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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2014 World Flower Show in Dublin
December 30, 2013 – 8:24 am | Comments Off on 2014 World Flower Show in Dublin
2014 World Flower Show in Dublin

The World Flower Show will be held in Ireland for the first time next year.
It’ll take place June 18 through 22, 2014, in the RDS, Merrion Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin, Ireland.
The World Flower Show, an …

Global Kitchen Garden
July 29, 2013 – 8:19 am | Comments Off on Global Kitchen Garden
Global Kitchen Garden

If you like growing your own food, here’s an exhibit you’ll want to see, Road Trips Gardeners. (You’ll need to hop across the pond, because it’s at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Richmond, London, England — …

Chihuly: Secret Garden
June 29, 2013 – 8:33 am | Comments Off on Chihuly: Secret Garden
Chihuly: Secret Garden

They’re not really flowers, but simulacra — impressions of flowers fashioned in glass by the artisans in Dale Chihuly‘s studio.
“Chihuly: Secret Garden” opens today (June 29, 2013) at the Fort Wayne Museum of Art, 311 …

Celebrate Roses in Ontario
June 28, 2013 – 8:14 am | Comments Off on Celebrate Roses in Ontario
Celebrate Roses in Ontario

There are two acres of fragrant roses in Hendrie Park at the Royal Botanical Garden, 680 Plains Road West, Burlington, Ontario, Canada (map).
The garden celebrates its roses with a festival from June 29 to July …

Sunflower Farm Festival
June 27, 2013 – 8:21 am | Comments Off on Sunflower Farm Festival
Sunflower Farm Festival

Here’s a chance to wander 15 acres of sunflowers, Road Trips Gardeners. The Sunflower Farm, 1430 Durden Road, Rutledge, Georgia (map), is open for U-pick sunflower cuttings from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. now through …

American Institute of Floral Designers’ Symposium
June 26, 2013 – 8:00 am | Comments Off on American Institute of Floral Designers’ Symposium
American Institute of Floral Designers’ Symposium

Some of us are flower arrangers as well as Road Trips Gardeners.
We already have this event on our calendars: “Find Your ‘Passion’ is the theme for the annual symposium of the American Institute of …

Lavender Days
June 25, 2013 – 8:30 am | Comments Off on Lavender Days
Lavender Days

You’ll have three weekends to check out the 100 varieties of lavender plants growing at Barn Owl Nursery, 22999 Southwest Newland Road, Wilsonville, Oregon (map): June 28 through 30, 2013; July 19 through 21, 2013, …

Pennsylvania Lavender Festival
June 22, 2013 – 8:48 am | Comments Off on Pennsylvania Lavender Festival
Pennsylvania Lavender Festival

A lavender festival that’s “A Celebration of Farm, Family, Food & Flowers” takes place this weekend at Destiny Hill Farm, 1069 South Main Street, Washington, Pennsylvania.
Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. both today and …

U-Pick Lavender in Central Illinois
June 21, 2013 – 4:31 pm | Comments Off on U-Pick Lavender in Central Illinois
U-Pick Lavender in Central Illinois

Today through Monday (June 21 through 24, 2013) you can pick your own bundle of lavender at Sharp’s Crossing Lavender Farm, 1495 County Road 2300 North, Champaign, Illinois (map).
Hours are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. …

Iris, Peonies — and Roses — in Ontario
June 21, 2013 – 8:13 am | Comments Off on Iris, Peonies — and Roses — in Ontario
Iris, Peonies — and Roses — in Ontario

There’s only this weekend left, Road Trips Gardeners. If you’re anywhere near southwestern Ontario, head on over to celebrate iris and peonies at Laking Garden in the Royal Botanical Gardens, 680 Plains Road West, Burlington, …