Articles in Midwestern USA

The annual Dogwood Festival takes place April 27 through May 4, 2013, around the Historic Congress Square in downtown Orleans, Indiana (map).
This southern Indiana town is considered the Hoosier State’s Dogwood Capital, and the trees …

Have you visited an interactive learning “garden of art”? Your Road Trips Gardener hasn’t (tell her about them, please).
One of ’em is located at Lanthier Winery, 123 Mill Street, Madison, Indiana (map).
You can see it …

The “Big Spring” show at the Cleveland Botanical Garden, 11030 East Boulevard, Cleveland, Ohio (map), is well underway.
These gardeners think they know what Alice meant when she said her wonderland was “curioser and curioser”. …

Every spring the southern Indiana town of Ferdinand (map) blooms with color during the annual Herb & Garden Days.
This year’s event will take place April 19 through April 21, 2013.
Visitors and residents alike will …

Drawn from the museum’s collection of works by graduates of Indiana University’s fine arts department (now the Hope School of Fine Arts), “Contemporary Explorations: Reviewing Nature in the 1980s” examines the artists’ interpretations of the …

Looking to capture spring, Road Trips Gardeners? If your travels take you through Indiana early next month, consider slowing down for this opportunity.
There’s a Pansy or Rose Watercolor Painting Class taught by Betty Manning from …

Theme for the 2013 Dayton Home & Garden Show is “It’s Elemental,” with each designer exploring earth, wood, metal, fire and/or water within their featured spaces in the Dayton Convention Center, 22 East Fifth Street, …

Road Trips Gardeners still have time to catch the Chicago Flower & Garden Show on Navy Pier, 600 East Grand Avenue, Chicago, Illinois (map).
Although it opened last Saturday, the show runs through March 17, 2013.
The …

It’s not much notice, but if you’re a fan of Japanese gardens and you’re anywhere near Richmond, Indiana, this weekend, you might like to learn about “Japanese Garden Principles in the Native Landscape”.
Landscape artist David …

The West Shore Orchid Show takes place March 9 and 10, 2013, in the Strongsville Recreation Center, 18100 Royalton Road, Strongsville, Ohio (map).
It’s described as the Largest judged orchid show in Ohio — there will …