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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Beijing Horticultural Exposition
September 9, 2019 – 8:24 am | Comments Off on Beijing Horticultural Exposition
Beijing Horticultural Exposition

The Beijing Horticultural Exposition is well underway Yanqing District of China’s capital. It opened April 28, 2019, and runs through October 7, 2019.
A massive expo, there are five main venues: International Pavilion, China Pavilion, Botanical …

Butterflies & Blooms at Chicago Botanic Garden
July 26, 2019 – 8:29 am | Comments Off on Butterflies & Blooms at Chicago Botanic Garden
Butterflies & Blooms at Chicago Botanic Garden

Butterflies & Blooms is a butterfly exhibition at the Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe, Illinois, where visitors can immerse themselves in a habitat filled with hundreds of live butterflies. Open now through …

Chihuly Lights Up Kew Garden Nights
July 24, 2019 – 8:14 am | Comments Off on Chihuly Lights Up Kew Garden Nights
Chihuly Lights Up Kew Garden Nights

If London’s on your itinerary, Road Trips Gardeners, be sure to add Kew Gardens to your plans.
For 33 nights (Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. August 15 through October 26, 2019) visitors …

Carnivorous Plants and a Beer
July 12, 2019 – 8:41 am | Comments Off on Carnivorous Plants and a Beer
Carnivorous Plants and a Beer

If you’ll be in Central Indiana this evening, Road Trips Gardeners, how about this for a fun class!
“Carnivorous Plants and a Beer” takes place from 6:30 to 8 p.m. today (July 12, 2019), in the …

Bats, Bees, Beetles, and Butterflies in Muncie
July 10, 2019 – 8:31 am | Comments Off on Bats, Bees, Beetles, and Butterflies in Muncie
Bats, Bees, Beetles, and Butterflies in Muncie

Road Trips Gardeners (and their kids) will have the chance to show off their “pollination powers” in an interactive exhibition in the Minnetrista Center, 1200 North Minnetrista Parkway, Muncie, Indiana.
The Amazing Pollinators Exhibit, open now …

Fluttering Flowers
July 1, 2019 – 12:08 am | Comments Off on Fluttering Flowers
Fluttering Flowers

Regular readers of this blog know that your Road Trips Gardener considers butterflies as fluttering flowers (of course, they’re privileged visitors to gardens as well).
There are all sorts of places to see butterflies. Some botanical …

Home Garden Tour in Janesville, Wisconsin
June 28, 2019 – 8:43 am | Comments Off on Home Garden Tour in Janesville, Wisconsin
Home Garden Tour in Janesville, Wisconsin

Tour nine local gardens – and the Rotary Botanical Gardens – during the 25th annual Home Garden Tour in Janesville, Wisconsin.
Learn about the history of each garden, listen to live music and meet the homeowners …

Festival of Butterflies in Missouri
June 26, 2019 – 8:45 am | Comments Off on Festival of Butterflies in Missouri
Festival of Butterflies in Missouri

A Festival of Butterflies takes place July 27 through August 11, 2019, in Powell Gardens, Kansas City’s Botanical Garden, 1609 Northwest U.S. Highway 50, Kingsville, Missouri.
Road Trips Gardeners can walk through the tropical conservatory …

Longwood Gardens Festival of Fountains
June 5, 2019 – 8:29 am | Comments Off on Longwood Gardens Festival of Fountains
Longwood Gardens Festival of Fountains

The Festival of Fountains is underway at Longwood Gardens, 1001 Longwood Road, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania.
Through October 27, 2019, there will be daily performances from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.at the Main Fountain Garden. Water …

Shimmering Flowers at Berkshire Botanical Garden
May 20, 2019 – 8:40 am | Comments Off on Shimmering Flowers at Berkshire Botanical Garden
Shimmering Flowers at Berkshire Botanical Garden

“Shimmering Flowers“, a series of gilt and mother-of-pearl paintings and objects, opens June 1, 2019, in the Leonhardt Galleries of Berkshire Botanical Garden, 5 West Stockbridge Road, Stockbridge, Massachusetts.
A New York City based artist, Nancy …