You can smell the festival even before you can see the blooms. It’s almost Lilac Time in Lilacia Park, 227 West Parkside Avenue, Lombard, Illinois (map).
This year’s dates are May 5 through 20, 2012, and …

Orchard In Bloom, now in its 23rd year, is set for April 27 through 29, 2012, in Holliday Park, 6363 Spring Mill Road, Indianapolis, Indiana (map) — and takes place rain or shine.
Tickets at the …

The annual show held by the Central Indiana Orchid Society in conjunction with the Mid-America Orchid Congress is this weekend in Indianapolis.
The show (and sale) take place in the Garfield Park Conservatory, 2505 Conservatory Drive, …

By Jackie Hughes
Elkhart County Convention & Visitors Bureau
A small non-profit organization in Elkhart, Indiana has transformed the city’s well field, a water and hydraulic energy source since the mid-1800s, into a public, art-filled botanic …

OK, Road Trips Gardeners, get those cars ready to roll.
The Quilt Gardens along the Heritage Trail in northern Indiana will feature 19 gardens — each in a quilt design — this year — its fifth. …

It doesn’t matter whether you’re in New York City, Philadelphia, Chicago, Minneapolis or San Francisco between March 25 and April 7, 2012, Road Trips Gardeners. You can visit a flower show at Macy’s in each …

Special to Road Trips for Gardeners
By Michael A. Norton
Traverse City Convention & Visitors Bureau
The annual blossoming of the cherry trees each May in Traverse City, Michigan, is one of America’s most impressive floral displays. …

The 24th Annual Midwest Herb and Garden Show is going on right now (February 10-12, 2012) at Times Square Mall in Mount Vernon, Illinois.
The event is sponsored by the Herbs for Health and Fun …

A glimpse of the tulip craze in 17th century Holland comes to the Domes of the Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory, 524 South Layton Boulevard, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (map), March 31 through May 28, 2012.
A variety of …

Enjoy a breath of spring at the ninth annual Gardening Show in Porter County, Indiana.
It’s scheduled for 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Central Standard Time — also known as Chicago Time) January 21, 2012, in …