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EVENTS Calendar

A Bloomin' Sale Returns with Inspiring Selections

May 15 – 17, 2009

 

Preview Party:
Thursday, May 14

Members: Be the first to shop for the finest plants in the Midwest. Come to the Woman's Board's A Bloomin' Sale preview party. Enjoy refreshments, beer, and wine while you select from thousands of gorgeous possibilities for your garden.

Special members-only sale hours are from 1 to 4 p.m. Friday. The sale is open to the public from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Join the Garden today.

If you're a gardener, you'll want to choose among the incomparable array of plants on sale. More than 30,000 annuals, ferns, fruit and vegetable plants, geraniums, herbs, native wildflowers, ornamental grasses, perennials, roses, shade perennials, shrubs, and vines will be available at this year's event. "A Bloomin' Sale can absolutely be relied upon, year after year, to offer plants in excellent condition," says Woman's Board President Alice Goltra.

This year the focus is on "Growing Green" — growing your own food sustainably. Tips on how to build cold frames and raised beds will be available. Annuals you may have seen used throughout the Garden have been specially selected and made available this year. Windy City Harvest will be providing organic tomatoes in the fruits and vegetables section of the sale. Join the Garden's effort to garden sustainably — bring your plant containers back to the Garden for recycling, click here for details.

Don't forget to stop by the raffle table to purchase tickets featuring such prizes as a private garden consultation, professionally planted containers, select bulbs from the Bulb Bazaar, and dinner for two at Wildfire.

Denise Corkery offers a sneak preview video of some of the plants that will be available at this year's sale.

All proceeds from A Bloomin' Sale, sponsored by the Woman's Board of the Chicago Horticultural Society, will benefit the Daniel F. and Ada L. Rice Plant Conservation Science Center. 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. A Bloomin' Sale returns to the Garden in 2009 for its 43rd year. Regular parking fees apply for nonmembers.