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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Remarkable Trees
February 14, 2014 – 8:09 am | Comments Off on Remarkable Trees
Remarkable Trees

The history of photography is closely bound up with the study of botany; many of the early pioneers of photography such as William Henry Fox Talbot and Anna Atkins used botanical subjects for their photographs …

“Wings of Life”
February 10, 2014 – 8:18 am | Comments Off on “Wings of Life”
“Wings of Life”

Gonna be anywhere near eastern Kentucky in a couple of weeks, Road Trips Gardeners? You can catch a screening of the Disney nature movie, “Wings of Life”, at the Central Public Library Farish Theatre of …

Pacific Orchid Exposition
February 5, 2014 – 8:54 am | Comments Off on Pacific Orchid Exposition
Pacific Orchid Exposition

“Orchids and All that Jazz” is set for February 20 through 23, 2014, by the San Francisco Orchid Society. It’ll be held in the Festival Pavilion of Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, California.
Said to be …

Freedom’s Gardener: James F. Brown
January 31, 2014 – 8:49 am | Comments Off on Freedom’s Gardener: James F. Brown
Freedom’s Gardener: James F. Brown

Dr. Myra Young Armstead, Professor of History, Director of Africana Studies at Bard College will talk about her book Freedom’s Gardener: James F. Brown, Horticulture and the Hudson Valley in Antebellum America at the Jay …

Capital Home & Garden Show
January 10, 2014 – 8:56 am | Comments Off on Capital Home & Garden Show
Capital Home & Garden Show

The Capital Home & Garden Show will be held February 21 through 23, 2014, in the Dulles Expo Center, 4320 Chantilly Shopping Center, Chantilly, Virginia (directions).
Hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m. …

Designed for Flowers
January 3, 2014 – 8:41 am | Comments Off on Designed for Flowers
Designed for Flowers

Designed for Flowers: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics opens February 23, 2014.
The exhibition at the Walters Art Museum, 600 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland, displays a wide range of contemporary Japanese ceramic vessels produced for the traditional …

London Plant and Design Show
November 20, 2013 – 8:27 am | Comments Off on London Plant and Design Show
London Plant and Design Show

The first Royal Horticultural Society show of 2014, the London Plant and Design Show, will be held February 21 and 22, 2014, in the RHS Horticultural Halls, Greycoat Street and Vincent Square, London, England.
This is …

Orchids and Lemons
November 8, 2013 – 8:17 am | Comments Off on Orchids and Lemons
Orchids and Lemons

Do you grow orchids, Road Trips Gardeners? What about citrus trees?
Here’s a chance to indulge both passions on one trip. Concurrent with the 81st Fête du Citron, there’s an Orchid Festival — both take place …

Chihuly in the Garden Comes to Phoenix
October 7, 2013 – 8:32 am | Comments Off on Chihuly in the Garden Comes to Phoenix
Chihuly in the Garden Comes to Phoenix

Discovery and surprise awaits Road Trips Gardeners who are headed to Phoenix between November 10, 2013, and May 18, 2014.
That’s when “Chihuly in the Garden” will be on display at the Desert Botanical Garden, 1201 …

Almond Festival
February 23, 2013 – 3:02 pm | Comments Off on Almond Festival
Almond Festival

Your Road Trips Gardener is a Heartlander, so she’s never seen almond trees in bloom. But, wow! They rival cherry trees in splendor.
If you’re driving around Northern California this weekend, swing by the 98th annual …