Category: Featured

FOPCON and the Oak Park Conservatory were featured in the Wednesday Journal’s Season of Giving. Click here to learn about some of the education programming offered by The Friends.

In early October, my husband and I took a two-week-long road trip to North Carolina, South Carolina, and Washington, D.C. When planning the trip we thought we would take the

Overwintering annual geraniums is very simple but timing is important. Oftentimes carry-over geraniums are thought of as the last task of the spring season when actually they are the first

Enjoy stories, songs, and puppets led by our volunteer docents at the Oak Park Conservatory. NEW for 2023: Bilingual Story Time on the first Wednesday of each month. All children

Young learners (18 months – 5 years) will be delighted with stories, lessons, and crafts led by Friends of the Oak Park Conservatory education volunteers. Each month is a different

Come explore Summer and the gardens at the Oak Park Conservatory.  Hands-on activities are led by FOPCON volunteers outside in our Discovery Garden.  Learn about native Illinois Ecosystems and have

To many, succulents and cacti are ideal houseplants. While fiddle leaf figs will drop their leaves with one missed watering and caladiums will wilt if the room humidity isn’t perfect,

In Greek mythology Iris is the goddess of the rainbow, and flowers grow wherever she walks the earth. What an apt namesake for this varied genus of flowers that come

For gardeners, the approach of the holidays can be a bittersweet time of year. Gone are the blooming flowers and delicious vegetables you’ve nurtured all season long. The leaves have

Young learners (18 months – 5 years) will be delighted with stories, lessons, and crafts led by Friends of the Oak Park Conservatory education volunteers. Each month is a different

For millions of years a tropical tree has been quietly growing in the Midwest. Now the pawpaw tree and its delicious fruit are finally getting the attention they deserve. The