by Delaney Lynch | Sep 16, 2024 | Activities, Education, Youth & Family
Every Vote Counts Join us for the Sips & Sweets Garden tour this October. You’ll have the opportunity of selecting the 2024 official chocolate for Champagne & Chocolate, our premier fundraiser held in November. It’s a pretty sweet way to make a...
by Delaney Lynch | Sep 15, 2024 | Garden Design, Garden Shop, Horticulture
The Dome is Colorful Spot on the DSM Skyline The Challenge For 45 years, the Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden stood as a beautiful addition to the skyline of Iowa’s capital city. But at sunset, its 80-foot-high geodesic-domed conservatory disappeared into darkness....
by Delaney Lynch | Jul 30, 2024 | Garden Design, Garden Shop, Horticulture
Fall’s the time to get spring-blooming bulbs in the ground. Here are tips for how to plant bulbs and what bulbs to choose for Midwest gardens. When & Were to Plant Bulbs Rosie Lerner, a former extension consumer horticulture specialist at Purdue University,...
by Delaney Lynch | Jul 24, 2024 | Horticulture, Youth & Family
End of an Agave It’s the beginning of the end for a well-known succulent at the Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden, but before the plant dies it is going to go out with a bloom instead of a bang. The Agave ovatifolia, also known as a frosty blue succulent, is a...
