IOWA CITY, Iowa — Gardeners can find inspiration at more than 20 area gardens that will be open to the public during Project GREEN’s Open Gardens Weekend 2024. Project GREEN has curated more than 20 host gardens — private and public – that will be open from 4-8 p.m. Saturday, July 13, and 10 a.m. […]
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Midwest Garden Gal to kick off Project G...
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Lisa Hinzman Howard, known as the Midwest Garden Gal, will kick off the Project GREEN Second Sunday Garden Forum on Sunday, Jan. 14, 2023. Howard will discuss GIY (Grow It Yourself): Veggies 101 during the forum from 2-4 p.m. at the Iowa City Public Library, 123 S. Linn St. Related: Midwest […]
Free Iowa City garden forum to focus on ...
The final Second Sunday Garden Forum of 2023 in Iowa City will highlight recycling and other ways to take action to reduce our environmental footprint. See photos from EcoFest in Cedar Rapids Read more about the event from Project GREEN: IOWA CITY — Project GREEN and the Iowa City Public Library will offer a Second […]
Garden forum highlights Iowa’s native ro
The next Second Sunday Garden Forum will feature Johnson County’s Roadside Vegetation Manager, Chris Henze. Learn about this upcoming event, which also will be livestreamed, from Project GREEN: IOWA CITY — Project GREEN and the Iowa City Public Library will offer another Second Sunday Garden Forum on Feb. 12, from 2 to 4 p.m., at […]
Find out what’s new in the garden in 202
IOWA CITY — Project GREEN and the Iowa City Public Library’s Second Sunday Garden Forum begins on Jan. 8, 2023. The first featured speaker will be Dawn Bouslog, owner of Dawn’s Pleasant Valley Greenhouses, who will identify what’s new in the garden in 2023. Second Sunday Garden Forums are free and presentations also stream live […]
Monarch Fest in Cedar Rapids and Open Ga...
Nature lovers and gardeners will find plenty to do this weekend, as Monarch Fest returns to the Indian Creek Nature Center, and the Open Gardens Weekend welcomes visitors to the Iowa City area. Monarch Fest will be 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, July 9, at the nature center, 5300 Otis Rd. SE, Cedar Rapids. […]
Garden forum addresses higher temperatur...
A free event from Project GREEN and the Iowa City Public Library will provide timely information on growing resilient gardens in the face of climate change. The Second Sunday Garden Forum will be 2-4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 13. The free event is open to the public. Related: Winter Gardening Fair plans in-person return in 2022 […]
Garden forums to feature botanical park ...
UPDATE: March 8, 2022: The final in a series of three Second Sunday Garden Forums will be held from 2-4 p.m. Sunday, March 13, 2022, in Iowa City. Project GREEN and the Iowa City Public Library will present the free event at the library, with COVID-19 precautions in place. Learn more from Project GREEN: Andrew […]
Tour 30-plus gorgeous gardens this weeke...
Organizers canceled the 2020 Project GREEN Open Gardens Weekend in Iowa City due to the pandemic, but the event is back for 2021 with more than 30 gardens, free to tour. Gardens, which include 29 private sites in Iowa City and Coralville, as well as the historic Ashton House and Xtream Arena roof garden, will […]
Changes in store for summer garden walks...
UPDATE: July 16, 2020 — Organizers have decided to cancel the 2020 Project GREEN Open Gardens Weekend in Iowa City. “We’d hoped to postpone it and do something in September,” chairwoman Beth Cody said, “but decided that with the uncertainty of this year, it would be best to just wait until next year.” Original post: […]