We had a busy day today at the gardens after some heavy winds and pounding rain last night.  Larry H., Cindy and Alex headed out to tidy up the gardens …

With the gardens at peak summer color, it’s rewarding to see so many visitors out in the gardens.  Today was very busy with a relatively full parking lot and lots …

Our 4th Annual Horticultural Therapy Symposium went very well today and the weather was beautiful.  The 70 or so participants enjoyed a day of lectures, tours, hands on activities and …

We had a partial grounds staff outing to Chicago today to get tours of Lurie Garden in Millennium Park and the park itself.  Unfortunately, we left Terry, Cindy and Alex …

The last day for the Perennial Plant Association Annual Conference was a blast although we did have some rain and no sunshine to speak of throughout the day.  Today involved …

Today was another long one but we again beat the odds with the rain missing most of our stops.  I didn’t have to open the umbrella all day but our …

Today was a blast.  It was a full day from start to finish with a morning trip out to Hoffman Nursery (John Hoffman directly above welcoming four bus loads of …