2026 Glorious Garden Festival

Name: 2026 Glorious Garden Festival
Start: 2026-07-10T13:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-07-10T19:00:00-05:00
Location: David Davis Mansion

Schedule

Fri Jul 10 2026 at 01:00 pm to 07:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

David Davis Mansion | Bloomington, IL

Mark your calendars for the 30th Anniversary Glorious Garden Festival, which will be held Friday, July 10th from 1-7pm and Saturday, July 11th, from 9am-3pm. Events are planned for gardeners and garden lovers of all ages.

Tickets are required for the Festival’s Garden Walk which features 10 gorgeous, private gardens.

Admission is free for the following events at the mansion and on the lawn:

- Garden Fair with live music and local vendors selling garden-inspired art, plants, and treasures. Refreshments will also be available for purchase. See a complete list of our vendors soon.
- Story Walk in Sarah’s Garden (featuring Plants Can't Sit Still by Rebecca E. Hirsch) and community partner tables with art and garden-related activities for the kids.
- Guided tours of Sarah Davis’ heirloom garden and the David Davis Mansion.
- New in 2026: Botanical art show inside the mansion featuring 2 and 3-dimensional works of various styles depicting flowers, plants, gardens, wild and cultivated spaces, and pollinators.
- Clover Lawn Museum Shop open for shopping for choice gifts, garden art, books, and Sarah’s Garden heirloom seeds.

TICKET INFORMATION:

Garden Walk ticket sales open June 15 online at https://daviddavismansion.org/garden-walk-tickets and at various local businesses (TBA)

** General admission tickets will NOT be sold in advance at the David Davis Mansion Visitor's Center. **

Advanced tickets are $20 for adults, $10 for teens 13-17, and FREE for children 0-12. Online sales end at noon on Thursday, July 9. Tickets can also be purchased for $25 on the mansion lawn starting at 1pm on the first day of the event.

Members can receive up to 2 discounted tickets for $15 each. Please e-mail [email protected] for more information.

The Glorious Garden Festival is a fundraiser for the David Davis Mansion Foundation, which supports the mansion’s educational programming and preservation initiatives. You can learn more about those projects at https://daviddavismansion.org/garden-festival-funds.