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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Gardens and Artists, Too
May 26, 2011 – 12:30 am | Comments Off on Gardens and Artists, Too
Gardens and Artists, Too

Gardeners who also are interested in supporting artists and craftsmen might want to add the 13th annual Brown County Studio and Garden Tour to their Road Trips schedule next month.
Over the last century, artists and …

Loughaghery Presbyterian Church Flower Festival
May 23, 2011 – 10:55 pm | Comments Off on Loughaghery Presbyterian Church Flower Festival
Loughaghery Presbyterian Church Flower Festival

The Loughaghery Presbyterian Church Flower Festival takes place June 10 through 12, 2011, on Loughaghrey Road, Hillsborough, Lisburn, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
Road Trips Gardeners driving through that part of the world might want to stop …

Flora’s Lexicon
May 22, 2011 – 12:46 am | Comments Off on Flora’s Lexicon
Flora’s Lexicon

“Flora’s Lexicon”, on display now through June 30, 2011, explores the 19th-century European and American phenomenon of The Language of Flowers, the common understanding that plants and blooms were charged with sentiment and meaning, and …

Spanish Paradise: Gardens of the Alhambra
May 21, 2011 – 12:11 am | Comments Off on Spanish Paradise: Gardens of the Alhambra
Spanish Paradise: Gardens of the Alhambra

“Spanish Paradise: Gardens of the Alhambra” opens today in the Conservatory of the New York Botanical Garden, 2900 Southern Boulevard, Bronx, New York, and will be on view today through August 21, 2011.
Travel to …

Portland Rose Festival
May 20, 2011 – 12:18 am | Comments Off on Portland Rose Festival
Portland Rose Festival

The Rose Festival in Portland, Oregon, takes place May 27 through June 12, 2011. This year’s rose is the Sweet Spotlight (pictured, at left).
White roses are truly elegant, yet rarely are they fragrant… until now! …

Garden Chef Demos
May 16, 2011 – 10:06 pm | Comments Off on Garden Chef Demos
Garden Chef Demos

Wandering through Atlanta anytime soon, Road Trips Gardeners? If your itinerary allows a weekend stop, consider watching one of the Garden Chef Demonstrations at the Atlanta Botanical Garden, 1345 Piedmont Avenue NE, Atlanta, Georgia.
At noon, …

Art in the Service of Science
May 13, 2011 – 12:24 am | Comments Off on Art in the Service of Science
Art in the Service of Science

“Art in the Service of Science”, a display of scientific art, continues through June 4, 2011, in the Sterling Morton Library of the Morton Arboretum, 4100 Illinois Route 53, Lisle, Illinois. The exhibit, by …

World Flower Arranging Show
May 9, 2011 – 12:29 am | Comments Off on World Flower Arranging Show
World Flower Arranging Show

The 10th World Flower Arranging Show, “This Glorious Earth”, takes place June 15 through 19, 2011, at the Seaport World Trade Centre in Boston, Massachusetts.
This floral expo will feature 600 flower arrangements and 12 lectures …

Hard Rain
May 8, 2011 – 12:39 am | Comments Off on Hard Rain
Hard Rain

Here’s something different, Road Trips Gardeners. The Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, just outside London, England, are sponsoring “Hard Rain”, a photographic exhibit which will be on display May 14 through September 25, 2011, on …

Rose Festival
May 7, 2011 – 12:12 am | Comments Off on Rose Festival
Rose Festival

The first week of June means it’s Rose Festival time in the Kazanlak Valley of Bulgaria (centering on June 5, 2011).
Road Trips Gardeners used to North American roses may have forgotten that roses originally were …