Washington Park Botanical Garden Programming

Bring your friends, have some refreshments, and make your own fresh, evergreen wreath to take home! 

Location: Washington Park Botanical Garden

Saturday, December 6th from 9:00a-12:00p or 1:30p-4:30p

Ages: 18+

Activity #: 361111

Admission: $50R/$55NR

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Enjoy 500+ poinsettias nestled among the decorated fresh evergreens and lush tropical foliage. This event is free and for all ages! 

Location: Washington Park Botanical Garden

Date: Monday-Friday: 12-4p, Saturday-Sunday: 12-5p

Be sure to mark your calendars for this fabulous orchid event! The Prairie State Orchid Society returns to the Garden for their fall plant sale from 10:00a to 4:00p. There will be an intermission from the sale between 2:00p and 3:00p, during which Dr. Lawrence Zettler will have a presentation on ongoing orchid conservation at the Chelsea Floral Show in London, where they received a gold medal. Dr. Zettler is the Hitchcock Professor of Biology at Illinois College in Jacksonville, Illinois, and is active in the orchid conservation throughout the world. 

Location: Washington Park Botanical Garden

Activity #: 36112-01 Age: All Ages Day: Sa Time: 10:00a-4:00p Date: 11/01 R/NR Fee: Free

The Central Illinois Daylily Society returns to the Garden with its annual daylily plant sale. Gorgeous daylilies will be on sale and society members will be on hand to answer all your daylily questions. Come on out to the Garden and get great deals on fabulous plants to add to your gardens!

Location: Washington Park Botanical Garden

Saturday, August 2nd from Noon-3:00 p.m.

Admission: Free

Did you miss the iris sale in July? Be sure to mark your calendars and come to the Garden to purchase beautiful iris varieties from the members of the Region 9 American Iris Society. Beautiful iris will be available for purchase and incredible knowledge will be shared from the iris society members. This is a great event to ask those iris questions.

Location: Washington Park Botanical Garden

Saturday, August 23rd from 9:00a.m.-12:00 p.m.

Admission: Free

The Garden welcomes back Tom Gephart and Kent Well for a morning all about orchids. 

Do you have orchid questions/concerns? Did you receive an orchid as a gift and aren't sure what to do for it? Do you need your orchid repotted? Be sure to stop by and have your plant repotted at a nominal cost (fee is based on the size of the plant), learn how to care for your orchid, diseases and pests common with orchids and learn about basic orchid growing tips.

This class is designed with an open house setting so feel free to arrive at any time during the time frame

Location: Washington Park Botanical Garden

MIN/MAX: 2/40

Activity #: 361121_01 Age: All Ages Day: Sa Time: 10:00a-2:00p Date: 10/25   R/NR Fee: Free

Kokedama is a Japanese art from that involves growing plants in a soil ball covered with moss and wrapped with string. They can be showcased on a flat surface or hung in a window. Come and learn all about this fun planting technique and construct your very own kokedama to take home. 

Location: Washington Park Botanical Garden

MIN/MAX: 2/10

Activity #: 361130_01 Age: 18+ Day: Sa Time: 9:00a-10:301 Date: 9/27   R/NR Fee: $35/$40

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Things are brewing at Botanical! In this fun and aromatic class, participants will learn how to create their tea, make their own brew, as well as make simmer pots using many of the same herbs and spices. 

Location: Washington Park Botanical Garden

MIN/MAX: 2/10

Activity #: 361131_01 Age: 18+ Day: Sa Time: 9:00a-10:30a Date: 11/08   R/NR Fee: $50/$55

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