Arts & Entertainment
Shades of Crimson
Visitors will see about 3,000 poinsettia plants in full bloom and in a variety of colors. Horticulture staff members will be on hand to discuss the plants and answer questions. Cantigny’s plants are purchased as three-inch-long cuttings and then nurtured and groomed by the park’s expert horticulture team for over six months. Well over half of the Cantigny poinsettias are destined for the Central DuPage and Naperville Sunrise Rotary Clubs, which use them for fund raising. Another 400 plants are used for holiday decorating in the museums, restaurants and other buildings throughout the 500-acre Cantigny estate. The remainder are available for purchase. Free parking will be at the greenhouse, so visitors should enter Cantigny from the east at Shaffner Road.