Articles tagged with: October 2017
![Moonlight in the Garden of Good & Evil](http://susanmckee.com/roadtripsforgardeners/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/texas_san-antonio_midnight.jpg)
Garden fairies, trolls, superheroes, villains and other night bloomers are promised for “Moonlight in the Garden of Good and Evil” — not in Savannah, Georgia, but the San Antonio Botanical Garden in Texas.
It takes place …
![Flower Show – Alabama National](http://susanmckee.com/roadtripsforgardeners/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/alabama_montgomery_flower-show.jpg)
The 64th annual Flower Show at the Alabama National Fair takes place October 27 through November 5, 2017, at the fairgrounds, 1555 Federal Drive, Montgomery, Alabama.
The fair, an independent, self-sustaining, non-profit corporation that is NOT …
![Fall Flower Show in St. Paul, Minnesota](http://susanmckee.com/roadtripsforgardeners/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/yellow.jpg)
The Fall Flower Show in the Marjorie McNeely Conservatory of Como Park Zoo & Conservatory, 1225 Estabrook Drive, Saint Paul, Minnesota, opens October 9, 2017.
The annual show will feature hundreds of chrysanthemums of many different …
![Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden Adds A Tasteful Place](http://susanmckee.com/roadtripsforgardeners/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/texas_dallas_a-tasteful-place2.jpg)
The Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden, 8525 Garland Road, Dallas, Texas, opens “A Tasteful Place” October 3, 2107.
This edible display garden, complete with a lagoon and meandering walkways, fills 3.5 acres. There’s a pavilion, teaching …
![Longwood Gardens’ Chrysanthemum Festival](http://susanmckee.com/roadtripsforgardeners/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/pennsylvania_longwood_chrysanthemums.jpg)
The annual Chrysanthemum Festival returns to Longwood Gardens, 1001 Longwood Road, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, October 7 through November 19, 2017.
Thousands of mums nurtured to resemble orbs, spirals, pagodas, and more will be on display.
In …
![“Bruce Munro: LIGHT” in Rockford, Illinois](http://susanmckee.com/roadtripsforgardeners/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/illinois_rockford_munro.jpg)
“Bruce Munro: LIGHT” is on view through November 5, 2017, in the Nicholas Conservatory & Gardens, 1354 North Second Street, Rockford, Illinois.
It features eight large-scale sculptures, including Munro’s iconic “Field of Light” and “Water-Towers.” Two …
![“One Writer’s Garden: Eudora Welty’s Home Place”](http://susanmckee.com/roadtripsforgardeners/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Haltom_One-Writers-Garden.jpg)
Eudora Alice Welty was an American short story writer and novelist who wrote about the American South. (Her novel, The Optimist’s Daughter, won the Pulitzer Prize in 1973). Did you know she was also an …
![“Chrysanthemums and More!” at Meijer Gardens](http://susanmckee.com/roadtripsforgardeners/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/michigan_grand-rapids_chrysanthemums.jpg)
Celebrate “shape & form” at “Chrysanthemums and More!“, on display at the Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, 1000 East Beltline Ave NE, Grand Rapids, Michigan, September 15 through October 29, 2017..
This exhibition is centered …
![International Garden Festival in Berlin, Germany](http://susanmckee.com/roadtripsforgardeners/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/germany_berlin_gardens-of-the-world.jpg)
There’s still time to participate in the International Garden Festival in Berlin, Germany. It’s “on” through October 15, 2017, in the district of Marzahn-Hellersdorf, east of Berlin’s city center.
The festival, which includes gardening, urban space …
![Autumn at the Arboretum](http://susanmckee.com/roadtripsforgardeners/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/texas_dallas_autumn-fest.jpg)
Thousands of pumpkins, gourds and squash are sprouting in the Texas Panhandle this summer, in preparation for “Autumn at the Arboretum“. The fall festival takes place at the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden, 8525 Garland …