YOU’RE INVITED!
JOIN US FOR A
SPRING OPEN HOUSE
2 Saturdays
March 30 & April 6, 2023
Let’s get excited for Spring!
You’re invited to kick off the Spring Garden Season at Prairie Gardens Spring Open House.
Come see what’s new, shop exclusive Open House Specials, Enter to WIN your Favorite Garden Wish ($800 value each), attend FREE Garden Seminars and more.
ENTER TO WIN
VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE GARDEN WISH & ENTER TO WIN!
CHOOSE FROM 6 INCREDIBLE WISHES
Wish #1: Any 5 Japanese Maples or Conifers, $800 value
Wish #2: Any 5 Ceramic Pots, $800 value
Wish #3: An Annual & Perennial Dream Garden, $800 value
Wish #4: A Houseplant Dream Garden & Accessories, $800 value
Wish #5: A Fruit, Veggie & Herb Dream Garden, $800 value
Wish #6: Any Garden Accents of Your Choice, $800 value
ENTER 2 SATURDAYS, MARCH 30 & APRIL 6
COME SEE WHAT’S NEW & SHOP EXCLUSIVE OPEN HOUSE SPECIALS
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ATTEND FREE GARDEN SEMINARS
Enjoy FREE Garden Seminars with PG Plant Experts and Special Guest Speakers both Spring Open House Saturdays. Each seminar will be approximately 45 minutes long. View the line up below.
SATURDAY, MARCH 30TH
10am
The Amazing Honey Bee
Guest Speaker: Rena Jones, President of the Eastern Illinois Bee Keeping Association
Not only are Honey Bees great pollinators, they also give us that scrumptious sweet treat..honey! Rena will cover the basics of Honey Bee Keeping and how to provide for these essential pollinators in your garden.
11am
Thinking Outside the Box…or Container!
Guest Speaker: Heather Miller, Teacher, Horticulturist & Landscape Designer
Learn how to mix it up with annuals, perennials, tropicals and more! Enjoy four seasons of color and texture in one container, learning all you need to know about container gardening from the soil up.
12pm
You Want Fries With that Rose Bush?
PG Expert Speaker: Mary Ann Metz, PG Plant Expert
Vegetable plants and ornamental plants really can play well together in your landscape. Mary Ann will show you different ways of making vegetable plants a lovely part of your ornamental landscape.
SATURDAY, APRIL 6TH
10am
The Diverse World of Succulents
Guest Speaker: Kathryn Fletcher, Master Gardner & fellow Crazy Plant Person
Succulents are more diverse than you think and even easier to use. Kathryn will help you realize the full potential of this diverse group of plants in the landscape, in combo pots and indoors as houseplants.
11am
Planning and Planting for the Other Guys (Butterflies, Bumble Bees etc.)
Guest Speaker: Dr. Lesley Deem, Director and Teacher at the University of Illinois Pollinatarium & Department of Entomology
There is a diverse crowd of hungry pollinators out there. Find out who they are and how to encourage this diverse crowd to come and dine & maybe live in your garden.
12pm
Tropical Zone 10 in Central Illinois?
PG Expert Speaker: John Wisegarver, PG Plant Expert
You want that tropical look but you can’t move to Florida right now? John will show you how to incorporate tropical plants into your landscape so you can have that beach-front feel without the beach.
FREE GARDEN SEMINAR RSVP
RSVP is not Required – just helps us with planning!
GLASS BLOWING
Torch Demonstrations with Jason Mack
Chambana’s resident Glass Blower Jason Mack will be at our Spring Open House!
Watch glass blowing torch demonstrations, have a custom glass-blown piece created right in front of your eyes and shop a beautiful selection of glass-blown creations.
Using a custom-built, mobile glassblowing furnace, Mack Glass artists create blown-glass objects ranging from traditional items, such as stemware, bowls and pumpkins, to extraordinary ones, such as the World’s Largest Blown Glass Pickle Ornament.
Glass blowing Torch Demonstrations will be open from 10am-5pm, Saturday March 30 & April 6.
FOR THE KIDS
Paint-A-Pot & Plant-A-Pansy Stations
Introduce your little ones to the wondrous world of gardening with FREE Paint-A-Pot and Plant-A-Pansy Stations.
Kids are invited to paint their own Terra Cotta Pot and then plant a Live Pansy inside their magnificent creation to then take home and enjoy.
FREE Activity Tables will be set up both days of the Spring Open House for families to get painting and planting.
Kids Stations will be right next to the PG Kids Toys Department.
TASTY TREATS & EATS
Enjoy Prairie Gardens FREE Food Sampling in-store with eats from brands like Stonewall Kitchen, Wind & Willow & more.
Plus! Local Food & Coffee Trucks will be on hand:
SATURDAY MARCH 30TH
Moonbean Coffee Truck • 9am-1pm
Burrito King Food Truck • 12pm-4pm
SATURDAY APRIL 6TH
MainStreet Creamery • 11am-3pm
Piato To Go • 11am-3pm
Chelle’s Dogs • 11am-3pm
