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 …

Holiday Flower Show
December 9, 2013 – 8:34 am | Comments Off on Holiday Flower Show
Holiday Flower Show

A new variety of poinsettia — Christmas Beauty Nostalgia (pictured at left with its pink and green bracts) — is spotlighted during the Holiday Flower Show at Como Park Zoo & Conservatory 1225 Estabrook Drive, …

Phipps’ Winter Flower Show
December 6, 2013 – 8:41 am | Comments Off on Phipps’ Winter Flower Show
Phipps’ Winter Flower Show

Look for a variety of festive poinsettias, showy amaryllis and aromatic paperwhite narcissus arranged in garden scenes plus evergreens glowing with thousands of LED lights, and a dinosaur-themed Garden Railroad at the Winter Flower Show …

Poinsettias: Holiday Flower Show Stars
December 4, 2013 – 10:10 pm | Comments Off on Poinsettias: Holiday Flower Show Stars
Poinsettias: Holiday Flower Show Stars

It’s inevitable: some time during December you’ll have the urge to check out a holiday flower show.
Fortunately, Road Trips Gardeners, there are shows in progress all across the country.
This is a great time not only …

Project Orange Thumb
December 1, 2013 – 8:42 am | Comments Off on Project Orange Thumb
Project Orange Thumb

Special to Road Trips for Gardeneers
By Fiskars
Every year community gardens continue to sprout up across North America. To help groups make their community garden plans a reality, Fiskars is pleased to open its 2014 …

Fall Flower Show
November 29, 2013 – 8:17 am | Comments Off on Fall Flower Show
Fall Flower Show

It’s not too late to catch a glimpse of autumn’s favorite flowers, Road Trips Gardeners — if you’re already near Minneapolis-Saint Paul, that is.
The Fall Flower Show at Como Park Zoo & Conservatory, 1225 Estabrook …

Poinsettias in Omaha
November 25, 2013 – 8:09 am | Comments Off on Poinsettias in Omaha
Poinsettias in Omaha

More than 5,600 poinsettia plants — multi-hued, deep red, sparkling white and speckled — are grown in Lauritzen Gardens’ greenhouses starting as early as July for the annual holiday show in Lauritzen Gardens, 100 Bancroft …

Peoria’s Poinsettias
November 18, 2013 – 8:53 am | Comments Off on Peoria’s Poinsettias
Peoria’s Poinsettias

The Holiday Poinsettia Show kicks off Friday (November 22, 2013) in the Luthy Botanical Garden, 2520 North Prospect, Peoria, Illinois. It’s open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily through December 31, 2013.
The holiday …

Omaha’s Chrysanthemums
November 15, 2013 – 8:45 am | Comments Off on Omaha’s Chrysanthemums
Omaha’s Chrysanthemums

The Fall Chrysanthemum Show continues at the Lauritzen Gardens – Omaha’s Botanical Center, 100 Bancroft Street, Omaha, Nebraska, through November 24, 2013. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.
The visitor and education center’s indoor …

One Whisker Off Center
November 4, 2013 – 8:54 am | Comments Off on One Whisker Off Center
One Whisker Off Center

Here’s an exhibit of horticultural paintings such as you’ve never seen, Road Trips Gardeners.
Peggy A. Guest‘s whimsical work is described as “a kind of horticultural hysteria one whisker off center”.
It’s on display from 9 a.m. …