgan Designs, Kehoe Designs, and Kim Merlin.