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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Festival of Flowers Cruise on Cunard
April 14, 2017 – 8:46 am | Comments Off on Festival of Flowers Cruise on Cunard
Festival of Flowers Cruise on Cunard

Who says Road Trips Gardeners shouldn’t take cruises? Certainly not Cunard, which will stage its first-ever Festival of Flowers voyage this summer on the Queen Victoria. Promised are explorations of gardens and floral landscapes on …

International Garden Festival
October 8, 2014 – 8:56 am | Comments Off on International Garden Festival
International Garden Festival

The 10th International Garden Festival: Ponte de Lima runs through October 31, 2014, in far northwest Portugal.
It’s not a short display: it started May 30, 2014. This allows for seasonal changes in the garden designs …

Madeira Flower Festival
December 12, 2012 – 4:59 pm | Comments Off on Madeira Flower Festival
Madeira Flower Festival

The Madeira Flower Festival, set for May 9 through 15, 2013, celebrates the arrival of spring on this Portuguese island.
Floral displays and a flower parade in the city of Funchal are highlights of the annual …

Monte Palace Tropical Garden
May 20, 2011 – 12:19 am | Comments Off on Monte Palace Tropical Garden
Monte Palace Tropical Garden

Plants from all over the world are part of the collection of 100,000 species at Monte Palace Tropical Garden on the Portuguese island of Madeira. It not only includes azaleas, heather and a wide variety …

Roses of Quinta do Arco
May 14, 2011 – 12:08 am | Comments Off on Roses of Quinta do Arco
Roses of Quinta do Arco

Heading to Madeira, Road Trips for Gardeners? Don’t miss the the Roseiral da Quinta do Arco, in Arco de São Jorge on the north coast of the island.
In these gardens, you’ll find one of …

Madeira Flower Festival
January 28, 2011 – 12:03 am | One Comment
Madeira Flower Festival

The Madeira Flower Festival, one of the islands’ most colorful celebrations, is May 5-8, 2011, in Funchal on Portuguese Madeira.
This traditional festival includes exhibitions and musical performances,streets and buildings decorated with flowers, a flower parade, …

Jose Meixa and Ria Formosa, Too
January 21, 2011 – 7:49 pm | One Comment
Jose Meixa and Ria Formosa, Too

What about staying in a house with grounds designed by a noted landscape gardener? Road Trips Gardeners have the chance to do exactly that if they decide to venture to the Algarve in Portugal.
One of …

Permanent Botanicals
January 13, 2010 – 1:49 am | Comments Off on Permanent Botanicals
Permanent Botanicals

One way gardeners can keep plants in flower all year is by capturing them on canvas. Botanical and Flower Painting classes will be held this spring in two different Orient-Express Hotels: Reid’s Palace on the …