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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Season of Blossoms
April 16, 2014 – 8:33 am | Comments Off on Season of Blossoms
Season of Blossoms

Road Trips Gardeners have two months to check out what’s blooming in Door County, Wisconsin. Now through June 8, 2014, it’s the Season of Blossoms — the time of year when the landscape comes alive …

Virginia’s Historic Garden Week
April 14, 2014 – 8:42 am | Comments Off on Virginia’s Historic Garden Week
Virginia’s Historic Garden Week

Each spring, Road Trips Gardeners are invited into Virginia’s hidden landscapes during Historic Garden Week. This year’s dates are April 26 through May 3, 2014.
Historic Garden Week began in 1927, when a flower show organized …

Belle Plaine’s “Hidden Arboretum”
April 11, 2014 – 8:04 am | Comments Off on Belle Plaine’s “Hidden Arboretum”
Belle Plaine’s “Hidden Arboretum”

The Bartlett Arboretum in Belle Plaine, Kansas, is an unusual facility. Located 20 miles south of Wichita, it is home to massive cypress, oaks and champion Japanese maples planted over the last 100 years by …

The Points East Tulip Festival
April 9, 2014 – 8:21 am | Comments Off on The Points East Tulip Festival
The Points East Tulip Festival

There’s nothing quite like a tulip festival where a Road Trips Gardener can pick the flowers.
That’s the promise of the Points East Coastal Drive’s You-Pick Tulip Fields from May 9 through 31, 2014.
Head …

Orchard in Bloom
April 7, 2014 – 8:19 am | Comments Off on Orchard in Bloom
Orchard in Bloom

If you’re wandering the Midwest the first weekend in May, Road Trips Gardeners, consider a detour through central Indiana, for Orchard in Bloom.
The garden show, now in its 25th year, will take place May 2 …

Poppies in Antelope Valley
April 2, 2014 – 8:37 am | Comments Off on Poppies in Antelope Valley
Poppies in Antelope Valley

The poppy season is expected to peak in mid-April this year at Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve State Natural Reserve, located 15 miles west of Lancaster, California, at 15101 Lancaster Road.
The reserve …

Keukenhof — Now!
March 31, 2014 – 8:13 am | Comments Off on Keukenhof — Now!
Keukenhof — Now!

If there’s one bucket list destination for Road Trips Gardeners, it’s got to be Keukenhof. This springtime extravaganza in Lisse, the Netherlands, has to be seen to be believed.
Although it opened last week (March 20, …

Santa Fe Botanical Garden
March 17, 2014 – 8:55 am | Comments Off on Santa Fe Botanical Garden
Santa Fe Botanical Garden

Spring is Santa Fe’s “undiscovered season”, Road Trips Gardeners, so it’s an ideal time to visit before the summer rush.
At the Santa Fe Botanical Garden, 715 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, New Mexico, visitors find various …

Orchid Paintings by Florence Woolward
March 10, 2014 – 8:09 am | Comments Off on Orchid Paintings by Florence Woolward
Orchid Paintings by Florence Woolward

“Thesaurus Woolwardiae: Orchid Paintings by Florence Woolward” opens April 11, 2014, in the Church Exhibition Gallery of Lyman Plant House at the Botanic Garden of Smith College, 16 College Lane, Northhampton, Massachusetts.
British botanical illustrator and …

National Garden Clubs Convention
January 8, 2014 – 8:23 am | Comments Off on National Garden Clubs Convention
National Garden Clubs Convention

The 2014 convention of the National Garden Clubs is set for April 30 through May 3, 2014, in Embassy Suites Norman Hotel & Convention Center, 2501 Conference Drive, Norman, Oklahoma.
Theme for the 85th annual confab …