Grab your friends, grab a beverage, and learn how to design a stunning floral arrangement built around seasonal blooms! All materials are provided. All participants must be ages 21 or older. Registration required. $34 Members | $40 Nonmembers Register here
Come create a personalized petite bouquet to give to someone who is important to you! This is a pre-registered, self-guided activity that does not include admission. Price is per project. Add an admission ticket to your purchase to enjoy the beauty of the Botanical Garden before or after making your bouquet. Ages 12+. $12 fee per participant. Pre-registration required. Available while supplies last.
Sips & Sweets is a ‘taste’ of our upcoming annual gala fundraiser Champagne & Chocolate on this guided garden tour with Aaron Harpold, director of horticulture. Enjoy a bubbly beverage as you stroll and vote for your favorite of three Chocolaterie Stam sweets to be the signature chocolate for the November event! Limited to 18 participants. Ages 21+. Champagne & Chocolate is the Garden’s premier event raising vital funds to benefit the outreach, education, horticulture, and community programs. Enjoy the festivities of the evening while learning about the partnerships, impact, and growth taking place at the Botanical Garden. Tickets available for purchase soon! $25.50 Members | $30 Nonmembers Register
Sips & Sweets is a ‘taste’ of our upcoming annual gala fundraiser Champagne & Chocolate on this guided garden tour with Aaron Harpold, director of horticulture. Enjoy a bubbly beverage as you stroll and vote for your favorite of three Chocolaterie Stam sweets to be the signature chocolate for the November event! Limited to 18 participants. Ages 21+. Champagne & Chocolate is the Garden’s premier event raising vital funds to benefit the outreach, education, horticulture, and community programs. Enjoy the festivities of the evening while learning about the partnerships, impact, and growth taking place at the Botanical Garden. Tickets available for purchase soon! $25.50 Members | $30 Nonmembers Register
Sips & Sweets is a ‘taste’ of our upcoming annual gala fundraiser Champagne & Chocolate on this guided garden tour with Aaron Harpold, director of horticulture. Enjoy a bubbly beverage as you stroll and vote for your favorite of three Chocolaterie Stam sweets to be the signature chocolate for the November event! Limited to 18 participants. Ages 21+. Champagne & Chocolate is the Garden’s premier event raising vital funds to benefit the outreach, education, horticulture, and community programs. Enjoy the festivities of the evening while learning about the partnerships, impact, and growth taking place at the Botanical Garden. Tickets available for purchase soon! $25.50 Members | $30 Nonmembers Register
Sips & Sweets is a ‘taste’ of our upcoming annual gala fundraiser Champagne & Chocolate on this guided garden tour with Aaron Harpold, director of horticulture. Enjoy a bubbly beverage as you stroll and vote for your favorite of three Chocolaterie Stam sweets to be the signature chocolate for the November event! Limited to 18 participants. Ages 21+. Champagne & Chocolate is the Garden’s premier event raising vital funds to benefit the outreach, education, horticulture, and community programs. Enjoy the festivities of the evening while learning about the partnerships, impact, and growth taking place at the Botanical Garden. Tickets available for purchase soon! $25.50 Members | $30 Nonmembers Register
Learn the basics on planning, planting, and maintaining a pollinator lawn with Stephanie Harrington, Natural Resource Program Coordinator from ISU Polk County Extension and Outreach. Reduce lawn maintenance while supporting pollinators and increasing the diversity in your home landscape! Learn about types of alternative lawns, pollinator lawn installation, ecological benefits, alternative ground cover species, and companion host plants for various pollinators.Attendees leave equipped with resources for starting their pollinator lawn and a seed sample for starting a 20 square foot area of “bee lawn”. Once installed with a pollinator host plant, homeowners can register their pollinator lawn with Plant.Grow.Fly. Registration required. Ages 12+. $25.50 Members | $30 Nonmembers Register
Admire the Garden as you work out during this outdoor Zumba class! Zumba is a dance fitness program that combines Latin and international music to create an easy, fun, and effective workout anyone can do. Cristina Rodriguez, a certified Zumba instructor and ZIN™ member with eight years of experience, will teach this class. Ages 12+. $17 Members | $20 Nonmembers Register Here
Once a month, join us to learn more about sustainability and how it effects your community. More details in English here. More details in Spanish here. The City of Des Moines and Polk County are curating a monthly series of programs to help educate about the City of Des Moines’ Climate Action and Adaptation Plan (ADAPT DSM), sustainability efforts by Polk County, other sustainability efforts happening in the metro, and how community members can get involved and take climate action.
Pick up your unique bulb varieties* selected by Botanical Garden horticulturists, including plants featured at the Botanical Garden TODAY. All orders must be placed on or before Sept. 30, 2024 in our online store. Pickup will be Saturday, October 12 from 9am-4pm in our parking lot. There will be signage to direct you to the location. There will be staff there to assist you. There will be no pick up in the lobby of the Botanical Garden. Pickup instructions will be listed upon checkout. *Plant quantities are limited and subject to availability from the grower. Any unavailable items will be refunded. In the case that there are backordered bulbs, there will be an additional pickup time scheduled on a later day.
Choose a plant or flower in the Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden conservatory to bring it to life in a plein air painting.
Admire the Garden as you work out during this outdoor Zumba class! Zumba is a dance fitness program that combines Latin and international music to create an easy, fun, and effective workout anyone can do. Cristina Rodriguez, a certified Zumba instructor and ZIN™ member with eight years of experience, will teach this class. Ages 12+. $17 Members | $20 Nonmembers Register Here
