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Sips & Sweets 1

Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden 909 Robert D. Ray Dr, Des Moines, IA

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 2

Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden 909 Robert D. Ray Dr, Des Moines, IA

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 3

Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden 909 Robert D. Ray Dr, Des Moines, IA

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 4

Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden 909 Robert D. Ray Dr, Des Moines, IA

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

Alternative Lawns

Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden 909 Robert D. Ray Dr, Des Moines, IA

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

Zumba

Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden 909 Robert D. Ray Dr, Des Moines, IA

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

Resilient Roots: Powering the Future

Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden 909 Robert D. Ray Dr, Des Moines, IA

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. 

Fall Bulb Sale Pick Up Day

Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden 909 Robert D. Ray Dr, Des Moines, IA

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.

Plein Air Painting in the Dome

Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden 909 Robert D. Ray Dr, Des Moines, IA

Choose a plant or flower in the Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden conservatory to bring it to life in a plein air painting.

Zumba

Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden 909 Robert D. Ray Dr, Des Moines, IA

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

Pressed Floral Pumpkins

Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden 909 Robert D. Ray Dr, Des Moines, IA

Come decorate a novelty pumpkin with pressed florals. We provide pressed flowers, faux pumpkins, and all materials, you bring your creativity! We will provide a variety of shapes and sizes of pumpkins, so this workshop is great for all ages and skillsets. Registration required. $34 Members | $40 Nonmembers Register Here

Halloween Happy Hour 1

Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden 909 Robert D. Ray Dr, Des Moines, IA

Join us for Halloween Happy Hour to learn more about the spooky world of plants – perfect for a date night or an event with friends! Enjoy a glass of wine as we discover the creepy and ghoulish side of the botanical world from peculiar pumpkins to the deadliest plants. After feeding some hungry carnivorous plants, each couple will take a carnivorous plant home!  All participants must be at least 21 years of age. Registration required. Ticket price includes program admission and event admission to Boo-tanical Brews for two adults. $72 Members | $80 Nonmembers Register

No "Happy Hours" Tuesday, Sep 10—We will close at 5PM.
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