Take a 20-minute guided walk in the Lurie Garden of Millennium Park in downtown Chicago on Labor Day Weekend.
The free tours are offered from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. August 31, 2012, and September 2, …

OK, Road Trips Gardeners, I confess that I didn’t post this photo for the flower. (Truthfully, I don’t know the name of the flower.)
I posted it for the winged visitor (whose name I also don’t …

The annual show hosted by the Badger State Dahlia Society will be held August 18 and 19, 2012, at the Olbrich Botanical Gardens, 3330 Atwood Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin (map).
The gardens include 16 acres …

The 14th annual National Miniature Conference and Rose Show of the American Rose Society is set for July 27, 28 and 29, 2012, in the DoubleTree Hotel Columbus-Worthington, 175 Hutchinson Avenue, Columbus, Ohio (map)
“Beautiful Ohio …

“Places for the Spirit: Traditional African American Gardens” opens today (July 14, 2012) in the Joutras Gallery at the Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe, Illinois (map).
Vaughn Sills, a fine art photographer, …

“Every Tree Tells a Story”, but some stand as living reminders of our country’s past. Twelve extraordinary trees and tree groupings at twelve sites in the United States have been collected into a “landslide” exhibit …

Gardens aren’t always on the ground.
This one — a work in progress — is atop the Central Library annex in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Plants will include full sun and partial shade tolerant plants as well as ornamental …

The Ohio State African Violet Society stages its annual show and sale September 14 and 15, 2012, in Kingwood Center, 900 Park Avenue West, Mansfield, Ohio. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, and …

Seven African Violet societies in the state of Illinois will stage their annual show and sale July 28 and 29, 2012, in the Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake Shore Drive, Glencoe, Illinois (map).
Hours are noon …

Two plant shows are planned at the Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe, Illinois (map) July 21 and 22, 2012.
The Cactus & Succulent Society of Greater Chicago Show & Sale features plants grown …