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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Flower of the Day: Petunia
January 10, 2015 – 8:56 am | Comments Off on Flower of the Day: Petunia
Flower of the Day: Petunia

White, pink and candy-strip petunias fill a planter outside the Seoul Club restaurant in Ulaanbataar, Mongolia, last July.
(Photo ©2014 by Susan McKee)

A Tropical Garden With a Sandbox
January 9, 2015 – 8:12 am | Comments Off on A Tropical Garden With a Sandbox
A Tropical Garden With a Sandbox

OK, so it’s not really a garden event — but it does take place in a garden: the Sun Garden of the Quad City Botanical Center, 2525 Fourth Avenue, Rock Island, Illinois, to be exact.
Now …

Botanical Art Exhibit
January 7, 2015 – 8:41 am | Comments Off on Botanical Art Exhibit
Botanical Art Exhibit

The 17th annual Botanical Art Exhibit will be on display March 24 through June 7, 2015, at Filoli, 86 Cañada Road, Woodside, California.
Artworks selected this year will be displayed in the Visitor and Education Center …

Spring Garden Expos
January 6, 2015 – 8:10 pm | Comments Off on Spring Garden Expos
Spring Garden Expos

If it’s winter, it must be time to think about what you’re going to be doing outdoors once spring arrives.
A raft of indoor expositions are planned from coast to coast to help with that planning. …

Two Home & Garden Shows
January 5, 2015 – 8:38 am | Comments Off on Two Home & Garden Shows
Two Home &  Garden Shows

Heading southeast, Road Trips Gardeners? Both the Greater Roanoke Home & Garden Show and the Volusia County Home & Garden Show take place January 9 through 11, 2015.
The sixth annual Roanoke show takes place in …

Flower of the Day: Orchid
January 3, 2015 – 8:18 am | Comments Off on Flower of the Day: Orchid
Flower of the Day: Orchid

Less is more? Maybe in the case of orchids, more is more.
These magnificent blooms graced a table in a junior (two-level) suite at the Peninsula Hotel in Beijing, China.
No fragrance but what beauty!
(Photo ©2014 by …

Winter Flower and Train Show
January 2, 2015 – 8:00 am | Comments Off on Winter Flower and Train Show
Winter Flower and Train Show

It’s not too late to celebrate the holiday season at the Winter Flower and Train Show. It’s open in the Lincoln Park Conservatory, 2391 North Stockton Drive, Chicago, Illinois, through Sunday (January 4, 2015).
Model trains …