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Curious about what special events, tours, or shows are coming up at Cantigny?🍂 Visit our event calendar here: https://ca...
09/01/2026

Curious about what special events, tours, or shows are coming up at Cantigny?🍂 Visit our event calendar here: https://cantigny.org/events/month/

You'll find September full of children classes, history tours, live music in the beer garden, and a few favorites such as The Great American Dog Show, the Cantigny Car Show and Fall Fest Weekend!

Looking for some Wednesday plans? We’ve got a pretty good idea. 🍕🎶Head to the Cantigny Beer Garden for live music, half-...
09/01/2026

Looking for some Wednesday plans? We’ve got a pretty good idea. 🍕🎶

Head to the Cantigny Beer Garden for live music, half-priced pizzas, a burger and fries, and a cold drink or two.

Music starts at 5:30 pm, and the garden is ready for you to settle in. Grab an Adirondack chair, find a spot at the picnic table, order dinner, and soak in the outdoor sounds and scenery.

Live Music in the Beer Garden
📍 South Grove
🎶 Live music starts at 5:30 pm
Schedule and menu: https://bit.ly/4y7DIzJ

This Week's Lineup:
Wednesday, September 2: Joe Fascetta
Thursday, September 3: Rozzie & Brian Duo
Friday, September 4: The Frank Russell Trio (6 pm)
Sunday, September 6: Juke Box Heroes (3 pm)

Summer evenings aren’t going to enjoy themselves. You might as well join them.
(First photo from Joanne Gardner)

A little golden, a little green, and plenty of garden personality.Take a closer look at today’s  , featuring everything ...
08/31/2026

A little golden, a little green, and plenty of garden personality.

Take a closer look at today’s , featuring everything from goldenrod and dahlias to Big Blue stem and Catalpa. Today’s arrangement includes:

🌿 Obedient Plant — Physostegia virginiana
🌼 Goldenrod — Solidago
🌳 White Ash
🌸 Heliopsis Bleeding Hearts
🌳 Catalpa — Catalpa speciosa
🌸 Rhododendron ‘PJM Elite’
🌼 Dahlia ‘Golden Scepter’
🌾 Big Blue stem

Not a bad way to start the week, if you ask us.

One last walk through America 250!This is your final chance to see Cantigny’s America 250 garden installations before th...
08/31/2026

One last walk through America 250!
This is your final chance to see Cantigny’s America 250 garden installations before the season’s display comes down.

Join Director of Horticulture Jamie Burghardt on Thursday, September 10, for a 90-minute garden walk exploring the stories behind this year’s gardens—including the Chicago 1893 World’s Fair, the origins of everyday Americana and more.

America 250 Garden Walk
📅 September 10 | 6 pm
🎟️ $25, including a canned or bottled beverage
📍 Meet in front of the Visitors Center
https://bit.ly/4xxRgF1

One last stroll. One last look. We’d love to have you along.

A small midweek win: free parking every Wednesday, March through October. Just remember to sign up online in advance—unr...
08/31/2026

A small midweek win: free parking every Wednesday, March through October. Just remember to sign up online in advance—unregistered guests pay the standard $6 parking fee.

Visit Cantigny.org today.

At Cantigny, Mondays belong to the dogs. 🐾 From March through October (excluding holidays), bring your four-legged frien...
08/30/2026

At Cantigny, Mondays belong to the dogs. 🐾
From March through October (excluding holidays), bring your four-legged friends to Paws in the Park. It’s the perfect excuse to get outside, enjoy some fresh air, explore the gardens, and even check out the military tank park by the First Division Museum.

Dogs can’t go inside buildings, but there’s more than enough space to sniff, stroll, and soak up the outdoors.

🐕 Dog Policies: https://bit.ly/4zExyst

The Midwest has a few things down: good food, good company and a well-made cocktail.Join us Thursday, September 3, at 6 ...
08/29/2026

The Midwest has a few things down: good food, good company and a well-made cocktail.

Join us Thursday, September 3, at 6 pm in Cantigny’s North Scallop Garden for Lake & Grain, the latest stop in our Sips Around the States cocktail series. You’ll mix, sip and learn your way through flavors inspired by Chicago taverns, Wisconsin supper clubs and the wide-open landscapes of Iowa.

Led by Cantigny mixologists, this hands-on class includes two cocktails and small bites. Tickets are $75 per person, including tax and service fee.

Come for the cocktails, stay for the garden. That sounds like a pretty good Thursday to us.

Sips Around the States: Lake & Grain
North Scallop Garden
Thursday, September 3 | 6 pm
Register Here: https://bit.ly/4wMcaij

This week's Garden Highlights 🌿🌸 LIL’ KIM RED dwarf rose of Sharon - Perennial BorderBlooming in summer when many shrubs...
08/27/2026

This week's Garden Highlights 🌿

🌸 LIL’ KIM RED dwarf rose of Sharon - Perennial Border
Blooming in summer when many shrubs have finished flowering, it brings extended color to the garden and attracts bees and butterflies.

🌸 Yellow wax bells - Stumpery
This unusual waxy blooms appear in late summer and early fall, adding color and texture late in the perennial season while providing nectar for bees and other pollinators.

🌸 Eastern Star white wood aster - Rock Garden
It produces masses of small white, daisy-like flowers that brighten the garden in late summer and fall. Its dark green foliage provides a lush backdrop for the flowers, while the abundant blooms offer nectar for bees and butterflies.

📌 SAVE THE DATE: September 26-27Get a head start on your fall bucket list. 🍂 Cantigny Fall Fest is one to add, with a fu...
08/27/2026

📌 SAVE THE DATE: September 26-27

Get a head start on your fall bucket list. 🍂 Cantigny Fall Fest is one to add, with a full weekend of things to see, do and enjoy. You’ll find 60+ local vendors, live music, garden tours, food trucks, friendly farm animals and plenty to keep the kids busy.

Fall Fest
Saturday, September 26
Sunday, September 27, 10 am - 4 pm
Parking: $21 per car
https://bit.ly/4imhe9C

Here’s what’s waiting for you:

🍁 LIVE MUSIC
Call Me Jo in the Beer Garden (10:30 - 11:50 am, 12:30 -
1:50 pm, 2:40-4 pm)

🍁 ENTERTAINMENT
Saturday
10 – 10:45 am: Stiltwalker
11 am – 12:45 pm: Roaming Juggler
1 – 1:45 pm: Stiltwalker
2 – 4 pm: Roaming Juggler

Sunday
11 – 11:30 am: Comedy Juggling/Variety Show
12:20 – 2:20 pm: Stiltwalker
3 – 4 pm: “Big Bubble Blast”

🍁 GARDEN TOURS
45-minute tours with our Horticulture team.

🍁 ACTIVITIES
Petting Zoo ($), Paint-A-Pumpkin ($), Hayrides ($), Bounce Houses, Fall Vendor Market and Plant Sales

🍁 FOOD & DRINKS
Cantigny Beer Garden
Kori’s Koop
Hippie Gourmet Grilled Cheese
Kissed By Fire Pizza & BBQ
Wally’s Waffles
Sugar Mama
Poupee Puff

📅 Saturday & Sunday, September 26 & 27
⏰ 10 am–4 pm
🚗 Parking: $21 per car

Visit the link above to learn more and to purchase parking.

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1S151 Winfield Road
Wheaton, IL
60189

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