Articles in Midwestern USA

The annual Summer Garden Walk sponsored by the Bloomington Garden Club will be held June 21 and 22, 2014.
The walk includes five private gardens, the annual Flower Show, and the newly-restored Shade Garden and …

The 13th annual Garden Walk, Fair & Plant Sale takes place this weekend in Utica, Illinois — rain or shine.
Hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. today and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. tomorrow.
On …

Your Road Trips Gardener considers butterflies fluttering flowers — and here’s another opportunity to enjoy these beautiful creatures.
The second annual Butterfly Festival is set to begin at 10 a.m. June 14, 2014, at Pick at …

The “Master Gardener & Friends June Bloom Garden Tour“, set for 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 14, 2014, offers a look into some of the best backyards and gardens in McPherson, Kansas.
The tour includes …

If you’re near Central Indiana on the first weekend of June, consider swinging by Indianapolis for the Twin Oaks Home and Garden Tour, 555 Kessler Boulevard West Drive, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Tickets at the gate are $20; …

If you’ll be driving across I-70 in Indiana towards the end of next month, Road Trips Gardeners, consider scheduling a stop on June 21 and 22, 2014, for the Secret Gardens & Home Tour in …

Now’s a good time to wander through Bayfield, Wisconsin, Road Trips Gardeners.
“Bayfield in Bloom” takes place from May 16 through June 15 each year (including this one). It’s a month-long celebration of spring now in …

It’s all second-growth forest in Illinois’ Hardin County (the land was cleared for farming about 150 years ago), but the woods are still stunning in spring.
This shot shows some of the redbud and white dogwoods …

If you’re wandering central Indiana this weekend, Road Trips Gardeners, consider a stop at Mounds State Park, 4306 Mounds Road, Anderson, Indiana.
The Friends of Mounds State Park group will sell native plants and wildflowers from …

A tour of a commercial mint farm and a “cooking with mint” contest are two of the many herb-centric activities at the Mint Festival in North Judson, Indiana.
It’s set for June 13 through 15, 2014, …