Horticultural Happenings (Regional) Events
Carved. Pumpkin Festival (La Cañada Flintridge, CA)
Come discover a mesmerizing pumpkin wonderland featuring a new route, and even more pumpkin fun!
View event website »Plant Sale (Palo Alto, CA)
Choose from a wide selection of edible and ornamental plants, many propagated right here at Gamble Garden. We offer a wide variety of annuals and perennials including many unique varieties you are unlikely to find at commercial nurseries. We shower our plants with everything they need to thrive, and pride ourselves on providing the highest quality plants available.
Don’t miss this opportunity to plant a piece of Gamble in your own garden.
View event website »Seasonal Native Plant Maintenance Class (Santa Barbara, CA)
With fall just around the corner, it’s time to start thinking about maintenance and other seasonal considerations in your garden. We invite you to join us for a morning of learning about the seasonality of native plant maintenance. From beginning to prune your plants or starting to think about sowing annual wildflower seeds for spring, there is always an opportunity to engage in native plant horticulture.
View event website »Flower Piano (San Francisco, CA)
Sunset Piano and Gardens of Golden Gate Park are excited to present one of the most unique and creative events in the Bay Area from September 13-22. For 10 days, Flower Piano will transform San Francisco Botanical Garden once again into the city’s own alfresco concert hall where everyone is invited to play and listen.
View event website »Thomas Dambo’s TROLLS: Save the Humans (Memphis, TN)
Have you heard the BIG news?! Trolls are coming to the Garden to help save the humans. At the great “Trolliefolkyfest” in a secret place, six young trolls made a pact to band together and help save the humans by rediscovering nature and teaching us how to live in harmony with the earth. They recognized the hope within each of us to take action and make positive changes toward a greater future. From the communicator Ronja Redeye to rebel Basse Bueller and Ibbi Pip the optimist, these gentle giants are here to save the humans. Lean into the lore that this larger-than-life fairytale brings to the Garden this spring as art, nature, and messages of sustainability intertwine in this unique outdoor exhibition.
View event website »ENLIGHTEN (Grand Rapids, MI)
This holiday season, Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park is poised to dazzle guests with ENLIGHTEN—an unparalleled holiday light spectacle promising to position Grand Rapids on the global stage of must-see holiday destinations. Produced by the visionary teams at Lightswitch and Upstaging, ENLIGHTEN is set to rival the world’s most iconic holiday displays through an immersive outdoor experience that’s nothing short of magical.
View event website »Herbs for Winter Blues (Littleton, CO)
During the winter months, dealing with the long, cold, dark days can be challenging as it affects our mood, leading to the “winter blues.” Join our workshop to explore herbs that can assist our nervous system and specifically boost our spirits. You will have the opportunity to create a tea and a tincture using these herbs to take home with you.
View event website »Regenerative Gardening Practices to Create and Maintain Native Garden (Denver, CO)
As a professional and certified Regenerative Gardener, certified Soil Advocate, and certified Master Composter, I believe healthy gardens and landscapes begin with rebuilding the soil using mostly native plant species. Supporting ecosystem biodiversity and protecting pollinators, without using chemical pesticides or fertilizers, is the foundation of my practice. The quality and vitality of our landscape is a direct reflection of healthy soil and intentional care. My journey in gardening began more than twenty years ago with my own garden. Over the years I’ve refined my gardening and design experience to evolve with a changing ecological awareness. As a lifelong Coloradan, I have a keen understanding of our unique environment. My priority is protecting our precious ecosystem from the ground up one garden at a time. Inviting resiliency into our urban and suburban landscapes is essential to balancing our expanding land development and resource losses. I’m passionate about helping clients discover the beauty and importance of regenerative gardening practices while working with holistic concepts to create their vision of a space they want to be in and grow in.
View event website »Plant Identification 101 (Denver, CO)
Identifying plants can often be challenging, requiring an extensive background in botanical anatomy, taxonomy and vocabulary. Learn how to recognize some of the major plant families and discuss resources for identification (field guides, iNaturalist, SEINet and how to use a key). Class includes a tour of Dever Botanic Gardens’ natural history collections.
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