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 …

Lilac season arrived a bit ahead of schedule in North America. In your Road Trips Gardener‘s back yard, the peak blooms are fading to green.
The Hulda Klager Lilac Festival takes place April 21 through May …

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 …

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 …

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 …

“Art in the Service of Science”, a display of scientific art, continues through June 4, 2011, in the Sterling Morton Library of the Morton Arboretum, 4100 Illinois Route 53, Lisle, Illinois. The exhibit, by …