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EVENTS Calendar

Gardeners Await A Bloomin' Sale
May 16 – 18, 2008

Special members-only sale hours are from 1 to 7 p.m. Friday and
9 to 10 a.m. on Saturday. Open to the public from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Members at the Friend's Circle level or higher receive invitations to Thursday evening's preview.

This year's theme, "Success with the Best," features handpicked plants especially recommended by staff and Woman's Board members. Gardeners can pick up green gardening tips and learn landscape alternatives to invasive plants.

More than 30,000 annuals, ferns, fruits and vegetables, herbs, native wildflowers, ornamental grasses, perennials, roses, shrubs and vines will be sold at the 42nd annual event, sponsored by the Woman's Board of the Chicago Horticultural Society. Several hot picks recommendedby Garden experts are Rosa ‘Dream Come True’, Heuchera ‘Mocha’, and Aster cordifolius ‘Avondale’ (a fall-blooming, light blue native wood aster).

Proceeds of A Bloomin' Sale will support the Woman's Board lead pledge of $1 million for the Garden's new Daniel F. and Ada L. Rice Plant Conservation Science Center. The project is critical in advancing the Garden's efforts to provide state-of-the-art laboratories and teaching facilities for more than 200 Ph.D. scientists, land managers, students, and interns whose research is critical to fulfill the Garden's efforts to save our planet by saving our plants.

 

We encourage you to assist us in maximizing our support of the Garden by using cash or checks. However, if you wish to use a credit card, we will gladly accept Visa, Mastercard, and Discover.