Gardening Events
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California
3/28/09 - 3/29/09, Lafayette
Growing Natives: Celebrating California's Beauty in Dry Times
http://www.gngt.org/
4/4/09, Los Altos Hills
Spring Native Plant Sale
http://www.cnps-scv.org
4/18/09, 9:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m., Sacramento
Sacramento Historic Rose Garden Open Garden Event
http://www.oldcitycemetery.com
4/26/09, 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Third Annual Earth Day Celebration and Garden Dedication
Wildwood Farm Nursery & Sculpture Gardens
10300 Sonoma Highway, Kenwood CA 95452
http://www.wildwoodmaples.com
4/26/09, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Secret Gardens of the East Bay
23rd Annual Garden Tour
http://www.SecretGardenTour.org
5/3/09, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., Napa
"Down the Garden Path" Garden Tour
http://cenapa.ucdavis.edu/
6/7/09, 10:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., Sebastopol
Enchanting Sweet Peas Open House
http://www.enchantingsweetpeas.com
Connecticut
5/2/09, Cos Cob
48th Annual May Gardeners' Market
http://www.gecgreenwich.org/
Delaware
4/24/09, 4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m., 4/25/09, 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Newark
17th Annual UDBG Benefit Plant Sale
http://ag.udel.edu/udbg
Georgia
9/16/09 - 9/18/09, Pine Mountain
23rd Annual Southern Gardening Symposium
http://callawaygardens.org/foundation/index.aspx
4/17/09 - 4/19/09, Savannah
Savannah Garden Exposition
http://www.savannahgardenexpo.com
Illinois
Garfield Farm Museum
3N016 Garfield Rd. at Route 38
Campton Township, Kane County, Illinois
http://www.garfieldfarm.org/
4/18/09, 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Prairie Walk
4/26/09, 2:00 p.m.
Beekeeping Lecture
5/3/09, 2:00 p.m.
CSA Farm Lecture
Chicago Botanic Garden
1000 Lake Cook Road
Glencoe
847-835-8213
http://www.chicagobotanic.org
3/28/09 - 3/29/09, 10:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Ikenobo Ikebana Society Show
3/29/09, 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Midwest Fruit Explorers Grafting Workshop
4/4/09 - 4/5/09, 12:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Saturday, 10:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Sunday
Sogetsu Ikebana Show
4/5/09
Wisconsin-Illinois Lily Society Lily Lectures
4/25/09 - 4/26/09, 12:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. Saturday, 10:00 a.m. - 5 p.m. Sunday
American Daffodil Society Annual Show
5/2/09 - 5/3/09, 10:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Glenview/North Shore African Violet Society Show & Sale
5/2/09 - 5/3/09, 10:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Central States Dahlia Society Sale
5/9/09 - 5/10/09, 10:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
American Rhododendron Society Midwest Chapter Show & Sale
5/16/09 - 5/17/09, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Midwest Bonsai Society Spring Show & Sale
http://www.midwestbonsai.org
5/23/09 - 5/24/09, 10:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Northshore Iris & Daylily Society Iris Show & Sale
5/30/09 - 5/31/09, 10:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Northern Illinois Hosta Society Show & Sale
6/6/09 - 6/7/09, 10:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Sogetsu School of Illinois Ikebana Exhibition
6/13/09 - 6/14/09, 10:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Ikebana International Show
7/11/09 - 7/12/09, 12:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Saturday, 10:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Sunday
Wisconsin-Illinois Lily Society Lily Show
7/18/09 - 7/19/09
Northshore Iris & Daylily Society Daylily Show & Sale
Show: 10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Sunday
Sale: 10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Saturday & Sunday
7/25/09 - 7/26/09, 10:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Cactus & Succulent Society of Greater Chicago Show & Sale
8/1/09 - 8/2/09
Bromeliad Society of Greater Chicago Show & Sale - Saturday,
8/8/09 - 8/9/09, 12:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Saturday, 10:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Sunday
Gardeners of the North Shore Show
8/14/09 - 8/16/09, 12:00 p.m. - 5 p.m. Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Saturday & Sunday
Mid-America Bonsai Show & Sale
http://www.midwestbonsai.org
8/22/09 and 8/23/09, 12:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Saturday, 10:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Sunday
Garden Clubs of Illinois District Nine Show
http://www.gardenglories.org
9/6/09, 12:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Northeastern Illinois Rose Society Show & Sale
9/6/09, 10:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Illinois Mycological Association Show & Sale
9/11/09 - 9/13/09, 10:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Roadside Flower Sale
9/19/09 - 9/20/09, 12:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Saturday, 10:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Sunday
Lakeshore African Violet Society Show & Sale
9/26/09 - 9/27/09, 12:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Saturday, 10:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Sunday
Central States Dahlia Society Show
10/10/09 - 10/11/09, 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Saturday, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Sunday
Illinois Orchid Society Fall Show & Sale
10/12/09, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
World Association of Flower Arrangers Conference
10/17/09 - 10/18/09, 10:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Midwest Daffodil Society Bulb Sale
10/17/09 - 10/18/09, 10:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Wisconsin-Illinois Lily Society Lily Bulb Sale
10/17/09 - 10/18/09, 10:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Midwest Fruit Explorers Show & Sale
Maine
5/22/09 - 9/18/09 (Every Friday), Belfast
Open Garden Days 2009
http://www.belfastgardenclub.org
7/14/09, 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Blue Hill
The Art of Gardens
A garden tour with artistic flair
http://www.bluehillgardenclub.com/
Massachusetts
4/25/09, Foxboro
Outdoor Living Extravaganza
http://www.provenwinners.com/ce_index.cfm?OutdoorLiving
Berkshire Botanical Garden
Intersection Routes 102 & 183
Stockbridge, MA 01262
http://www.berkshirebotanical.org/
3/31/09, 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Pruning for Fruit Production
3/28/09, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Water Features in Your Garden
4/11/09, 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Pruning Ornamental Woody Plants
4/25/09, 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Transplanting, Planting Trees and Shrubs
4/24/09, 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Stone Step Setting
4/25/09, 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Hardscape - Constructing a Stone Arch
4/4/09, 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., Hyannis
Cape Cod Horticultural Conference
Barnstable Performing Arts Center, Barnstable High School
744 Main Street, Hyannis
(508) 375-6690
New Hampshire
4/2/09, 7:00 p.m., Amherst
Lecture, Julie Moir Messervy
Souhegan High School Theatre
412 Boston Post Road
Contact: herperinnh@mac.com, bjosnyder@comcast.net
New York
3/27/09 - 3/29/09, Troy
The Capital District Garden and Flower Show
http://www.gardenandflowershow.com/
Pennsylvania
3/1/09 - 3/8/09, Philadelphia
2009 Philadelphia Flower Show
http://www.theflowershow.com/home/index.html
The Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College
500 College Avenue
Swarthmore
610-328-8023
http://www.scottarboretum.org
3/27/09, 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Save the Rain! Water Conservation in the Garden
7/17/09, 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Woody Plant Conference
South Carolina
3/27/09 & 3/28/09, 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m., Charleston
74th Annual Walking Tour of Private Houses & Gardens
http://www.thegardenclubofcharleston.org
Texas
San Antonio Botanical Garden
http://www.sabot.org
555 Funston Pl., San Antonio
4/18/09
Walk Across Texas and Plant Sale
5/3/09
SAWS Garden Jazz Party and Plant Sale
5/9/09
Kumamoto En Day
5/14/09
Splendor in the Garden Gala
9/5/09 - 9/7/09
Big Bugs Opening Weekend
9/26/09
Gardens by Moonlight
Virginia
3/28/09 - 3/29/09, Saturday 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m., Sunday 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m., Gloucester
59th Annual Daffodil Show
Page Middle School
Rt. 17, Gloucester
(804) 642-2672
4/18/09 - 4/25/09, Richmond
Historic Garden Week in Virginia
http://www.vagardenweek.com/
4/18/09, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., Alexandria
Historic Garden Week Tour
http://www.vagardenweek.org/
Green Spring Gardens
4603 Green Spring Road
Alexandria, VA 22312
http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/gsgp/
6/6/09, 9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Lecture: A Flower Arrangers Garden
6/13/09, 9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
The Summer Garden in Virginia
6/13/09, 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Workshop: Herb Gardening in Containers
6/20/09, 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Workshop: Casting Concrete Mushrooms
6/27/09, 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
All About Weeds: Let's Walk and Talk
7/11/09, 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Workshop: Arranging Cut Flowers from the Garden
7/18/09, 9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Breaking the Rules
7/25/09, 9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Gardening for A Lifetime
8/1/09, 9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Lecture: Preserving and Drying Your Garden Treasures
8/8/09, 9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Building and Using Cold Frames
8/15/09, 9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Light, Movement and Some Remarkable Annuals
8/29/09, 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Begonias Abound
8/29/09, 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. and 8/30/09, 12:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
28th Annual Begonia Show and Sale
Wisconsin
Olbrich Botanical Gardens
3330 Atwood Avenue
Madison, WI 53704
http://www.olbrich.org/
3/28/09, 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
MACSAC Open House
4/4/09, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Wisconsin Gourd Festival
4/11/09, 10:00 a.m. - while supplies last
Spring Pansy Sale
4/11/09, 10:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. or while supplies last
Orchid Sale
4/16/09, 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Member Pre-sale: Olbrich's Leaf Mulch Sale
4/17/09, 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.& 4/18/09, 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Olbrich's Leaf Mulch Sale
4/19/09 - 5/7/09, or while supplies last, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. daily
Load-Your-Own Leaf Mulch Sale
4/23/09 - 5/7/09, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Bulk Mulch Thursdays
5/3/09, 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Dahlia Tuber Sale
5/8/09, 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Member Pre-sale: Olbrich's Plant Sale with the Pros
5/8/09, 4:00 p.m. - 7 p.m. & 5/9/09, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Public Sale: Olbrich's Plant Sale with the Pros
5/9/09, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Sundowners/Crosstown Violet Club Sale
5/16/09 & 5/17/09, 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Badger Bonsai Annual Show
5/31/09, 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. or while supplies last
Hosta Sale
5/31/09, 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Iris Show
6/21/09, 12:30 p.m.- 4:00 p.m.
Rose Show
