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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Festival of Lights
December 23, 2011 – 12:20 am | Comments Off on Festival of Lights
Festival of Lights

OK, so it’s not garden weather. It is, however, holiday lights weather!
Check out the display at the Festival of Lights at VanDusen Botanical Garden, 5251 Oak Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It’s open from 4:30 …

Trains, Trestles and Traditions
December 19, 2011 – 12:02 am | Comments Off on Trains, Trestles and Traditions
Trains, Trestles and Traditions

A decades-long Cincinnati, Ohio, tradition is “on track” this year for a 10-week run ending January 1, 2012.
The annual holiday show, dubbed “Trains, Trestles and Traditions”, takes place at Krohn Conservatory, 1501 Eden Park …

Holiday Train Show
December 16, 2011 – 12:48 am | Comments Off on Holiday Train Show
Holiday Train Show

The Holiday Train Show runs through January 16, 2012, in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory at the New York Botanical Garden, 2900 Southern Boulevard, Bronx, New York City, New York.
Model trains zip over bridges and …

Blossom II: Art of Flowers
December 14, 2011 – 12:38 am | Comments Off on Blossom II: Art of Flowers
Blossom II: Art of Flowers

“Blossom II: Art of Flowers”, an exhibition of paintings, is on display in the front lobby of the Garfield Park Conservatory, 300 North Central Park Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, through December 31, 2011. There’s no admission …

All Aboard the Poinsettia Express
December 9, 2011 – 12:09 am | Comments Off on All Aboard the Poinsettia Express
All Aboard the Poinsettia Express

The Holiday Poinsettia Show and Train Garden are open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday from December 10, 2011, through January 1, 2012, in the Conservatory of the Howard Peters Rawlings Conservatory …

Holiday Centerpiece Workshop
December 5, 2011 – 12:11 am | Comments Off on Holiday Centerpiece Workshop
Holiday Centerpiece Workshop

Traveling through northeast Georgia just before Christmas, Road Trips Gardeners? Consider stopping at the State Botanical Garden of Georgia, 2450 South Milledge Avenue., Athens, Georgia.
From 9 a.m. ’til noon December 20, 2011, Jeannette Coplin, Director …

Christmas at the Chicago Botanic Garden
November 30, 2011 – 12:33 am | Comments Off on Christmas at the Chicago Botanic Garden
Christmas at the Chicago Botanic Garden

Wonderland Express returns to the Chicago Botanic Garden this holiday season and transforms the 385-acre oasis into a winter wonderland of twinkling lights, garden-scale trains, miniature Chicago landmarks, horticulture displays and indoor “snowfall”.
It runs through …

Holly, Jolly Holidays
November 7, 2011 – 12:44 am | Comments Off on Holly, Jolly Holidays
Holly, Jolly Holidays

“Holly, Jolly Holidays“, the seasonal show at Mitchell Park Conservatory, 524 S. Layton Boulevard, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, opens November 19, 2011, and runs through January 1, 2012.
Sure, there’ll be Santas from around the world at Holly, …

Holiday Flower Show
October 31, 2011 – 12:08 am | Comments Off on Holiday Flower Show
Holiday Flower Show

Yes, Road Trips Gardeners: it’s time to begin planning those drives to see the favorite flowers of the season.
Hundreds of poinsettias are promised for the Holiday Flower Show set for December 3, 2011, through January …