This page highlights select key events happening within the community.
If you represent an organization or group and would like to feature an event on this page, please submit an event form for review. All submissions will be evaluated and posted upon approval by CCLN.
For additional events, we encourage you to visit other resources such as:
– Library Event Page
– Chaska Community Events
– Chanhassen Community Events
– Carver City Community Events
– Victoria Community Events
– Carver County Community Events
– Chaska Athletics
– Chanhassen Athletics
Please note that not all local events will be listed here.
We strive to keep all listed events up to date, but event details may change. Please verify event information with the event organizers or official sources before attending.
This exhibit brings together two Ojibwe artists who create contemporary work about Native life. Stratigraphy spirals through the cyclical nature of generations, land and time. It complements artist Maggie Thompson’s intergenerational collaboration, Inherited Ground. The word stratigraphy refers to the structure and order of a particular set of strata, or layers of earth. Geologists and archaeologists alike use […]
This project is an intergenerational collaboration between Maggie Thompson (Fond du Lac Ojibwe) and her mother, Peggy Thompson. Their work brings together weaving, painting and shared observation of land. Using the grounds of the Arboretum as their common point of reference, they explore how two distinct visual languages – Ojibwe floral design and painterly depictions […]
Enjoy the tranquility and well-being of Shinrin-yoku (translation: ‘Forest Bathing’), a Japanese mindfulness practice that invites nature to be your healer. Practice learning through guided awareness. Discover how the process can awaken your senses and calm your mind. Leave feeling refreshed and encouraged to continue your Shinrin-yoku practice. Visit the website for tickets and […]
Enjoy the best of summer on Tuesday nights at the Farm at the Arb with live music and chef-crafted pizza fired in outdoor pizza ovens! The Arboretum’s Chef Beth Fisher will create pre-ordered pizzas featuring farm-fresh vegetables, greens and herbs while visitors relax under the summer skies, play yard games and listen to the music. […]
Celebrate the growing season and Minnesota crops this summer at Harvest Days at the Farm at the Arb. With a new crop ripe for the reaping each Saturday, you will learn about — and even harvest! — crops through drop-in activities for all ages. The harvests run each Saturday July 25 through Aug. 22. […]
There is still more outdoor fun to be had this year. Step out of the “white cube” gallery and into the tall grass. The Brightness of Being is an invitation to leave your serious art-critic hat at the door and rediscover the world through the eyes of Anne Spooner, Leigh Bauer, Liya Oertel and Nicky Torkzadeh. […]
Just 1.5 miles west of the main Arboretum entrance on Highway 5, the University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum AppleHouse is an iconic seasonal destination, featuring Minnesota-grown apples, including varieties grown at the Arboretum’s nearby Horticultural Research Center. Many of the University of Minnesota’s introduced apple varieties are for sale, along with gourmet packaged foods, frozen pies, pastries, fudge, gifts […]
Join other literature aficionados for thoughtful discourse led by UMN Distinguished Teaching Professor Emerita, Toni McNaron. Books in the Garden is a continuation of the ongoing series by the same title, but you do not need to have attended any previous series to join us for the 2026 course. In each of these books, […]
Enjoy the best of summer on Tuesday nights at the Farm at the Arb with live music and chef-crafted pizza fired in outdoor pizza ovens! The Arboretum’s Chef Beth Fisher will create pre-ordered pizzas featuring farm-fresh vegetables, greens and herbs while visitors relax under the summer skies, play yard games and listen to the music. […]
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