The Fall Flower Show in the Marjorie McNeely Conservatory of Como Park Zoo & Conservatory, 1225 Estabrook Drive, Saint Paul, Minnesota, opens October 9, 2017.
The annual show will feature hundreds of chrysanthemums of many different …

The 27th annual “Mum Fest 2017” takes place today (September 23, 2017) and tomorrow (September 24, 2017) in Lake Anna Park, Barberton, Ohio. Some 17,000 chrysanthemum plants promise “a million mum blooms”.
Official hours are 10 …

“Bruce Munro: LIGHT” is on view through November 5, 2017, in the Nicholas Conservatory & Gardens, 1354 North Second Street, Rockford, Illinois.
It features eight large-scale sculptures, including Munro’s iconic “Field of Light” and “Water-Towers.” Two …

As long-time readers of Road Trips for Gardeners already know, your editor considers butterflies as “flowers with wings”.
So, here’s another Butterfly Festival to check out these frequent garden visitors. The Kansas Wetlands Education Center, 592 …

Celebrate “shape & form” at “Chrysanthemums and More!“, on display at the Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, 1000 East Beltline Ave NE, Grand Rapids, Michigan, September 15 through October 29, 2017..
This exhibition is centered …

Flowers in a planter outside the Visitors’ Center in Columbus, Indiana, welcome visitors to the opening of Exhibit Columbus today (August 26, 2017).
The 18 art installations are on view through the end of November.
(Photo ©2017 …

The line between farms and gardens is sometimes blurred — but not here. The latest in industrial food production will be on display during the 64th annual Farm Progress Show. It’s set for August 29 …

Just northeast of Columbus, Road Trips Gardeners will find Ohio’s Herb Capital — Gahanna (the state legislature said so in 1972).
Spend a day meandering the town’s Herbal Trail. This collaborative effort showcases 45 culinary and …

Some of the couches in the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island, Michigan, are upholstered in this flowery lilac print.
The annual Lilac Festival on the island started yesterday (June 9, 2017) and runs through June 18, …

If your travels take you through central Indiana, Road Trips Gardeners, and you’ve been itching to try your hand at bonsai, there are two workshops you might like.
Bonsai 101, set for 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. …