American Horticultural Society

McCrory Gardens – Halloween Trick or Treat (Brookings, SD)

Giggles and Ghouls! Event will take place on Tuesday, October 31 from 4:00pm-6:00pm at the McCrory Gardens Education & Visitor Center.

McCrory Gardens – Fall Festival (Omaha, NE)

McCrory Gardens Fall Festival – join us for a day filled with fall fun for all ages!!

Mill Creek Metroparks – September Full Moon Hike (Canfield, OH)

Rotary Botanical Gardens – What’s In Bloom Tour (Janesville, WI)

Foellinger Freimann Botanical Conservatory – Kokedama Class (Fort Wayne, IN)

Foellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory – Fall Bonsai Show (Fort Wayne, IN)

Stroll through a miniature forest of familiar trees as the focus of conversation. Members of the Fort Wayne Bonsai Club are eager to share about this fascinating art form! Cultivate your interest when choosing from a selection of bonsai specimen and pots that are available for cash-only purchase. Show entry included with general admission.

Klehm Arboretum & Botanic Garden – Tranquility Walk (Rockford, IL)

Join us as we kick off a new season of our popular “Tranquility Walks.” Use your senses, your breath and focused attention to make your entire being available to the many elements of nature that can mend and renew your body, mind and spirit. Leave feeling renewed, refreshed and re-energized.

Garfield Park Conservatory – Seed Saving Workshop (Chicago, IL)

This interactive workshop will review best practices for harvesting and storing seeds to maintain viability and guide participants, step by step, in preparing a limited selection of flower, herb and vegetable seeds from plants grown in the Conservatory’s Giving Garden for storage until the 2024 growing season. Weather permitting, the workshop may include a short visit to the Conservatory’s behind-the-scenes Giving Garden to see the mature plants and harvest a few seeds directly.

Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden – Trick or Trees (De Moines, IA)

This festive, family-friendly event includes activities, entertainment, and trick-or-treating in the Garden. Visitors can participate in creeptastic educational activities about trees and spooky botanicals. Costumes are encouraged!

Central Gardens of North Iowa – Fall Story Walk (Clear Lake, IA)

From September 15 through October 15, National Hispanic Heritage month will be celebrated with an interactive bilingual story! Start inside the main gate and follow the signs through the gardens to read a story. The StoryWalk® is a wonderful way for readers of all ages to combine literacy skills and healthy exercise while enjoying the surroundings. The StoryWalk® Project was created by Anne Ferguson of Montpelier, VT and developed in collaboration with the Vermont Bicycle & Pedestrian Coalition (VBPC) and the Kellogg Hubbard Library.