As we have experienced in previous years, it looks like they have filled the year with so many incredible opportunities to strengthen your health - as being around nature and art are physically and mentally good for you and Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park is filled with nature and art! Check out just some of the fun they have planned for the coming year -
- Now through March 15, 2026
- Jaume Plensa: A New Humanism explores Jaume
Plensa’s career-long engagement with themes common to our shared humanity
such as dreams, desire, justice, and mortality. While Plensa’s oeuvre is
marked by diversity in format and media, the human condition remains the
primary subject of his art, which traverses the personal and collective,
individual and universal. Featuring both monumental and intimate-scaled
sculptures and select two-dimensional works which span four decades, it is
the first retrospective of this internationally acclaimed artist in the
United States.
- January 24 & 25 - Orchid
Show - Free admission. Open to the public. One of the beautiful,
beloved qualities of Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park? We’re
in bloom every season! This January, winter gets a radiant glow-up at our
annual Orchid Show. Presented by the Grand Valley Orchid Society, this
perennially popular showcase turns the Welcome Center, Garden Pavilion,
and Gordon Food Service Corridor near the DeVos–Keeler Gift Shop into a
stunning sight as orchid clubs from across Michigan exhibit their
enchanting displays.
- March 1 - April 30, 2026 -
As the season changes, the Lena Meijer Tropical Conservatory comes alive
with the return of Fred & Dorothy Fichter Butterflies Are
Blooming! This highly anticipated event, the largest
temporary tropical butterfly exhibition in the United
States, showcases the stunning diversity and intricate beauty of
butterflies and moths. Butterflies Are Blooming invites
visitors to celebrate the unique spectacle of lepidopteran flight and the
exquisite patterns of their wings in the lush environment of the Lena
Meijer Tropical Conservatory.
- CHIHULY at Meijer Gardens
will transform both the outdoor gardens and indoor galleries into a
dynamic showcase of the artist’s range and masterful creativity. This
presentation will feature numerous outdoor installations such as Chihuly’s
monumental glass towers and other dramatic, site-specific artworks nestled
within Meijer Gardens’ lush landscapes. Indoors, within the sculpture
galleries, the exhibition Chihuly: Radiant Forms will
immerse visitors in a rich and varied selection, highlighting more than
four decades of Chihuly’s artistic evolution. Among the series on view are
his celebrated Baskets, Macchia, Seaforms, Putti, Ikebana, Persians, Venetians, Cylinders,
and Rotolo, complemented by original drawings that offer
insight into his creative process. Together these works underscore
Chihuly’s deep appreciation and embrace of diverse cultures that
continuously inspire his iconic creations.
These are just a few of the wonderful things for us all to see and enjoy in 2026 - my husband and I are absolutely planning to renew our grandparents and a guest membership for the year - we and our grandchildren 18 and younger and a guest are able to visit as often as we like for the coming year. This is one of our best investments for our own health and to strengthen our family connection!
Check out Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park at this link - and make plans to make it part of your 2026!
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