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Visit the Educational Programs page for information
on monthly family workshops, summer camps, and school study tours! August 10th Starbucks Coffee Talk
Sundays August 10th-1p.m. Join us for a relaxing social Sunday afternoon learning about
coffee while the experts from Starbucks lead you in a coffee tasting. Free with paid admission to the Botanical Center. August 21st 2008: Bus Trip Garden
Colors and Cuisine Bus Trip Members: $95.00/ Non-Members$110.00 Thursday, August 21st 2008 Start your day off with complementary breakfast snacks and gourmet coffee at the Botanical Center.
Then board the luxury motor coach for a cool comfortable ride to your first stop at the Ball
Seed Company in West Chicago showcasing wide array trial gardens including: annuals, ornamental, and container
plants. Next stop at the beautiful grounds of Cantigny Park in Wheaton,
where you are free to stroll though the outdoor gardens or take a step back in time by touring the Robert R.
McCormick House and War Museum. Lunch will be on your own at the newly opened LeJardin
Restaurant and Bertie’s Coffee Shop. The next stop will be at everyone's favorite
Garden Center the Planter’s Pallet located in Winfield, where you may purchase a wide assortment
of perennials. Top off your day by enjoying an incredible meal at The Key Wester, a
four-star restaurant in Naperville known for their fine dining. You will be served in the lavish surroundings of the waterfall
room. Call Beth at 309-794-0991 x30 for reservations. August 14th Speaker
Guest Speaker Dr. Marietta Loehrlein, Professor of Agriculture at Western Illinois
University and author of Home Horticulture presents “Jens Jensen and the Soul of the Landscape.”
Join us on Thursday, August 14th at 5:30pm, to learn meet Dr. Loehrlein
and learn about Jens Jensen, a Danish immigrant whose mindful work inspired
the creation and preservation of many well-known Illinois parks. Known as the “father of the Chicago
Park Systems” Jensen’s vision lives on manifest in actual green space, to be enjoyed for many generations to come. $7.00 per person, Botanical Center members are free. Light refreshments will be served and
there will be time to meet and visit with our presenter. Please call 309/794-0991 for reservations Friday, September 5th, 9a.m. to 2p.m. Saturday, September 6th, 9a.m. to 2p.m and Sunday, September
7th, 12p.m. to 3p.m. Rummage Sale Shop or Donate to the Great Fall Rummage Recycle
Sale: Located to the west of the Botanical Center in the 4,000 square foot Events
Canopy—many great items will be on sale to satisfy the bargain hunter in everyone! Donations
will be accepted September 1st through the 4th, from 10a.m. until 5p.m. Please take your donations directly
to the Events Canopy for drop-off. (No clothing please.) For
more information please contact Beth at 309/794-0991 x30. September
12th 7-10PM: Trivia Night Trivia Under the Stars—Friday,
September 12th 7-10PM The Quad City Botanical Center will showcase the newly landscaped
Events Canopy with a fun Trivia Night Fundraiser. Spend a summer evening impressing your friends with useless knowledge and
win prizes doing it! There will be a wide array of categories for everyone, from history to movies and lots of things in between. The price for an 8 person team is $96.00. There will be popcorn for sale and a cash bar. Players may bring
chips or other non-perishable snacks to enjoy. Please no coolers—outside alcohol will not be allowed.
To register call Marissa at 309-794-0991 x26. Advanced payment required—please call
by September 1st—tables fill up fast! September 14th: Starbucks
Coffee Talk Sundays September 14th-1p.m. Join us for a relaxing social
Sunday afternoon learning about coffee while the experts from Starbucks lead you in a coffee tasting. Free with paid admission
to the Botanical Center. September 14th : Artist Meet and
Greet 2PM-4PM Natalia Demger (inside gallery exhibit) Skip
Willits (Metal Garden Art)
August 10th Starbucks Coffee Talk Sundays
August 10th-1p.m.
Join us for a relaxing social Sunday afternoon learning about coffee while the experts from Starbucks lead you in a coffee tasting. Free with paid admission to the Botanical Center.
August 21st 2008: Bus Trip
Garden Colors and Cuisine Bus Trip
Members: $95.00/ Non-Members$110.00
Thursday, August 21st 2008
Start your day off with complementary breakfast snacks and gourmet coffee at the Botanical Center. Then board the luxury motor coach for a cool comfortable ride to your first stop at the Ball Seed Company in West Chicago showcasing wide array trial gardens including: annuals, ornamental, and container plants. Next stop at the beautiful grounds of Cantigny Park in Wheaton, where you are free to stroll though the outdoor gardens or take a step back in time by touring the Robert R. McCormick House and War Museum. Lunch will be on your own at the newly opened LeJardin Restaurant and Bertie’s Coffee Shop. The next stop will be at everyone's favorite Garden Center the Planter’s Pallet located in Winfield, where you may purchase a wide assortment of perennials. Top off your day by enjoying an incredible meal at The Key Wester, a four-star restaurant in Naperville known for their fine dining. You will be served in the lavish surroundings of the waterfall room. Call Beth at 309-794-0991 x30 for reservations.
August 14th Speaker
Guest Speaker Dr. Marietta Loehrlein, Professor of Agriculture at Western Illinois University and author of Home Horticulture presents “Jens Jensen and the Soul of the Landscape.”
Join us on Thursday, August 14th at 5:30pm, to learn meet Dr. Loehrlein and learn about Jens Jensen, a Danish immigrant whose mindful work inspired the creation and preservation of many well-known Illinois parks. Known as the “father of the Chicago Park Systems” Jensen’s vision lives on manifest in actual green space, to be enjoyed for many generations to come.
$7.00 per person, Botanical Center members are free. Light refreshments will be served and there will be time to meet and visit with our presenter. Please call 309/794-0991 for reservations
Friday, September 5th, 9a.m. to 2p.m. Saturday, September 6th, 9a.m. to 2p.m and Sunday, September 7th, 12p.m. to 3p.m. Rummage Sale
Shop or Donate to the Great Fall Rummage Recycle Sale:
Located to the west of the Botanical Center in the 4,000 square foot Events Canopy—many great items will be on sale to satisfy the bargain hunter in everyone!
Donations will be accepted September 1st through the 4th, from 10a.m. until 5p.m. Please take your donations directly to the Events Canopy for drop-off. (No clothing please.)
For more information please contact Beth at 309/794-0991 x30.
September 12th 7-10PM: Trivia Night
Trivia Under the Stars—Friday, September 12th 7-10PM
The Quad City Botanical Center will showcase the newly landscaped Events Canopy with a fun Trivia Night Fundraiser. Spend a summer evening impressing your friends with useless knowledge and win prizes doing it! There will be a wide array of categories for everyone, from history to movies and lots of things in between.
The price for an 8 person team is $96.00. There will be popcorn for sale and a cash bar. Players may bring chips or other non-perishable snacks to enjoy. Please no coolers—outside alcohol will not be allowed. To register call Marissa at 309-794-0991 x26. Advanced payment required—please call by September 1st—tables fill up fast!
September 14th: Starbucks Coffee Talk Sundays
September 14th-1p.m.
Join us for a relaxing social Sunday afternoon learning about coffee while the experts from Starbucks lead you in a coffee tasting. Free with paid admission to the Botanical Center.
September 14th : Artist Meet and Greet
2PM-4PM
Natalia Demger (inside gallery exhibit)
Skip Willits (Metal Garden Art)