Lilac Festival (Day One)

Event Dates:  May 23 – May 26, 2025, from 10:00 am until 4:00 pm daily.

Lilacs are the pride of the McLaughlin Garden and the focal point of this weekend’s celebration, and today is Day One of our Lilac Festival weekend.  With 125 different varieties of lilacs on more than 200 trees, visitors are sure to enjoy this “scent-sational” experience.  Enjoy glorious sights and smells while exploring the McLaughlin lilac collection, shop from our curated selection of native and unique plants, and visit our gift shop.

There is a $5 admission charge for this event.

Back for 2025 – a bag raffle featuring handmade items created specifically for this event by our volunteers and supporters!

Schedule for the day:

Lilac-tea tasting; 10:00am – 2:00pm

Music by Ahmad Kafari; 11:30am – 2:00pm

Lilac-care and garden tour; 12:00 noon

Lilac Syrup Demonstration; 2:00pm

Bag Raffle / Ticket Auction (winners to be drawn on Monday, 5/26 at 4:00pm)

The Lilac Festival is supported by our 2025 Season Sponsors:

and by our generous Lilac Festival Event Sponsors: