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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Ernest Clayton Wildflower Images
June 10, 2015 – 8:54 am | Comments Off on Ernest Clayton Wildflower Images
Ernest Clayton Wildflower Images

Hey, Road Trips Gardeners: if you’r wandering California this summer, consider a stop at the San Francisco Botanical Garden in Golden Gate Park for an exhibit of botanical prints from the mid-20th Century.
Thirty wildflower images …

Iris Show
May 25, 2015 – 8:31 am | Comments Off on Iris Show
Iris Show

An Iris Show takes place this weekend at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, 1000 East Beltline Ave NE, Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Hours are 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday (May 30, 2015) and 11 a.m. to …

Lilac Time in Lombard
May 6, 2015 – 8:53 am | Comments Off on Lilac Time in Lombard
Lilac Time in Lombard

Lilac Time in Lombard, Illinois, is on now (official dates are May 2 through 17, 2015) in Lilacia Park, 150 South Park Avenue, Lombard, Illinois. Hours are dawn to dusk.
Like many famous gardens, Lilacia is …

Lilacs in Taos
April 29, 2015 – 8:34 am | Comments Off on Lilacs in Taos
Lilacs in Taos

It’s the third year for the Lilac Festival in Taos, New Mexico. This year’s edition is May 15, 16 and 17, 2015, with the purple flowers expected to be blooming in profusion against the town’s …

Montreux Narcissus Festival
April 27, 2015 – 8:40 am | Comments Off on Montreux Narcissus Festival
Montreux Narcissus Festival

Every spring, fields of wild narcissus bloom and transform the meadows above Montreux and Vevey, Switzerland, into what locals call Neige de Mai, the “May snow.”
Between 1897 and 1957, the white blossoms were celebrated with …

Daylily Art & Garden Festival
April 20, 2015 – 8:39 am | Comments Off on Daylily Art & Garden Festival
Daylily Art & Garden Festival

If you’re wandering southeast Alabama in mid-May, Road Trips Gardeners, consider a stop at the Daylily Art & Garden Festival.
It’s set for the third Saturday in May — that’s May 16, 2015, this year — …

Orleans Dogwood Festival
April 17, 2015 – 8:59 am | Comments Off on Orleans Dogwood Festival
Orleans Dogwood Festival

The 47th Dogwood Festival is set for April 29 through May 2, 2015, in Orleans, Indiana.
Sponsored by the Orleans Chamber of Commerce, it’s centered on Historic Congress Square downtown, but the dogwood will be flowering …

“The Education of a Gardener”
April 3, 2015 – 8:22 am | Comments Off on “The Education of a Gardener”
“The Education of a Gardener”

The life and work of Russell Page (pictured) is on view at the Garden Museum, Lambeth Palace Road, London, England, through June 21, 2015.
Russell Page (1906-1985) is considered one of the greatest garden designers of …

Temps de Flors in Girona
April 1, 2015 – 8:36 am | Comments Off on Temps de Flors in Girona
Temps de Flors in Girona

“Temps de Flors” is set for May 9 through 17, 2015, in the Barri Vell neighborhood of Girona, Catalonia, Spain.
The annual floral exhibition converts monuments, courtyards and other urban locations into ornamental gardens and flower …

Spring Plant Sale
March 30, 2015 – 8:12 am | Comments Off on Spring Plant Sale
Spring Plant Sale

The Spring Plant Sale at the Rotary Botanical Gardens, 1455 Palmer Drive, Janesville, Wisconsin, will be held May 9 and 10, 2015. Hour are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days.
The gardens are open to …