ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (March 8, 2022) — Our horticultural team and staff have selected beautiful annual and perennial plants, and easy-to-master container combinations, for your garden. Choose individual pots, combos or new staff favorites for 2022.

DES MOINES, IOWA (February 24, 2022) — Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller is focusing on unprecedented increases in fertilizer prices affecting farmers.

Since January 2021, anhydrous ammonia has increased 315%. Urea has increased by 214%, liquid nitrogen by 290%, monoammonium phosphate (MAP) by 171%, and potash by 213%, according to the most recent data supplied by USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Services.

WEST DES MOINES, IOWA (January 17, 2022) — High-school students graduating in spring of 2022 are encouraged to apply for Iowa Farm Bureau Federation (IFBF)’s $2,500 scholarship, awarded to 27 eligible Iowa high-school seniors and renewable for four years, up to $10,000.

JOHNSTON, IOWA (November 23, 2021) — The Iowa Corn Growers Association (ICGA) and the Iowa Corn Promotion Board (ICPB) will be offering a series of crop fairs hosted at local venues across Iowa which will provide corn farmers valuable insights and information to operate their businesses through today’s volatile farm economy.

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (November 4, 2021) — The outdoor gardens will be in winter bloom with over 160,000 glowing lights, showcasing our largest light display yet.

DES MOINES, Iowa (October 5, 2021) — More than one out of every three Iowans is a member of a co-op through industries like rural electric, credit unions, rural telephone, farm credit, petroleum, retail, and more. Some may not even know they are reaping the benefits of cooperative membership.

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (September 30, 2021) — Dress up your little ghosts and goblins for our sixth annual Not So Scary Halloween Walk.

DES MOINES, IOWA (August 10, 2021) — The Animal Legal Defense Fund, together with a coalition of public-interest groups represented by Public Justice, filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, challenging the constitutionality of the recently-passed Iowa Recording Ban.

JOHNSTON, IOWA (July 15, 2021) — Iowa Corn Growers Association® (ICGA) farmer-leaders attended the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) Corn Congress meetings this week to advocate for key agricultural issues and priorities.

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (May 11, 2021) — The Quad City Botanical Center is hosting its Headwaters of the Mississippi River Ribbon Cutting event on Friday, May 14.

Join us as we celebrate the opening of our Children’s Garden phase two addition. This exciting interactive play exhibit expands our popular water feature and includes a naturalized pond, representative of the headwaters in Itasca, Minnesota.

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