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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Spring Wildflower Symposium
March 7, 2012 – 12:03 am | Comments Off on Spring Wildflower Symposium
Spring Wildflower Symposium

As every Road Trips Gardener knows, in the early spring — before the trees are full — the hillsides are warmed by the sun and the wildflowers are in full bloom.
A Spring Wildflower Symposium …

Biltmore Festival of Flowers
February 27, 2012 – 12:24 am | Comments Off on Biltmore Festival of Flowers
Biltmore Festival of Flowers

The extensive gardens at the Biltmore House, One Lodge Street, Asheville, North Carolina, come alive with color as tulips, azaleas and other flowers burst into bloom this spring.
Food and wine, music, seminars and other special …

Cherry Blossom Time in Traverse City
February 22, 2012 – 12:58 am | Comments Off on Cherry Blossom Time in Traverse City
Cherry Blossom Time in Traverse City

Special to Road Trips for Gardeners
By Michael A. Norton
Traverse City Convention & Visitors Bureau
The annual blossoming of the cherry trees each May in Traverse City, Michigan, is one of America’s most impressive floral displays. …

Tulip Mania
January 25, 2012 – 12:45 am | Comments Off on Tulip Mania
Tulip Mania

A glimpse of the tulip craze in 17th century Holland comes to the Domes of the Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory, 524 South Layton Boulevard, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (map), March 31 through May 28, 2012.
A variety of …

Floriade
November 14, 2011 – 12:06 am | Comments Off on Floriade
Floriade

Make plans now, Road Trips Gardeners, to head to Europe for the World Horticultural Expo.
The Floriade World Horticultural Exposition has been held in the Netherlands roughly every 10 years since 1960, and the next one …