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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Celebrating Trees in Public Gardens
January 26, 2018 – 8:43 am | Comments Off on Celebrating Trees in Public Gardens
Celebrating Trees in Public Gardens

Forty-two detailed images of trees, all of them cultivated in public gardens and arboreta throughout the United States and around the world are on exhibit at “Out of the Woods: Celebrating Trees in Public Gardens”. …

Winter Flower Show at McNeely Conservatory
January 19, 2018 – 8:14 am | Comments Off on Winter Flower Show at McNeely Conservatory
Winter Flower Show at McNeely Conservatory

Road Trips Gardeners headed to Minneapolis for the Super Bowl might want to save time for the annual winter flower exhibition.
Theme for the show, which runs through March 11, 2018, in the Marjorie McNeely Conservatory …

The Scottish Snowdrop Festival
January 15, 2018 – 8:50 am | Comments Off on The Scottish Snowdrop Festival
The Scottish Snowdrop Festival

Each year the Snowdrop Festival gathers together some of the best gardens and woodlands in Scotland where you can see swathes of snowdrops. There are 300 varieties of Galanthus – to give the snowdrop its …

Art and The Bloom
January 14, 2018 – 8:24 am | Comments Off on Art and The Bloom
Art and The Bloom

Polly Kopka of Hubert, North Carolina, won Best of Show (pictured) as the Art & the Bloom exhibition wrapped up today in Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina.
The four-day event in the Blockade Runner Beach Resort showcased …

A Longwood Christmas
December 22, 2017 – 8:40 am | Comments Off on A Longwood Christmas
A Longwood Christmas

It’s not too late (if you hurry) to catch A Longwood Christmas at (no surprise) Longwood Gardens, 1001 Longwood Road, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania.
Theme this year is the splendor of Versailles in France, with the conservatory …

Pink Poinsettias Star in Minnesota
December 20, 2017 – 8:23 am | Comments Off on Pink Poinsettias Star in Minnesota
Pink Poinsettias Star in Minnesota

If your favorite poinsettias are pink, Road Trips Gardeners, make tracks for Minnesota before the Holiday Flower Show ends January 7, 2018.
The annual show, first held in 1925, is underway in the Marjorie McNeely Conservatory …

Enchanted: A Zoo and a Forest of Lights
December 18, 2017 – 8:09 am | Comments Off on Enchanted: A Zoo and a Forest of Lights
Enchanted: A Zoo and a Forest of Lights

Two places to see holiday lights in Los Angeles this month are Descanso Gardens and the Los Angeles Zoo.
“Enchanted: Forest of Light” at Descanso Gardens, 1418 Descanso Drive, La Cañada Flintridge, California, is an interactive, …

Poinsettias and Model Trains at the Phipps
December 15, 2017 – 8:49 am | Comments Off on Poinsettias and Model Trains at the Phipps
Poinsettias and Model Trains at the Phipps

Both indoor and outdoor gardens at the Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, One Schenley Park | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, are decorated for the holidays.
Check out the pinpoint and “firefly” lighting in the Tropical Forest Conservatory, …

Chicago’s Holiday Flower Show
December 8, 2017 – 8:09 am | Comments Off on Chicago’s Holiday Flower Show
Chicago’s Holiday Flower Show

The Holiday Flower Show is underway at the Lincoln Park Conservatory, 2391 N. Stockton Drive, Chicago, Illinois.
Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. seven days a week through January 7, 2018. Admission is free.
The …

Filoli Unlocked: A Garden in Winter
December 6, 2017 – 8:49 am | Comments Off on Filoli Unlocked: A Garden in Winter
Filoli Unlocked: A Garden in Winter

For the first time ever, Filoli, 86 Cañada Road, Woodside, California, is opening its doors in the winter — unlocking the “secret beauty” of a garden at rest.
From January 7 through February 18, 2018, a …