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Central Iowa Beekeepers Association Winter Seminar

Iowa Arboretum & Gardens 1875 Peach Avenue, MADRID, IA

Central Iowa Beekeepers Association (CIBA) – 2025 WINTER SEMINAR Saturday, March 15, 2025 – RAIN or SHINE – 8:20 AM to 4:30 PM Registration $40 per person; $35 for current CIBA members; $20 for students (college and K-12) Includes snacks & lunch! Register by Wednesday March 12, 2025 at www.centraliowabeekeepersassoc.org Questions? Contact Don Moody 515-770-5754 […]

Paint Party at the Arboretum

Iowa Arboretum & Gardens 1875 Peach Avenue, MADRID, IA

Join us for an evening of creating a beautiful painting while sipping on garden-inspired MOCKtails! Bring a snack (& recipe!) to share. All art supplies are included. MOCKtails available for purchase. Registration required. REGISTER HERE

2025 Spring Fever Symposium

Iowa Arboretum & Gardens 1875 Peach Avenue, MADRID, IA

Join us for our biggest education event of the year! We have an incredible lineup of speakers to pack this day with Iowa gardening goodness, from tree care to garden design. Pre-registration is required. Open to the public... all are welcome! REGISTER HERE Talk Descriptions: Eric Foley: The Land Down Under We take a closer […]

$60.00

Spring Ephemeral Hike

Iowa Arboretum & Gardens 1875 Peach Avenue, MADRID, IA

Explore the grounds with our Curator of Collections, David McKinney and discover the earliest blooms of the growing season. REGISTER HERE

ISU Maple Syrup Day & Pancake Breakfast

Iowa Arboretum & Gardens 1875 Peach Avenue, MADRID, IA

Maple Syrup Day is a fundraiser event for Iowa State University Xi Sigma Pi, a national forestry honor society. Join the students for a morning of demonstrations, education and pancakes! Wood turning, wood chopping, making maple syrup, and interactive educational exhibits. Pancakes are $5-$8 and include sausages and a beverage. 8am-11am.

$8.00

Taking Time to See Watercolor Art Class

Iowa Arboretum & Gardens 1875 Peach Avenue, MADRID, IA

Jane Marie Degeneffe describes her watercolor workshop in this way... Taking Time to See is a workshop that will give an awareness of the beauty around you in both nature and the world of thought and meditation. In this workshop, you begin with choosing one of the flowers or branches provided to focus on and […]

$25.00

RUN for the TREES

Iowa Arboretum & Gardens 1875 Peach Avenue, MADRID, IA

Join the Iowa Arboretum & Gardens for a scenic 5K or 1 mile Family Run/Walk on well maintained trails around our campus and through the new Treehouse Village. All run/walk participants will receive a tree seedling at the end of the race. In addition to hosting the run/walk, we will also be having Arbor Day […]

Arbor Day Celebration!

Iowa Arboretum & Gardens 1875 Peach Avenue, MADRID, IA

Our Annual Arbor Day Celebration will be Saturday April 26th from 9am-12noon. 2025 HIGHLIGHTS: Kids Climb! Kids of all ages will be assisted by arborists to climb arboretum trees! Create and add your poem to our popular POETREE! Build a tree branch shelter in Treehouse Village! Make a tree cookie medallion... and so much more. […]

Annual Plant Sale!

Iowa Arboretum & Gardens 1875 Peach Avenue, MADRID, IA

Thursday, May 1, 2025 (Members Only) from 12noon - 4pm   ~   Friday & Saturday, May 2-3, 2025 (Public Welcome) from 9am - 4pm Join the Iowa Arboretum & Gardens for our annual Spring Plant Sale! Hundreds of perennial varieties will be available from plants for dry shade, to native selections, to classic favorites! Follow this […]

2025 Garden Social & Auction

Iowa Arboretum & Gardens 1875 Peach Avenue, MADRID, IA

We hope you will join us for our biggest fundraiser of the year - the Garden Social & Auction - Saturday, May 17, 2025 - 4:00-9pm GET TICKETS HERE Each Ticket includes: Leisurely walking tour of the Arboretum & the Adele & Dean Bowden Treehouse Village Cocktail Hour with snacks, beverages and musical entertainment Delicious […]