Events

Birdies and Brews

Play a round of Wonder Woods Mini Golf, enjoy beer on tap, and learn what you can do to protect birds.

Content Detail

Come to The Morton Arboretum on Friday, July 25, to enjoy beer on tap and play mini golf while discovering how to appreciate and protect birds. Explore bird habitats in the Midwest, the art of falconry, and ways to get involved with birdwatching clubs and bird fostering organizations in your area.

Event Highlights

Speak with birding experts from the DuPage Birding Club and the American School of Falconry.

Play a round of Wonder Woods Mini Golf, an imaginative, tree-themed course specially designed for the Arboretum with the help of research scientists.

Receive a commemorative tasting glass and two vouchers for beer and nonalcoholic beer from local craft breweries.

Ticket Details

Purchase Birdies and Brews tickets and member tickets online and in advance.

Event Ticket
Cost: $50
Member cost: $40

No-Golf Event Ticket
Cost: $40
Member cost: $30

VIP Ticket
Cost: $80
Member cost: $70

All ticket types include Arboretum admission for Friday, July 25.

Event tickets include a round of Wonder Woods Mini Golf, two beer or nonalcoholic beer vouchers, a commemorative tasting glass, and the chance to speak with experts from participating falconry and birding organizations.

VIP tickets include everything that comes with a regular event ticket, a 45-minute falconry class with a professional falconer, and a demonstration of how to hold and fly trained birds.

No-Golf event tickets include everything that comes with a regular event ticket except the round of mini golf.

 

Your ticket purchase helps support the Arboretum’s vision of a greener, healthier, more beautiful world where people and trees thrive together.

Ticket Details

Purchase Birdies and Brews tickets and member tickets online and in advance.

Event Ticket
Cost: $50
Member cost: $40

No-Golf Event Ticket
Cost: $40
Member cost: $30

VIP Ticket
Cost: $80
Member cost: $70

Event tickets include a round of Wonder Woods Mini Golf, Arboretum admission for Friday, July 25, two beer or nonalcoholic beer vouchers, a commemorative tasting glass, and the chance to speak with experts from participating falconry and birding organizations. Purchasers must select a time slot between 5:30 and 8:00 p.m. during which they will complete their round of mini golf.

VIP Tickets

VIP tickets include everything that comes with a regular event ticket, a 45-minute falconry class with a professional falconer, and a demonstration of how to hold and fly trained birds.

No-Golf Event Tickets

No-Golf event tickets include everything that comes with a regular event ticket except the round of mini-golf. Purchasers must select a time slot between 5:30 and 8:00 p.m. during which they will visit the falcons.

Event Highlights

Birdies and Brews event tickets include a round of Wonder Woods Mini Golf—an imaginative, tree-themed course specially designed for the Arboretum with the help of our research scientists—as well as Arboretum admission for Friday, July 25, two vouchers for beer and nonalcoholic beer from Ike & Oak Brewing and Homewood Brewing Co., a commemorative Wonder Woods Mini Golf tasting glass, and the chance to speak with experts from the DuPage Birding Club and the American School of Falconry.

VIP Tickets

VIP tickets include everything that comes with a regular event ticket, a 45-minute falconry class with a professional falconer from the American School of Falconry, and a demonstration of how to hold and fly trained birds.

VIP ticket holders will also have the chance to participate in the falconry flight demonstration.  All VIP ticket holders will be entered automatically into a raffle to select 10 winners, who will work along with the falconer to demonstrate basic falconry techniques.

Commemorative Tasting Glass

All ticket holders will receive a commemorative Wonder Woods Mini Golf tasting glass.

Food Options

Food and beverages will be available for purchase from food trucks at the event. Details will be available closer to the event date.

Food and beverages are also available at the Ginkgo Café in the Visitor Center. From 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., the café offers prepackaged salads and sandwiches, bakery items, espresso beverages, hot tea, and drip coffee.

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