Pressed Flower Art Workshop - Sunday, August 24, 2025 from 1:00pm-3:00pm GET TICKETS Participants choose from a range of flowers and leaves picked, pressed right here at the arboretum and ready for your personalized creation! Use chosen flowers to make: Designed & laminated bookmark, Styled arrangement on cardstock, Craft a frame for your creation, Bring […]
Join us for Treehouses at Twilight - Western Whimsy on August 28, 2025 from 6pm-9pm. This is an event where the adults can be a kid again in Treehouses, at an elevated play area, and along the woodland trails. Each ticket includes 21+ admission, one featured drink ticket, adult snacks and beverages, musical entertainment by […]
Join us in the gardens for a family friendly outdoor concert event with the WEARY RAMBLERS. FOOD TRUCKS: local fare from Brick & Ember Pizza and V & B Farms Ice Cream. Bring a lawn chair, picnic blanket, the kids and the family dog - all are welcome at this summertime favorite! CONCERT ADMISSION: $10 […]
Run or walk for a “Good Paws ” with or without a canine friend! 5K Run/ walk starts and finishes at the beautiful Iowa Arboretum & Gardens. 7:00 am -8:00am Registration – T-shirt/ Packet Pickup at Beckwith Grand Pavilion at the Iowa Arboretum. Upon registration you will be free to begin the course and keep […]
Join us for some learning and exploration fun! The topic for Sunday, September 14, 2025 is Animal Study, where we'll discover all sorts of interesting facts about the critters that call the Iowa Arboretum home. 10am-12noon, open house style. Activities are free with paid admission. Members are always free!
Join us for Treehouses at Twilight - Harvest Hootenanny on Thursday, September 25, 2025 from 6pm-9pm. This is an event where the adults can be a kid again in Treehouses, at an elevated play area, and along the woodland trails. Each ticket includes 21+ admission, one featured drink ticket, adult snacks and beverages, musical entertainment […]
Join us for some learning and exploration fun! The topic for Sunday, September 28, 2025 is Paper Crafts, where we'll discover all sorts of ways to create interesting crafts using paper.10am-12noon, open house style. Activities are free with paid admission. Members are always free!
B Inspired and get out into the woodlands, prairies and gardens of the Iowa Arboretum & Gardens for some good exercise in the Boone County fresh air! REGISTER HERE!
Join us for some learning and exploration fun! The topic for Sunday, October 12, 2025 is Water Study, where we'll discover all sorts of interesting facts about water and sources of water all around and near the Iowa Arboretum. 10am-12noon, open house style. Activities are free with paid admission. Members are always free!
Pressed Flower Art Workshop – Sunday, August 24, 2025 from 1:00pm-3:00pm RESERVE YOUR SPOT Participants choose from a range of flowers and leaves picked, pressed right here at the arboretum and ready for your personalized creation! Use chosen flowers to make: Designed & laminated bookmark, Styled arrangement on cardstock, Craft a frame for your creation, Bring your own frame from […]