Books & Blooms: Botanical Book Fair

Explore a diverse array of book vendors alongside other vendors offering plant-related merchandise, creating a unique atmosphere that celebrates both reading and botanical beauty.

Array
(
    [results] => Array
        (
        )

    [total] => 0
    [type] => event
    [next] => Array
        (
            [text] => 
        )

    [summaries] => Array
        (
            [ticket_link] => 
            [date_summary_text] => 
            [date_summary] => Array
                (
                    [is_sequential] => 1
                    [start_range] => 
                    [start_range_day] => 
                    [end_range] => 
                    [end_range_day] => 
                    [summary_text] => 
                )

            [is_cost_included] => 
            [is_sold_out] => 
            [is_save_the_date] => 
        )

    [has_additional] => 
)

Cost Included with admission

Adults-only Evening: Friday, July 12, 6-9pm

Get ready for an exclusive 18+ event packed with botanical fun! Explore an array of vendors, participate in the book swap (bring a book, take a book), savor delicious food and drinks, engage in captivating author Q+As, witness a stunning floral demonstration by our experts, and unwind with an enchanting adult story time. We strongly suggest purchasing tickets in advance to this event.

Price: $10 per member adult, $20 per nonmember adult

6:15pm – Author Q+As and Book Signings
Genevieve Gornichec, @gengornichec
Chelsea Banning, @chelseawritesbooks
DiAndra Liccardo

7:15pm – Floral Demonstration with Horticulturist, Sommer Tolan

8:00pm – Adult Story Time

Food available for purchase: Build your own charcuterie bar, One Flew Over the Couscous Nest Salad (Toasted couscous, arugula, roasted tomato, pickled red onion, cucumber, Kalamata olive, herb vinaigrette), Hamlet and Cheese toasted sandwich, Dirt Cups (a sweet, nostalgic treat).

Adults-only ticket

Open to all Fair: Saturday, July 13, 10am-5pm

Let the fun continue with a fair for all ages! Shop local book and artisan vendors, bring a book to swap with other readers, engage with a local authors during the multiple story times, and don’t forget to explore our glasshouses and blooming summer gardens!

11:00am – Story Time with local author, Martinique Mims

2:00-4:00pm – Book Signings

Genevieve Gornichec, @gengornichec
Chelsea Banning, @chelseawritesbooks
DiAndra Liccardo

Author Q+A
Martinique Mims

Food available for purchase: One Flew Over the Couscous Nest Salad (Toasted couscous, arugula, roasted tomato, pickled red onion, cucumber, Kalamata olive, herb vinaigrette), Hamlet and Cheese toasted sandwich, Dirt Cups (a sweet, nostalgic treat).

This event is included with general admission.

Vendors (Friday + Saturday)

Nightlight Books @nightlightbookscleveland
The Reading Room CLE @readingroomcle (Friday only)
Violet’s Queer Books
Bianca Breed @basedbianca
The Geek Peek @thegeekpeek
Eileen Dorsey Studio @eileen_dorsey_studio
For the Love of Foliage @ftlofshop
Variegate Design @variegatedesign
Schnupp Design Co. @schnuppdesignco
Jupiter and June Studio @jupiterandjunestudio
Cleveland Public Library @clevelandpubliclibrary
Friends of Heights Libraries

View all events & special exhibits

Here’s more to explore at Cleveland Botanical Garden

People for Trees™

Make a difference in
your own backyard.

Plant and care for a tree beginning with making a pledge. We will support each pledge with easy-to-follow instructional toolkits, guidance on how to select the most appropriate tree and where to purchase it, free virtual classes and other ongoing support.

Make a pledge