Brilliance Orchid Show at the Chicago Botanic Garden
It’s become an annual tradition to attend the yearly orchid show at the Chicago Botanic Garden.
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In the Tropics: The Orchid Show at the Chicago Botanic Garden
It’s becoming something of an annual tradition to attend the yearly orchid show at the Chicago Botanic Garden. The show always runs in February and March, which is the perfect time to escape to the indoor greenhouses for a little warmth and color. With a fairly open calendar this time of year, we always fit in a visit to the orchid show.
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Wonderland Express at the Chicago Botanic Garden
Having a toddler was the perfect excuse to check out Wonderland Express at the Chicago Botanic Garden this year. I’ve been to the orchid show at the gardens the past couple of years but hadn’t been to their holiday train show before. The Chicago Botanic Garden puts together fabulous special exhibits. Wonderland Express did not disappoint.
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Asia in Bloom: The Orchid Show at the Chicago Botanic Garden
Late last month, Tommy and I made a quick trip down to Illinois for the annual orchid show, this year’s theme Asia in Bloom, at the Chicago Botanic Garden. Somehow before last year, I’d never been to the botanic garden, or only had many many years ago, which is ridiculous, considering how many years I’ve lived within an hour of it. So I’m making a point to go at least once a year now.
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Orchids in Vogue at the Chicago Botanic Garden
Last week, I made a quick trip down to Illinois for the annual orchid show, Orchids in Vogue, at the Chicago Botanic Garden. Somehow I had never been to the botanic garden before? If I had, it was many many years ago. The grounds are impressive. Spanning 385 acres on and around nine islands, the Chicago Botanic Garden has 27 gardens and four natural areas with six miles of lake shoreline.
Not surprisingly, in late March, there isn’t much blooming…yet. It’s right at that point where plants are just starting to poke their way out of the ground. You know that in another couple of months, the entire place is going to look completely different. I’m hoping to make another trip down there to see it in its full glory in the summer. But for this trip, I mostly stuck to the orchids exhibit, which was entirely indoors.
The orchid show was fabulous. They packed so much into a few greenhouses, with so many different plant species and vibrant colors everywhere you looked.
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