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 …

Don’t give up yet, Road Trips Gardeners! Spring is less than three months away.
Plan to attend the Antiques & Garden Fair, returning for its 12th year, April 20 through 22, 2012, on the grounds of …

“Blossom II: Art of Flowers”, an exhibition of paintings, is on display in the front lobby of the Garfield Park Conservatory, 300 North Central Park Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, through December 31, 2011. There’s no admission …

Wonderland Express returns to the Chicago Botanic Garden this holiday season and transforms the 385-acre oasis into a winter wonderland of twinkling lights, garden-scale trains, miniature Chicago landmarks, horticulture displays and indoor “snowfall”.
It runs through …

The Illinois Orchid Society presents its annual fall mini-show October 15 and 16, 2011, in the Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe, Illinois.
Tabletop displays, from the rarest of species to cultivated hybrids, will …

It may be hot and humid outside, but Road Trips Gardeners are already thinking about the cool days of next spring. That’s when the bulbs they’ll buy this year will be blooming.
The Chicago Botanic Garden‘s …

You can smell the festival even before you can see the blooms. It’s almost Lilac Time in Lilacia Park, Lombard, Illinois. This year’s dates are April 30 through May 15, 2011, and a complete listing …

Here’s a really good reason for Road Trips Gardeners who live within a reasonable drive of Chicagoland to head there between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. either May 14 or 15, 2011. “A Bloomin’ Festival”, …

The annual show of the Midwest Daffodil Society will be held April 30 and May 1, 2011, at the Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe, Illinois.
Presented by the Midwest Daffodil Society, hundreds of …

Phalaenopsis! Dendrobium! Paphiopedilum! Cymbidium! Phragmipedium! Maxillaria! Cypripedium! Selenipedium! If you know what I’m exclaiming about, Road Trips Gardeners, then you probably already know that the Illinois Orchid Society Spring Show and Sale will be held …