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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Green Currency: Plants in the Economy
May 30, 2011 – 12:54 am | Comments Off on Green Currency: Plants in the Economy
Green Currency: Plants in the Economy

“Green Currency: Plants in the Economy” is the topic for an exhibition of original contemporary botanical artwork in the Arthur and Janet Ross Gallery at the New York Botanical Garden, 200th Street and Kazimiroff Boulevard, …

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 …

Azalea Garden Debuts at New York Botanical Garden
May 12, 2011 – 12:56 am | Comments Off on Azalea Garden Debuts at New York Botanical Garden
Azalea Garden Debuts at New York Botanical Garden

Like azaleas, Road Trips Gardeners? Drive on over to the New York Botanical Garden, 2900 Southern Boulevard, Bronx, New York, and check out the new Azalea Garden.
The second weekend of the grand opening is May …

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 …

Painting the Tulip Tree Flower
May 6, 2011 – 12:05 am | Comments Off on Painting the Tulip Tree Flower
Painting the Tulip Tree Flower

With its majestic stature and stunning yellow-and-orange blossoms, the tulip poplar has been designated both the signature tree and the 2011 Native Tree of the Year by Adkins Arboretum on Maryland’s Eastern Shore.
A two-day workshop …

Des Prairies à Narcisses au Vieux Montreux
May 2, 2011 – 12:58 am | Comments Off on Des Prairies à Narcisses au Vieux Montreux
Des Prairies à Narcisses au Vieux Montreux

In the village of Glion, Switzerland, fields of narcissus should be at their best on May 8, 2011.
A festival celebrating this delicately-scented white flower has been celebrated here since 1897 (that’s an historic poster …