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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Rose Show and Festival in Thomasville
January 13, 2014 – 8:44 am | Comments Off on Rose Show and Festival in Thomasville
Rose Show and Festival in Thomasville

The annual Rose Show and Festival in Thomasville, Georgia, will celebrate its 93rd year April 24 through 26, 2014.
The show itself opens at 1:30 p.m. April 25 “under the big top” at Broad Street and …

Passing through Indy?
April 19, 2013 – 8:31 am | Comments Off on Passing through Indy?
Passing through Indy?

There are garden tours on the weekends from from spring into fall at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, 4000 Michigan Road, Indianapolis, Indiana (map).
At noon on Saturdays from April through October, meet at the Lake …

Orleans Dogwood Festival
April 12, 2013 – 8:03 am | Comments Off on Orleans Dogwood Festival
Orleans Dogwood Festival

The annual Dogwood Festival takes place April 27 through May 4, 2013, around the Historic Congress Square in downtown Orleans, Indiana (map).
This southern Indiana town is considered the Hoosier State’s Dogwood Capital, and the trees …

The Colours of Reality
April 10, 2013 – 8:01 am | Comments Off on The Colours of Reality
The Colours of Reality

A major summer exhibition opens at Kew Gardens, Richmond, Surrey, England (directions), next month, offering visitors a rare chance to see the botanical work and other creative talents of renowned artist and musician, Rory McEwen.
Ranging …

Spring in Madison
April 8, 2013 – 8:01 am | Comments Off on Spring in Madison
Spring in Madison

Have you visited an interactive learning “garden of art”? Your Road Trips Gardener hasn’t (tell her about them, please).
One of ’em is located at Lanthier Winery, 123 Mill Street, Madison, Indiana (map).
You can see it …

Cleveland’s Big Spring
April 5, 2013 – 8:03 am | Comments Off on Cleveland’s Big Spring
Cleveland’s Big Spring

The “Big Spring” show at the Cleveland Botanical Garden, 11030 East Boulevard, Cleveland, Ohio (map), is well underway.
These gardeners think they know what Alice meant when she said her wonderland was “curioser and curioser”. …

From Art to Landscape
April 3, 2013 – 7:50 am | Comments Off on From Art to Landscape
From Art to Landscape

If you’re anywhere near Wayne, Pennsylvania, this week, Road Trips Gardeners, consider a stop at the Radnor Memorial Library, 114 West Wayne Avenue, Wayne, Pennsylvania (map).
W. Gary Smith will talk about “From Art to Landscape” …

Ferdinand’s Herb & Garden Days
April 1, 2013 – 8:12 am | Comments Off on Ferdinand’s Herb & Garden Days
Ferdinand’s Herb & Garden Days

Every spring the southern Indiana town of Ferdinand (map) blooms with color during the annual Herb & Garden Days.
This year’s event will take place April 19 through April 21, 2013.
Visitors and residents alike will …

Macy’s Flower Show
March 29, 2013 – 8:35 am | Comments Off on Macy’s Flower Show
Macy’s Flower Show

Is there a Macy’s in your town? The department store’s flower shows are in full swing.
The shows in New York City (Herald Square), Philadelphia (City Center), Chicago (Macy’s on State Street), Minneapolis (downtown) and San …

Contemporary Explorations: Reviewing Nature in the 1980s
March 27, 2013 – 8:14 am | Comments Off on Contemporary Explorations: Reviewing Nature in the 1980s
Contemporary Explorations: Reviewing Nature in the 1980s

Drawn from the museum’s collection of works by graduates of Indiana University’s fine arts department (now the Hope School of Fine Arts), “Contemporary Explorations: Reviewing Nature in the 1980s” examines the artists’ interpretations of the …