Tuesday, 01 Oct 2019
Landscape Drawing
4-week program beginning Tuesday, October 1, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. Join Creative Department artist Yvonne Brune for a 4-week course exploring the basics of landscape drawing, such as capturing perspective and drawing realistic trees, plants, and flowers.
Thursday, 03 Oct 2019
Caterpillar Club
Join us weekly this winter for our popular Early Childhood Development program featuring stories and creative activities around a nature-based theme.
Creating a Wild Friendly Garden without the Wild Look
There is strong interest in creating ecologically friendly gardens that might attract anything from beneficial insects and butterflies to birds, bats, snakes and toads.
Sunday, 06 Oct 2019
Free Admission: Reiman Gardens
We're celebrating the last day of the interactive exhibit, "Nature of the Game."
Tuesday, 08 Oct 2019
Home Gardening Series: Soil Health
Horticulture Manager Sarah Rummery will discuss composting, soil amendments, aerating and topdressing, and what to do with leaves - to rake or not to rake, mower mulching, and more.
Botanicals & Booze: Halloween Fairy Gardens
Bring your own booze and join us for a hands-on workshop exploring your spooky inner gardener. Let the ghosts run free as you create a haunted fairy garden in a small container!
Thursday, 10 Oct 2019
Caterpillar Club
Join us weekly this winter for our popular Early Childhood Development program featuring stories and creative activities around a nature-based theme.
Nature at Noon - Rain Forest Carbon Cycling
Hear about ISU Associate Professor Ann Russell's research on carbon cycling in the rainforest, and how she communicates the importance of carbon balancing to public audiences.
Friday, 11 Oct 2019
CANCELED: Family Overnight
This event has been canceled.
Saturday, 12 Oct 2019
Bonsai Show
October 12, 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. and October 13, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Please join us at Reiman Gardens for the annual bonsai exhibit in conjunction with the Iowa Bonsai Association.
Serendipity Dyeing: Making Magic with Flowers, Leaves, and Berries
Join expert Maggie Howe of Prairieland Herbs to explore a dye experience like no other. Create a one-of-a-kind silk scarf as well as beautiful cotton fabric using a huge variety of easy-to-obtain dyestuffs: fresh garden flowers, herbs, leaves, and a variety of everyday items, such as copper pennies, spent teabags, berries, kitchen spices, and much more.
Tuesday, 15 Oct 2019
Floral Design: Trick or Treat: Tabletop Displays
Create an arrangement inspired by the craftiest of holidays, full of floral surprises and other "treats". Registration with pre-payment is required one week in advance.
Wednesday, 16 Oct 2019
Behind the Scenes: Fall & Winter Plants of Interest
Stroll through the gardens with Assistant Director Aaron Steil as you pick his brain about Reiman Gardens' plants, shrubs, trees, and flowers with beautiful late seasonal color and texture.
Thursday, 17 Oct 2019
Caterpillar Club
Join us weekly this winter for our popular Early Childhood Development program featuring stories and creative activities around a nature-based theme.
Plant Walk: Fall Color Walk
What IS that plant? Get to know the works of art in our living museum from the expert herself - join Lindsey Smith, Reiman Gardens' Plant Collections Curator, for in-depth walking tours of the plants and flowers that make this place so special.
Saturday, 19 Oct 2019
Spirits in the Gardens
October 19, 4:00 - 10:00 p.m. and October 20, 4:00 - 9:00 p.m. SEE 1,000 INCREDIBLY DETAILED, CARVED LIT PUMPKINS AT THE JACK-O-LANTERN WALK! Wear your favorite costume and come trick-or-treat at Reiman Gardens. Additional activities include: Meet-A-Scientist, a professional magician, dancing to Thriller and more. Stay into the evening to view 1,000 hand-carved Jack-O-Lanterns lit against the night sky.
Sunday, 20 Oct 2019
Spirits in the Gardens
October 19, 4:00 - 10:00 p.m. and October 20, 4:00 - 9:00 p.m. SEE 1,000 INCREDIBLY DETAILED, CARVED LIT PUMPKINS AT THE JACK-O-LANTERN WALK! Wear your favorite costume and come trick-or-treat at Reiman Gardens. Additional activities include: Meet-A-Scientist, a professional magician, dancing to Thriller and more. Stay into the evening to view 1,000 hand-carved Jack-O-Lanterns lit against the night sky.
Thursday, 24 Oct 2019
Caterpillar Club
Join us weekly this winter for our popular Early Childhood Development program featuring stories and creative activities around a nature-based theme.
Thursday, 31 Oct 2019
Caterpillar Club
Join us this weekly winter for our popular Early Childhood Development program featuring stories and creative activities around a nature-based theme.