It’s Lilac Time again in Lombard, Illinois.
The annual lilac festival, which opened May 3, runs through May 18, 2014, in Lilacia Park, 150 South Park Avenue — part of the Lombard Park District. Lilacia is …

The Meridian-Kessler Home & Garden Tour is set for June 7 and 8, 2014, in this northside neighborhood of Indianapolis, Indiana.
It’s the 41st year for the tour, which features a half-dozen unique residences and gardens. …

A bucketful of electric-hued violas greeted visitors to a state park in Southernmost Illinois.
(Photo ©2014 by Susan McKee)

The semi-annual “Gardens that Swing Tour” takes place rain or shine from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 7, 2014, in Henderson, Kentucky (yes, it gets its name from its connection to the W.C. Handy …

Road Trips Gardeners have two months to check out what’s blooming in Door County, Wisconsin. Now through June 8, 2014, it’s the Season of Blossoms — the time of year when the landscape comes alive …

The Bartlett Arboretum in Belle Plaine, Kansas, is an unusual facility. Located 20 miles south of Wichita, it is home to massive cypress, oaks and champion Japanese maples planted over the last 100 years by …

If you’re wandering the Midwest the first weekend in May, Road Trips Gardeners, consider a detour through central Indiana, for Orchard in Bloom.
The garden show, now in its 25th year, will take place May 2 …

The Dogwood Trail highlights the blooming dogwoods and flowering garden areas of Paducah, Kentucky. It’s unusual in that you can enjoy the trail by night or by day.
The lighting of the Dogwood Trail in Paducah …

Headed south? The 21th annual Daffodil Festival is March 7 and 8, 2014, in Camden, Arkansas (map)
Begin your adventure in the Great Hall of the First United Methodist Church, 121 Harrison Avenue SW, Camden, Arkansas …

Gonna be anywhere near eastern Kentucky in a couple of weeks, Road Trips Gardeners? You can catch a screening of the Disney nature movie, “Wings of Life”, at the Central Public Library Farish Theatre of …