The Orchid Show is back at Chicago Botanic Gardens. This year’s theme is Feeling Groovy.

We had such a nice time at the India Blooms Orchid Show last year, and we’re looking forward to this year’s display.

Also check out Orchids After Hours for Valentine’s Day or one of their new silent discos :)

Orchids After Hours

5 to 8 p.m.

NEW! Silent Disco: Feb. 21 & Mar. 21
Slip on wireless headphones, choose your channel, and groove to the era’s hits.

The Orchid Show

February 7 – March 22, 2026
Daily, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Let the sunshine in

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Rewind to the ‘60s and ‘70s at the Orchid Show: Feelin’ Groovy where 10,000 vibrant orchids are the hottest thing since bell bottoms. Floor-to-ceiling sunbeams made of cascading orchids light up the room in living color. Lose yourself in a 10-foot lava lamp aglow with colorful blooms, then hit the road as a flower-filled Volkswagen Beetle carries you through a Route 66 daydream. The experience is pure good vibes.

Members’ Preview

Join us February 6 from 5 to 7:30 p.m. for an exclusive, after-hours first look at this year’s Orchid Show, featuring free light bites, a cash bar, and live music. Separate ticket required.

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We had such an excellent time at the India Blooms show at Chicago Botanic Garden. We went as a supplement to our Sacral Chakra Mandala workshop because local artist Indira Freitas Johnson was working with a team of volunteers to create a rangoli installation made of flower parts and petals.

“It comes from the tradition of a woman who paints or draws a very simple pattern on the threshold of her home,” said artist Indira Freitas Johnson, who grew up in Mumbai.

“It’s done early in the morning to welcome the day and bring blessings on her family. During the day, people walk over it, and it’s obliterated. She does it again the next day.”

Like mandala making, this practice can be methodical and detailed, and some would say, meditative.

It certainly was mesmerizing to look at all these pictures of Orchids, mysterious and intriguing as they are. You start to see other things in the shapes of the flowers and are taken in by the bold colors.

I hope you enjoy this burst of colors at the start of Spring. Visit the Orchid Gallery for views of the Rangoli construction.

The Art and Ritual of Rangoli

Chicago Botanic Garden