Chicago Botanic Garden Spring 2020

chicagobotanic.org 9 February highlights Through March 29 Seed Library at Lenhardt Library Noon to 4 p.m., Wednesday to Sunday. Sunday, February 9 Winter Walk in the McDonald Woods 2 p.m. Free Library Talk: “Illustrated Orchids in Radiant Color” 2 p.m. Saturday, February 22 Meet the Rare Books 1 to 2 p.m. Horticulture and Plant Shows Saturday & Sunday, March 21 & 22 Northern Illinois Gesneriad Show & Sale 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sunday, March 29 Midwest Fruit Explorers Grafting Workshop 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday & Sunday, April 25 & 26 Midwest Daffodil Society Display and Floral Design Show Noon to 4:30 p.m. Saturday; 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sunday. Saturday & Sunday, May 2 & 3 Central States Dahlia Society Dahlia Sale 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m . Saturday, May 9 World Bonsai Day 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday & Sunday, May 9 & 10 Midwest Bonsai Society Spring Bonsai Exhibition & World Bonsai Day 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday, May 13 – Sunday, October 4 Discovery Programs in the Helen and Richard Thomas English Walled Garden, Malott Japanese Garden, and Regenstein Fruit & Vegetable Garden 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday to Friday; 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Plant Giveaways in the Regenstein Fruit & Vegetable Garden While supplies last; 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday to Friday; 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. March highlights Members-only Plant Production Behind-the-Scenes Tour Friday & Saturday, March 27 & 28 Garden members are invited to the Kris Jarantoski Campus to discover what goes on behind the scenes at our plant production facilities. You’ll tour our new state-of-the-art greenhouses and see spring flowers before they are planted in the Garden. Tours take place at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.; $10 fee; park at the Robert F. Finke Greenhouses. Participants should be able to walk and stand for about an hour. Register at chicagobotanic.org/ membership. Thursday, March 5 Free Library Talk: “Illustrated Orchids in Radiant Color” 2 p.m. Friday, March 20 – Sunday, April 5 Language of Flowers Pop-Up Event Noon to 4 p.m., Wednesday to Sunday. Thursday, March 26 One Book, One Garden: Hippie Food—How Back-to-the-Landers, Longhairs, and Revolutionaries Changed the Way We Eat by Jonathan Kauffman 6:30 to 8 p.m.; preregistration required; Lenhardt Library.