Special Events
February 2012- Art Exhibit: Artists Unlimited, The works of Artists Unlimited regional artist group will be presenting a group exhibit at the Botanical Center. Viewing the art exhibit is free with general admission. Adults $5.00, Seniors $4.00, Youth 5-12 years $3.00, Children 2-4 years $1.00, Children under 2 years and Members of the Quad City Botanical Center Free. Join the Artists of Artist Unlimited for a closing reception on Sunday, February 26 from 2-4pm
Accessory Swap Meet: Thursday, February 23 6:30pm – 8:00pm. Recycle, reuse and look fabulous doing it. Every girl has an array of great accessories in our closets that she never wears. Here’s your chance to swap them for new ones, you will wear! Here’s how it works: Pay $10.00 per person at the door. 100% of the door fee will be used to help support the mission of the nonprofit Botanical Center! Bring your never used or gently used purses, totes, costume jewelry, scarves, gloves, hats or any kind of accessory without a numbered size to the Botanical Center at 6:30pm (limit 10 items per person please). We will take your items and give you a ticket for each of them. Enjoy a cocktail (cash bar) or complementary non alcoholic beverage as you mingle with friends in the stunning tropical Sun Garden. While you are enjoying all the beauty the Sun Garden has to offer on a cold winter’s night, we will be busy transforming the banquet room of the Botanical Center into a shoppers’ paradise. At 7:00pm we will open the doors of the banquet room and you will be able to redeem your tickets for new to you items (one ticket equals one new item). Just think you will be able to swap your old items for great new stuff! Participants must be here at 6:30 to join in the fun! please do not bring more than 10 items to swap.
Sunday, February 26 “Fishscale Girl” program and book reading. 1pm. Travel through the Amazon with the Fishscale Girl and local author Ann Hailey as she reads from her Fishscale Girl series. Fishscale Girl (La Chiquita Escamos) is a native of the rainforest in the Amazon and Napo Rivers region of Peru. Her body is a scale from an Amazon fish, the South American lungfish. She carries the heart and memory of the river and its people with her wherever she goes. In this story disaster hits a favorite picnic spot on Monkey Island. Can one small doll and her jungle friends work together to save this part of the rainforest? By combining their knowledge of re-cycling and re-using, worm-composting and soil, plants and seeds, and rivers and creeks — who knows what our jungle friends can accomplish! Read more about her adventures in the Fishscale Girl book series and her blog at www.fishscalegirl.com. Sunday’s program will include an author reading and children’s craft. The program is suited for Children 3-8 years old. Cost: $3.00 per child and $5.00 for accompanying adults.
The book was written in the support of education and conservation in the Amazon rainforest through Conservación de la Naturaleza Amazónica del Perú, A.C. ( CONAPAC’S) a Peruvian non-profit organization. CONAPAC’s mission is to promote conservation of the rainforest through education of its stewards, the people who live along the Amazon and Napo Rivers. This region is home to people of diverse languages and cultures, including members of the Yagua community and Fishscale Girl.
Cochiy Press (the publisher of Fishsale Girl book) supports CONAPAC’s centerpiece project, the adopt a school program. For every seventy-five (75) books sold, Cochiy Press sponsors one school unit for a school year. The donated funds purchase workbooks and other consumables for all students. To purchase the Fishsale books please visit the Quad City Botanical Center’s gift shop or go to www.cochiypress.com. When purchasing the book online please use QCBC in instructions to merchant box.
March-April 2012; Art Exhibit: Megan Crandall Cooper. View the enchanting artwork of Megan Crandall Cooper at the Quad City Botanical Center this spring. Mrs. Cooper’s artwork will delight viewers as she takes you on a trip to the magical life of fairies and pixies. Her mixed media exhibit will feature fairy wings and fairy garden doors. Viewing the art exhibit is included with general garden admission. Adults $5.00, Seniors $4.00, Youth 5-12 years $3.00, Children 2-4 years $1.00, Children under 2 years and Members of the Quad City Botanical Center Free.
Sunday, April 1 – Plants of the Bible Tour. 1pm. Join us on Palm Sunday for one of our most popular group tours. There are more than 100 references to gardens and plants in the bible. Many of these plants are present in the Quad City Botanical Center’s tropical “Sun Garden”. This tour features various palm trees the Acacia Tree and more. Adults $5.00, Seniors $4.00, Youth 5-12 years $3.00, Children 2-4 years $1.00, Children under 2 years and Members of the Quad City Botanical Center Free.
Sunday, April 8 – Easter Egg Hunt! 1pm. Children will love to join the search for prizes and candy. The hunt will go on no matter the weather! The hunt will be held in the tropical indoor garden as well as the outer gardens. Adults $5.00, Seniors $4.00, Youth 5-12 years $3.00, Children 2-4 years $1.00, Children under 2 years and Members of the Quad City Botanical Center Free.
Sunday, April 15 – Pixie Tea 1-4pm. According to folklore, springtime is the BEST season for pixie spotting! Children are invited to join us in the lush enchanted garden for tea and pixie treats, attire is garden party dress with glitter and wings optional. This magical afternoon includes pixie size sweets, cakes, tea, and punch. There will be many magical crafts for the children and the gift of a pixie wand for remembering the day! Cost: $10.00 per person, children 2 and under free. 1-4pm please RSVP to Beth at 309-794-0991 x 30 or email vs@qcgardens.com
Sunday, April 22 – Treasures of the Earth 1 -4pm. Join on Earth Day to celebrate the treasures of the Earth. Children can dig for treasures and much more. Cost: Adults $5.00, Seniors $4.00, Youth 5-12 years $3.00, Children 2-4 years $1.00, Children under 2 years and Members of the Quad City Botanical Center Free.
Sunday, April 29 – Medieval Herb Festival 1-4pm. Families will learn about medieval herbs and May Day folklore. Children will make simple tasty herb snacks, celebrate May Day by dancing around the May pole, making flower garland and much more. Cost: $5.00 per guest, children 2 years and under free.