2023’s Best U. S. Cities for Local Flowers
May 11, 2023 – 10:29 pm | Comments Off on 2023’s Best U. S. Cities for Local Flowers

Looking at five floral categories in the 200 largest U.S. cities, Lawn Love came up with these two lists.
They checked out access to flower shops and specialty-cut flower vendors, consumer ratings, and the number of …

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Chicago Flower and Garden Show
February 7, 2014 – 8:11 am | Comments Off on Chicago Flower and Garden Show
Chicago Flower and Garden Show

Garden shows are one way to hurry springtime. The Chicago Flower and Garden Show, set for March 15 through 23, 2014, on Navy Pier, 600 East Grand Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, offers all sorts of antidotes …

Pacific Orchid Exposition
February 5, 2014 – 8:54 am | Comments Off on Pacific Orchid Exposition
Pacific Orchid Exposition

“Orchids and All that Jazz” is set for February 20 through 23, 2014, by the San Francisco Orchid Society. It’ll be held in the Festival Pavilion of Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, California.
Said to be …

Zilker Garden Festival
February 3, 2014 – 8:18 am | Comments Off on Zilker Garden Festival
Zilker Garden Festival

If plants from central Texas will grow in your neck of the woods, do bring a wagon to the Garden Festival, set for 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. March 29 and 30, 2014, in Zilker …

Seed Starting Basics
February 2, 2014 – 8:16 am | Comments Off on Seed Starting Basics
Seed Starting Basics

Special to Road Trips for Gardeners
by R. H. Shumway’s
Starting seeds is easier than you might think. Here are a few simple tips and products that will help you get started.
Step 1. No matter how …

Scotland’s Botanic Gardens
February 1, 2014 – 2:45 pm | Comments Off on Scotland’s Botanic Gardens
Scotland’s Botanic Gardens

Road Trips Gardeners may think that the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh is its only location in Scotland. Nope. It’s just first among four, all in the southern part of Scotland.
The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, …

Flower of the Day: Magnolia
February 1, 2014 – 8:58 am | Comments Off on Flower of the Day: Magnolia
Flower of the Day: Magnolia

Magnolias bloom early in a drought-stricken Los Angeles, California.
This pink flower (captured in early January) clings to a branch in front of the Fowler Museum on the Westwood campus of UCLA.

According to Wikipedia, Magnolia is …