Articles tagged with: California
![Orchid Shows Brighten the Winter](https://roadtripsforgardeners.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/pennsylvania-susquehanna_orchid.jpg)
If it’s February it must be the time for orchid shows. The wild tropical plant that’s become a reliable greenhouse bloomer brightens the days as the countdown to spring continues.
Orchidaceae, the Orchid family, is a …
![Flower Fields of Carlsbad, California, Ready to Bloom](https://roadtripsforgardeners.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/california-carlsbad_theflowerfields-150-150x150.jpg)
Special to Road Trips for Gardeners
For more than sixty years, Mother Nature has transformed the rolling hills of North San Diego County into one of the country’s most spectacular and coordinated displays of natural color …
![Wild and Beautiful in San Diego](http://susanmckee.com/roadtripsforgardeners/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Judy-Salinsky-Mariposa-and-Flower.jpg)
“Wild and Beautiful“, a sculpture exhibit presented in partnership with the Oceanside Museum of Art Artist Alliance, continues through August 1, 2021, at the San Diego Botanic Garden, 230 Quail Gardens Drive, Encinitas, California.
Inspired by …
![Quarryhill is Now Sonoma Botanical Garden](http://susanmckee.com/roadtripsforgardeners/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/california-sonoma_sonomabotanicalgarden150.jpg)
Quarryhill Botanical Garden in Glen Ellen, California, has changed its name to Sonoma Botanical Garden, broadening its mission to interpret the native plants of California in addition to its historic focus on Asian flora.
The Garden, …
![10 Botanic Gardens to Check Out in the US](http://susanmckee.com/roadtripsforgardeners/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/washingtondc-usbg_orchids.jpg)
Special to Road Trips for Gardeners
By the Discoverer Blog
Whether you’re trying to beat the summer heat beneath the leafy shade or escape the winter cold inside tropical greenhouses, botanical gardens are a popular year-round …
![Orchid Shows the Last Weekend in March](http://susanmckee.com/roadtripsforgardeners/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/orchid-striped-150.jpg)
No matter where your travels take you in late March, Road Trips Gardeners, there’s probably an orchid show on your route — in the United States or in Canada.
Six scheduled for March 27, 28, and …
![Tomorrow is National Seed Swap Day](http://susanmckee.com/roadtripsforgardeners/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/National-Seed-Swap-Day.jpg)
Held on the last Saturday in January each year, National Seed Swap Day is a chance for growers to exchange seeds for flowers, vegetables, herbs, and, well, anything that grows from seed.
There are multitudes of …
![American Gardens on U.S. Postage Stamps](http://susanmckee.com/roadtripsforgardeners/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/delaware_winterthur-postage-stamp.jpg)
The United States Postal Service™ celebrates the beauty of American Gardens in a set of commemoratives.
This pane of 20 stamps features ten different photographs of botanic, country estate, and municipal gardens, taken between 1996 and …
![Filoli’s Orchid Show in Woodside, California](http://susanmckee.com/roadtripsforgardeners/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/california-woodside_orchid-filoli.jpg)
Orchids are considered one of the most important plant collections at Filoli Historic House & Garden, 86 Cañada Road, Woodside, California. They’re spotlighted from January 4 through February 24, 2020, during the annual Orchid Show. …
![Chrysanthemum Shows in Los Angeles County](http://susanmckee.com/roadtripsforgardeners/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/california-sanmarino-huntington_chrysanthemum.jpg)
the Descansco Chrysanthemum Society Show is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. tomorrow (November 2, 2019) in Descanso Gardens, 1418 Descanso Drive, La Cañada Flintridge, California.
A second Chrysanthemum Show & Sale takes place the …