Articles in Midwestern USA

A “Standard Flower Show” is set for September 7 and 8, 2019, in the Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, 1000 East Beltline Ave NE, Grand Rapids, Michigan.
This show features floral designs and a horticulture …

The Mid-America Bonsai Society Show & Sale takes place August 16, 17, and 18, 2019, in the Regenstein Center, Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe, Illinois.
Some 200 bonsai trees will be on display, …

Hours of sunlight (and probably a bit of fertilizer) make this flower cart blossom into a summer work of art.
It’s among a half-dozen or so on the wide sidewalk in front of the Ironworks Hotel …

It’s almost time for the Garden Show at the Grand Hotel, Mackinac Island, Michigan. This year’s dates are August 25, 26, and 27, 2019.
Speakers include Jimmy Turner of the Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney, Australia; Paul …

Butterflies & Blooms is a butterfly exhibition at the Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe, Illinois, where visitors can immerse themselves in a habitat filled with hundreds of live butterflies. Open now through …

Two Monarch Festivals take place September 7, 2019 — one in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and the other in Galesburg, Illinois.
The Minnesota fest is 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. September 7, 2019, at Lake Nokomis, 49th Street …

Sunny yellow iris bloom in Schiller Park, a centerpiece of the German Village neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio.
(Photo @2019 by Susan McKee)

An iconic flower of summer in Midwestern gardens, the zinnia shows off its colors at the General Lew Wallace Study & Museum in Crawfordsville, Indiana.
(Photo ©2018 by Susan McKee)

If you’ll be in Central Indiana this evening, Road Trips Gardeners, how about this for a fun class!
“Carnivorous Plants and a Beer” takes place from 6:30 to 8 p.m. today (July 12, 2019), in the …

Road Trips Gardeners (and their kids) will have the chance to show off their “pollination powers” in an interactive exhibition in the Minnetrista Center, 1200 North Minnetrista Parkway, Muncie, Indiana.
The Amazing Pollinators Exhibit, open now …