EVENTS CalendarA Bloomin’ FestivalFriday, May 14 Saturday, May 15, and Sunday, May 16 Preview Evening-SOLD OUT: Download A Bloomin' Sale Catalog |
A Bloomin' Festival features A Plant Sale and springtime market with helpful gardening tips and demonstrations! At the 44th annual plant sale sponsored by the Woman's Board of the Chicago Horticultural Society, 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. If you're a gardener, you'll want to choose among the incomparable array of plants on sale at this popular annual Garden event. |
While you shop for flowers at the sale, enjoy live music and vendors selling baked goods, fresh honey, pottery, mushrooms, gardening tools, and much more in the surrounding Bloomin' Festival market! Bring your gardening tools for a spring sharpening!

Family drop-in activities will also be available on Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., in the Malott Japanese Garden, as part of the Japanese Garden Children's Festival, and Bonsai lovers will not want to miss the Midwest Bonsai Society's Spring Show and Sale, Saturday and Sunday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
A Bloomin' Sale proceeds will support the Garden's conservation, education, and research programs. A Bloomin' Festival is generously supported by JULIE, Inc. (www.illinois1call.com).
EVENTS AT A BLOOMIN' FESTIVAL |
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Friday, May 14 |
1:30 p.m. | Emily Shelton "Rooftop Gardens" |
| 3 p.m. | Nancy Clifton "Containers: Spring Blooming and Beyond" |
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| 5 – 7 p.m. | Live music: The Lisa DeRosia Trio | ||
| Saturday, May 15 |
11 a.m. | Rick Belding "Raised Vegetable Beds" |
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| 1 – 3 p.m. | Live music: The Lisa DeRosia Trio |
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| Sunday, May 16 |
11 a.m. | Tim Pollak "Colorful and Edible Container Gardening" |
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| 1 – 3 p.m. | Live music: Barehand Jug Band |
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