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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Bouquets: French Still Life Painting
December 10, 2014 – 8:09 am | Comments Off on Bouquets: French Still Life Painting
Bouquets: French Still Life Painting

The first major American exhibition to consider the French floral still life across the 19th century premiered last October at the Dallas Museum of Art, 1717 North Harwood, Dallas, Texas.
“Bouquets: French Still-Life Painting from Chardin …

Lotus Flower Season
December 8, 2014 – 8:56 am | Comments Off on Lotus Flower Season
Lotus Flower Season

The Blue Lotus Water Garden opens December 27, 2014, for its annual Lotus Flower Season, which runs through April 7, 2015, at 2628 Warburton Highway, Yarra Junction, Victoria, Australia.
The water garden features thousands of lotus …

The Flower of the Season: Poinsettia
December 7, 2014 – 11:46 pm | Comments Off on The Flower of the Season: Poinsettia
The Flower of the Season: Poinsettia

A quick way to catch the holiday spirit is a wander through a holiday flower show.
‘Tis the season for holiday flower shows, and the flower of choice is the poinsettia. Purists know that the colorful …

Seed Swap in the Piedmont
November 24, 2014 – 8:45 am | Comments Off on Seed Swap in the Piedmont
Seed Swap in the Piedmont

The fourth annual Seed Swap and Potluck sponsored by Slow Food Piedmont is set for January 24, 2015, in Gray Auditorium, Old Salem Visitors Center, 900 Old Salem Road, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
The potluck lunch …

Flora Illustrata
November 17, 2014 – 8:39 am | Comments Off on Flora Illustrata
Flora Illustrata

“Flora Illustrata: A Celebration of Botanical Masterworks” opens November 15, 2014, in the LuEsther T. Mertz Library of the New York Botanical Garden, 2900 Southern Boulevard, Bronx, New York.
The display of books, manuscripts, maps, private …

The Real and Fantastic World of Charles Burchfield
October 20, 2014 – 8:11 am | Comments Off on The Real and Fantastic World of Charles Burchfield
The Real and Fantastic World of Charles Burchfield

Road Trips Gardeners will be enchanted with the visionary landscapes of America artist Charles Burchfield (1893-1967). A major exhibition of his work, titled “Exalted Nature:The Real and Fantastic World of Charles Burchfield” is on view …

Inspiring Kew
September 22, 2014 – 8:51 am | Comments Off on Inspiring Kew
Inspiring Kew

“Inspiring Kew“, an exhibition at the Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, ngland, reveals the ways Kew has been a source of inspiration, from the creation of …

Flower, Food & Garden Show
September 8, 2014 – 8:46 am | Comments Off on Flower, Food & Garden Show
Flower, Food & Garden Show

This is the 20th year for the California State Home & Garden Show at the Sacramento Convention Center, 1600 Third Street, Sacramento, California.
Dates are September 12, 13 and 14, 2014. If you miss …

Following in the Bartrams’ Footsteps
August 1, 2014 – 8:17 am | Comments Off on Following in the Bartrams’ Footsteps
Following in the Bartrams’ Footsteps

“Following in the Bartrams’ Footsteps” is a traveling exhibition sponsored by the American Society of Botanical Artists.
It’ll be on display at the North Carolina Botanical Garden at the he University of North Carolina at …

Orchid Paintings by Florence Woolward
March 10, 2014 – 8:09 am | Comments Off on Orchid Paintings by Florence Woolward
Orchid Paintings by Florence Woolward

“Thesaurus Woolwardiae: Orchid Paintings by Florence Woolward” opens April 11, 2014, in the Church Exhibition Gallery of Lyman Plant House at the Botanic Garden of Smith College, 16 College Lane, Northhampton, Massachusetts.
British botanical illustrator and …