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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From Art to Landscape
April 3, 2013 – 7:50 am | Comments Off on From Art to Landscape
From Art to Landscape

If you’re anywhere near Wayne, Pennsylvania, this week, Road Trips Gardeners, consider a stop at the Radnor Memorial Library, 114 West Wayne Avenue, Wayne, Pennsylvania (map).
W. Gary Smith will talk about “From Art to Landscape” …

New for 2013 Gardens
February 10, 2013 – 8:56 am | Comments Off on New for 2013 Gardens
New for 2013 Gardens

One of the fun parts of gardening is trying out new varieties. W. Atlee Burpee has a whole field full of new plant seeds for the 2013 growing season.
Since its founding in 1876, Burpee …

Garden Shows
January 3, 2013 – 7:28 pm | Comments Off on Garden Shows
Garden Shows

Sometimes the only way a Road Trips Gardener can get through winter is by visiting a home and garden show. Scheduled mostly at the end of winter, these merchandising extravaganzas tempt us away from the …

Poinsettias and Holiday Lights
November 26, 2012 – 8:33 am | Comments Off on Poinsettias and Holiday Lights
Poinsettias and Holiday Lights

Holiday revelers can take time out to stop and smell the poinsettias at Phipps Conservatory & Botanical Gardens, One Schenley Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (map).
Well, maybe not — since poinsettias don’t exude perfume (the “blooms” are …

Ikebana and Bonsai Show
October 29, 2012 – 7:42 am | Comments Off on Ikebana and Bonsai Show
Ikebana and Bonsai Show

Both ikebana and bonsai are on display November 3 and 4, 2012, at Longwood Gardens, 1001 Longwood Road, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania (map).
Participating: Ikebana International Exhibit/Ameriseki Group of the N.A., View Stone Society/ Brandywine Bonsai Society …

Orchid Extravaganza
October 26, 2012 – 8:33 am | Comments Off on Orchid Extravaganza
Orchid Extravaganza

Escape winter’s chill by visiting an Orchid Extravaganza at Longwood Gardens, 1001 Longwood Road, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania (map).
From January 19 through March 24, 2013, Road Trips Gardeners can see thousands of colorful orchids draped on …

Chrysanthemum Festival
October 22, 2012 – 8:15 am | Comments Off on Chrysanthemum Festival
Chrysanthemum Festival

Chrysanthemums take center stage at Longwood Gardens, 1001 Longwood Road, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania (map) from October 27 through November 18, 2012.
During the festival, more than 200,000 chrysanthemums are arranged inside the four-acre indoor Conservatory. …

Philly Flower Show 2013
June 13, 2012 – 12:21 am | Comments Off on Philly Flower Show 2013
Philly Flower Show 2013

Some flower shows are so fabulous they have to be penciled into a Road Trips Gardener‘s calendar early.
The Philadelphia International Flower Show is one of those.
Next year’s show, which will focus on the British Isles, …

Gardens in Paradise
March 21, 2012 – 12:32 am | Comments Off on Gardens in Paradise
Gardens in Paradise

It doesn’t matter whether you’re in New York City, Philadelphia, Chicago, Minneapolis or San Francisco between March 25 and April 7, 2012, Road Trips Gardeners. You can visit a flower show at Macy’s in each …

Philadelphia International Flower Show
December 21, 2011 – 12:15 am | Comments Off on Philadelphia International Flower Show
Philadelphia International Flower Show

“Hawaii: Islands of Aloha” are the theme for the next Philadelphia International Flower Show, set for March 4 through 11, 2012, in the Pennsylvania Convention Center, 12th & Arch streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Guests will enter the …