Parks and Gardens of Spain
May 1, 2012 – 9:54 pm | No Comment

By Instituto de Turismo de España
Special to Road Trips for Gardeners
Spain’s unique blend of the modern and the historic is detailed in public parks and gardens, some being among the oldest in Europe. …

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Gardening Show
January 9, 2012 – 11:48 pm | No Comment
Gardening Show

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 …

Fantasy Garden Train Show
January 4, 2012 – 12:51 am | No Comment
Fantasy Garden Train Show

Don’t think that because the holidays are over you’ve missed your chance to see that perennial combination of model trains and gardens, Road Trips Gardeners.
The Fantasy Garden Train Show opens January 14, 2012, in Milwaukee’s …

Festival of Lights
December 23, 2011 – 12:20 am | No Comment
Festival of Lights

OK, so it’s not garden weather. It is, however, holiday lights weather!
Check out the display at the Festival of Lights at VanDusen Botanical Garden, 5251 Oak Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It’s open from 4:30 …

Trains, Trestles and Traditions
December 19, 2011 – 12:02 am | No Comment
Trains, Trestles and Traditions

A decades-long Cincinnati, Ohio, tradition is “on track” this year for a 10-week run ending January 1, 2012.
The annual holiday show, dubbed “Trains, Trestles and Traditions”, takes place at Krohn Conservatory, 1501 Eden Park …

Holiday Train Show
December 16, 2011 – 12:48 am | No Comment
Holiday Train Show

The Holiday Train Show runs through January 16, 2012, in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory at the New York Botanical Garden, 2900 Southern Boulevard, Bronx, New York City, New York.
Model trains zip over bridges and …

All Aboard the Poinsettia Express
December 9, 2011 – 12:09 am | No Comment
All Aboard the Poinsettia Express

The Holiday Poinsettia Show and Train Garden are open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday from December 10, 2011, through January 1, 2012, in the Conservatory of the Howard Peters Rawlings Conservatory …

Chinese New Year’s in a Chinese Garden?
December 7, 2011 – 12:54 am | No Comment
Chinese New Year’s in a Chinese Garden?

What better place to ring in the Year of the Dragon than the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
The garden, at 578 Carrall Street in the Canadian city’s Chinatown neighborhood, …

Christmas at the Chicago Botanic Garden
November 30, 2011 – 12:33 am | No Comment
Christmas at the Chicago Botanic Garden

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 …

Holly, Jolly Holidays
November 7, 2011 – 12:44 am | No Comment
Holly, Jolly Holidays

“Holly, Jolly Holidays“, the seasonal show at Mitchell Park Conservatory, 524 S. Layton Boulevard, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, opens November 19, 2011, and runs through January 1, 2012.
Sure, there’ll be Santas from around the world at Holly, …

Holiday Flower Show
October 31, 2011 – 12:08 am | No Comment
Holiday Flower Show

Yes, Road Trips Gardeners: it’s time to begin planning those drives to see the favorite flowers of the season.
Hundreds of poinsettias are promised for the Holiday Flower Show set for December 3, 2011, through January …