by Delaney Lynch | Nov 1, 2025 | Signature Event
By the Numbers We were delighted to share the beauty of the Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden with 139,278 guests from all 50 states between July 2024 and June 2025. Greatest Number of Events FY25 marked our most successful year yet, with 10 Signature Events...
by Delaney Lynch | Oct 17, 2025 | Bloom Extra
Don’t Miss the Latest Edition of Bloom Magazine Inside the Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden’s Fall + Winter Bloom New Magazine you’ll find our annual Impact Report highlighting what we accomplished from July 2024 through June 2025. Read about the...
by Delaney Lynch | Oct 9, 2025 | Press Release
New Spaces with Impactful Changes On behalf of everyone at the Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden, our heartfelt thanks for your generous support of our Welcome, Gather, Grow capital campaign. Your commitment plays a vital role in helping us achieve our goal. We are...
by Delaney Lynch | Oct 1, 2025 | Signature Event
Welcome to the Greater Des Moines BOOtanical Garden this October! BOOtanical Garden Halloween Goings On October just got cooler! Visit the Greater Des Moines BOOtanical Garden with a Halloween-focused calendar of activities for all ages and interests. We have so many...
by Delaney Lynch | Sep 23, 2025 | Signature Event
Don’t Miss this Bittersweet Spectacle! You may have gotten a chance to see our Agave ‘Blue Frost’ death bloom in 2024. This year, just in time for Halloween at the BOOtanical Garden, a dramatic demonstration of nature’s cycle has begun. Our Agave ‘Blue Glow’ and its...
