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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Tulip Time in Holland, Michigan
April 19, 2017 – 8:20 am | Comments Off on Tulip Time in Holland, Michigan
Tulip Time in Holland, Michigan

Tulip Time in Holland, Michigan, is probably the best-known of tulip festivals in the United States. For this, the 48th year, nearly five million tulips are planted and ready to burst forth in bloom in …

Ai Weiwei at Meijer Gardens in Michigan
January 23, 2017 – 8:09 am | Comments Off on Ai Weiwei at Meijer Gardens in Michigan
Ai Weiwei at Meijer Gardens in Michigan

“Ai Weiwei at Meijer Gardens: Natural State” is an exhibition featuring work by Chinese-born artist and activist Ai Weiwei.
Opening Friday (January 27, 2017), this is his first show in the upper Midwest as well as …

Detroit Flower Week
October 5, 2016 – 8:33 am | Comments Off on Detroit Flower Week
Detroit Flower Week

Detroit Flower Week is a conference set for October 11 through 15, 2016, that will bring floral designers and flower farmers to the Motor City for a week of presentations, workshops, and a botanical marketplace …

Learn Botanical Drawing in Michigan
October 26, 2015 – 8:56 am | Comments Off on Learn Botanical Drawing in Michigan
Learn Botanical Drawing in Michigan

Have you ever wanted to try your hand at drawing flowers, Road Trips Gardeners? If you’ll be wandering western Michigan next month, consider scheduling time for “Beginning Botanical Drawing”.
The workshop conducted by Don Harris is …

Chrysanthemums and More in Michigan
October 16, 2015 – 8:52 am | Comments Off on Chrysanthemums and More in Michigan
Chrysanthemums and More in Michigan

Explore autumn through a parade of color and culture at Chrysanthemums and More, now on exhibit at the Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, 1000 East Beltline N.E., Grand Rapids, Michigan.
The annual array of mums …

National Get Outdoors Day
June 1, 2015 – 8:36 am | Comments Off on National Get Outdoors Day
National Get Outdoors Day

Your Road Trips Gardener had no idea there was a National Get Outdoors Day. Fortunately, the folks at Cranbrook House and Gardens, 380 Lone Pine Road, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, know all about it.
In fact they …

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 …

Tulip Time
April 13, 2015 – 8:14 am | Comments Off on Tulip Time
Tulip Time

There’s nothing that says springtime more than a tulip festival, and there are at least a dozen from which to choose, Road Trips Gardeners. April and May are the best times to see the flowers …

Tulip Festivals Herald Spring
April 20, 2014 – 3:27 pm | Comments Off on Tulip Festivals Herald Spring
Tulip Festivals Herald Spring

There’s nothing that says springtime more than a tulip festival, and there are at least a dozen in North America from which to choose.
May is a great time to see the flowers in full bloom.
The …

Mackinac Island Lilac Festival
May 20, 2013 – 8:03 am | Comments Off on Mackinac Island Lilac Festival
Mackinac Island Lilac Festival

Probably the latest lilac festival on the calendar is the Mackinac Island Lilac Festival. It’s set for June 7 through 16, 2013, in northern Michigan (map).
According to local lore, celebrating Mackinac’s lilac collection began in …