Chicago Botanical Garden
[url]http://www.chicagobotanic.org/plantshows/spring.php[/url]
Illinois Orchid Society Spring Show & Sale
March 26, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
March 27, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
The Illinois Orchid Society presents this show, in which individual orchids in 128 classes will vie for ribbons. Twenty-five entries will receive "best of class" green ribbons, and the best-appointed plant in the show will receive the Chicago Horticultural Society Award from American Orchid Society judges. Forty displays of orchids will be artistically arranged, and repotting services will be available. Vendors will sell orchid plants and orchid-related products. Visitors can attend free lectures in the Alsdorf Auditorium.