Flower Shows & Events Archive - May 2007

Jamestown lily, native salvia, blackberry lily and bee balm are a few of the excellent plants you will find at area plant sales next weekend.

Atamasco lily - one of the first wildflowers colonists saw when they arrived at Jamestown Island - will be featured at the Virginia Living Museum's sale 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday and noon to 3 p.m. May 6; the event will be held the same hours May 12-13.

A Titan Arum, otherwise known as a Corpse Flower, is about to bloom at the Gustavus Adolphus College Biology Department's greenhouse.

The plant is expected to fully bloom sometime in early May, and when it does, it makes its presence via an aroma that has been compared to rotting meat...

The garden, created by The Children's Society, will be displayed from 22 May.

“Lust for Life is full of optimism as young people should be, but too many aren't,” said Pop...

From flowers to food, the best of the season is on display at the North Carolina estate.

This year's Festival of Flowers runs through May 20th. The best and brightest blooms are brought inside the Biltmore to transform the old stone rooms into springtime spaces...

Members of the Des Fleurs Garden Club are busy digging and potting up flowers in their gardens to sell at the annual Plant Sale and Auction next Thursday, May 10 at the Oxford Community Arts Center.

The Plant Sale will be held in the North Parlor of the center and will be open to the public at 8 a.m...

Dust off those wooden shoes and prune the flowers, it's Tulip Time.

The perennially popular community extravaganza kicks off Wednesday in Holland, and promises plenty of concerts, a carnival, beer, crafts, kids' activities, parades and outdoor fun.

The festival -- which has been held in Holland for more than 75 years -- also will include traditional fare, including Klompen (wooden shoe) dancers, Dutch foods and a quilt show, a town crier competition and the annual “cleaning of the streets.”.

It's Tulip Time, marking one of the largest flower festivals in the United States. Tiptoe through town Saturday-May 12. Other activities include music and variety performances, parades, trolley tours.

Have you found your basket and decided on the fresh flowers for the traditional May Day decoration on your door or gateway for Tuesday? Be sure to have the basket up for judging by 10 a.m.

Eastport will conduct its 11th annual May basket competition with ribbons awarded in three categories: residential, commercial and entries by children 12 or under, said Linda Larson...

A special springtime event at the Tyler Rose Garden is expected to be easy on the soul and the eyes, thanks in part to local rose growers.

Artists are invited to attend “Art in the Garden” from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday for individual painting sessions at the 14-acre garden.

Participants are asked to bring paint, canvas, an easel and a picnic lunch to this free event...

The Emporia Gardeners of America will have the 51st Annual Plant Sale from 7:30 to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Anderson Building on the Lyon County fairgrounds. Featured in the sale will be a variety of ornamental perennials, annuals, vegetable plants, hanging baskets, house plants and water garden plants. Home-cooked food also will be available...

Two fair events the 12th International Horticulture Fair and the 10th International Exhibition of Medicinal Herbs and Honey Products 'The Nature Gifts', will take place at Belgrade Fair on April 26 and 29, under the auspices of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry Engineering and Water Management of the Republic of Serbia, whereas the Belgrade Chamber of Commerce is Belgrade Fair Partner...

The Leonard J. Buck Garden operated by the Somerset County Park Commission at 11 Layton Road will host a sale from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Garden staff and members of the Watnong Chapter of the North American Rock Garden Society are co-sponsors and are offering lectures and guided tour.

Included in the sale are dwarf conifers and rock garden plants as well as perennials, wildflowers and herbs...

The semester is almost over but the flowers are in full bloom. The International Honor Society is running its annual spring plant sale to raise money for the Phi Beta Delta Scholarship.

The Delta Lambda chapter of Phi Beta Delta is in its second year running a two season plant sale. Sales help fund Phi Beta Delta events and scholarships...

Here is a little of what you can expect by attending Saturday's home tour organized by the Valley Oak Garden Club.

You can enjoy peach ice tea and tasty treats in the garden of the home owned by Dr. Vinod Gupta and Dr. Parmod Kumar. The designated starting point will have entertainment and drawings. It also includes Valley Oak trees, a gazebo and lush landscape...

You can find out striking Spring Rainbow Iris show at the Capitola Mall this weekend. Monterey Bay Iris Society members will display a rainbow of colors and types, including hybrids created by society members. Hybridized irises are blends of two different plants, the seeds of which are grown for three years to prove the plant. You can vote for your favorite, which enters you in a drawing to win a rhizome of one of the new introductions, worth about $40...

On April 28, the Garden Club of Granite City will have its sale at St. Elizabeth Church in Granite City and Mascoutah Garden Club's sale will be held at the Mascoutah Visitor Center on Main Street.

On May 5, three garden clubs will hold sales. Collinsville Garden Club's sale is at 303 N Morrison, Collinsville; Trenton Tumbleweeds at the City Park in Trenton; and St Clair Garden Club will be at Wild Birds Unlimited shop, Illinois Route 159 (N. Illinois St.) in Swansea...

Goldsmith Seeds is known in the world as one of the largest wholesale breeders of hybrid flower seed. Every spring, for the past 35 years, Goldsmith Seeds has held its annual Spring Trials.

During these trials, hundreds of new plants are introduced to the nursery/greenhouse industry and thousands are on display.

About 17 years ago, the Goldsmith family and the Gilroy Rotary came together and the annual flower sale was born. Since its inception, tens of thousands of dollars have been raised to help support local schools and nonprofits alike.

The types of plants you can choose from include pansy, petunia, geranium, begonia, impatiens, zinnia and many more. The beautiful colors, shapes and sizes of the numerous flowers on display, ready for purchase, are incredible...

Lovers of lantana, fans of forsythia, admirers of azaleas, take note: Forsyth County Master Gardeners will show off the lustrous flower gardens on May 12.

The gardeners also will demonstrate techniques for regular people to use in making gardens of their own. Another session is set for June 2.

Master Gardeners will be on hand to answer questions. At two of the gardens, Bookworm Garden and Southern Heritage Garden, Master Gardeners will demonstrate how to achieve artistic effects and most importantly, how to keep plants alive. On June 2, Master Gardeners also will be at Liberty Garden...

The Puget Sound Gesneriad Society and the Seattle African Violet Society Annual Show and Plant Sale, noon to 4:30 PM Saturday only, at the Center for Urban Horticulture. Info, 206-328-0072.

FlorAbundance, the region's largest plant sale. 10 AM to 5 PM Saturday, 10 to 3 on Sunday, at Warren G. Magnuson Park...

A horticultural expert will be the guest speaker at an event jointly organised by Christian group Empower for Life, Halifax Street Angels and Halifax in Bloom next month.

Clive Addison, chair of Wales in Bloom and a judge for both Britain in Bloom and the European Entente Florale, will answer questions about gardening and share his life story, including how God has helped him...

The Annual Great Spring Horticultural Show, organized by the Malta Horticultural Society at the historical gardens of San Anton, Attard, is awaited with strong enthusiasm by all those who love flower arranging, pot plants and crafts. This exhibition also offers exhibits of fruit and vegetables grown locally, thus giving an insight in local horticulture...

Baku Mayor's Office will organize a flower festival on the then President Heydar Aliyev's birthday on May 10, Mayor's Office department head for work with public and political organizations Zaur Ramazanov told the APA.

Capital residents and guests of our country are intended to attend the event. Flower compositions of different schools, amateur groups, NGOs and companies appealed to the city administration for demonstration in the flower festival...

The endless struggle for survival in nature inevitably boils down to finding food and eluding predators. To avoid the latter, many plants produce chemical weapons to discourage predators. A sound strategy overall, but the rules of co-evolutionary war suggest that an herbivore will evolve resistance to the toxic defenses of plants...

WINCHESTER'S well-established flower design society will celebrate its 55th anniversary next month with an “Open Evening Extravaganza”.

Winchester Floral Design Society, which is the second oldest of its kind in the country, will open its doors to the public on Thursday, May 10 for an evening of poetry and floral design.

The group, which arranges flowers at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital and for various charities, hopes to raise money for Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance through the evening, which will be held at the United Church Centre in Jewry Street...

The event, part of the Da Lat Flower Festival 2007, will include an exhibition called Vespa's Inspiration along the banks of Xuan Huong Lake and a parade of Vespa decorated with flowers on the main streets of Da Lat.

Organisers said the festival offers members of the Vespa Clubs across the country an opportunity to meet and share their passion for various models of Vespas, especially antique models...

The Master Gardeners of Middlesex County will conduct their annual plant sale as part of Cook College's Ag Field Day on Saturday, April 28. The sale takes place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the Rutgers University Cook College campus in New Brunswick. Look for the Master Gardeners shop near the Marine Science Building...

Dale Bachman is the fourth generation of Bachmans at the helm of this family business, which has grown since its founding in 1885 (the same year St. Thomas was founded) to become one of the largest traditional floral and nursery operations in the world...

The Yucaipa Iris Festival's popular Garden Tours will take place on Saturday, May 5, and Sunday, May 6, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days.

Six unique gardens will be on view during the Garden Tour. A map of the venues will be printed in the May 3 edition of the News Mirror...

The Parker County Master Gardeners will hold their Annual Plant Sale from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 21, at the Parker County Agricultural Services Center building, 604 N. Main in Weatherford. This year the sale will be held entirely outside, in the parking lot and on the lawn of the building, and will be held rain or shine. Those who wish to buy in quantity are asked to bring their own wagons to shop with...

The Monterey Bay Chapter of the American Rhododendron Society will take place April 28 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Lumbermens Garden Center, 235 River St., Santa Cruz. Featured will be Maddenii Series rhododendrons, which come from the monsoon rainforest of the Himalayan Mountains, Thailand and Vietnam, among others. Visitors will judge and the contest is open. Simply bring a branch with flowers atop it to the garden center between 8-10 a.m...

Everyone is invited to the 95th annual Redlands Horticultural and Improvement Society Award Winning Flower Show, Garden Tour and Sale of Uncommon Plants on Saturday and Sunday, April 28 and 29.

Garden Harmony is the theme for the show, which will be held in the glass-enclosed ESRI Cafe facility overlooking the wooded campus at 380 New York Street in Redlands...

The 18th annual Flower Show begins Saturday, following the Friday night opening gala.

Weather this weekend is predicted to be beautiful, but a little rain or snow does not stop gardeners from gathering. They just put on slickers and bright clogs...

Final plans are underway for Fallbrook Garden Club's 76th annual standard flower show, Rainbow of Color, scheduled for April 28 and 29 at the Fallbrook Community Center. The show will be open to the public Saturday from 2 to 6 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m...

The Inland Region Iris Society is offering flower lovers a tour this month of iris gardens from Jurupa to Banning.

The April 21 Iris Trek will depart from Ontario and travel to places like the Jurupa Mountains Cultural Center, where participants can view beds of iris varieties including Daughter of Stars, Bowled Over and Before the Storm...

The Cumberland County Master Gardeners' fifth annual Spring Garden and Flower Show is to be held April 27-29. This show offers the home gardener unique ways to solve problems, develop knowledge and instructions for new and exciting projects for personal gardens and understand the wonderful and unique relationship between aesthetic beauty and the Plateau topography in a garden that is workable...

Birstall's Oakwell Country Park is inviting visitors to enjoy a free event on Sunday from 2pm to 4pm. Spring Flowers is led by head ranger Richard Aspinall and is a stroll around the nature trail taking in early wildflowers and blossoming plants...

A sure sign of spring is the Ontario Garden Show at the Royal Botanical Gardens, promising great ideas, inspiration, experts and advice as well as eye-catching displays, feature gardens and a breathtaking array of floral arrangements...

A steady stream of visitors enjoyed looking round the church and the flower arrangements, many staying for tea and cakes.

Sales of cakes and preserves, plus refreshments and donations helped raise just under ?400 for church funds.

The churches at Leire and Ashby Parva were also open during the weekend...

THE unique combination of floral art and music make up the content of the next production to feature at Harare's Reps Theatre.

Dubbed That's Entertainment, the show features music from a number of popular stage and screen musicals and the interpretation of those songs in floral displays created on stage during the performance....

THE ANNUAL ART IN BLOOM event at the MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, April 21 through 24, features floral arrangements by 66 New England garden clubs and several professional fl oral designers. Family Day is April 21, with the gala opening celebration that evening...

The Redlands Horticultural and Improvement Society's garden tour April 28 and 29 will include floral designs paired with floral paintings at the Redlands Art Association Gallery.

The Redlands Horticultural and Improvement Society has again joined forces with the Redlands Art Association to showcase the talents of local commercial florists and artists during the 95th annual Flower Show and Garden Tour which will be held Saturday and Sunday, April 28 and 29...

The Skagit Valley Tulip Festival runs until April 30, so it's time to head stateside. Think tiptoeing through the tulips is just for senior citizens? Walking through rows of brilliantly coloured blooms is guaranteed to shake off the winter blahs, and the festival has plenty of other attractions to entertain young urbanites. Besides, it's located just south of Burlington Prime Outlets mall...

Dionysus, the ancient Greek god of wine and agriculture, is to be honoured in Larnaca in the annual celebration of Anthestiria.

The May 1st festival, which takes its name from the Greek word for flower, sees the streets flooded with floats of floral arrangements.

Welcoming spring, the flowers symbolise the rebirth that man and nature experience as plants sprout and blossom and animals have their offspring in the spring season of renewal...

Visitors to the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts this Friday through Sunday will get to see art viewed through a different set of eyes - a gardener'.

Art in Bloom gives area garden club members an opportunity to create a floral interpretation of a work of art at the museum.

The event, in its fifth year, has drawn the most participation yet with 23 floral works being created to interpret paintings, sculptures and decorative art, said Bunny Waltersdorf, one of the event's organizers and president of the Hagerstown Garden Club...

The Greenwood Garden Club will host a flower show themed “A Spring Revival: A Salute to the Gulf Coast” Thursday at the State Garden Club Headquarters on Market Street.

The show is from 1-6 p.m. and is free and open to the public.

SCOTS flower arrangers are taking on the world's best at the most prestigious show in the world.

Busby Flower Club is the only West of Scotland club entering the Chelsea Flower Show.

And Chairwoman Paula Marini, 42, is hoping it will beat the competition on May 22. But she said it was the cost of entering which put more Scottish clubs off taking part...

The Daffodil Show is a juried cut flower show that offers the opportunity to daffodil gardeners in the western Pennsylvania area to showcase their best daffodils. Members as well as non-members are welcome to enter. The judges are accredited by the American Daffodil Society and ribbons are awarded to the exhibits that meet specific criteria...

New York Macy's, the biggest department store in the world, is better known for its brand-named clothing, lavish leather bags, and an extensive range of cosmetics. But every year from April 1 to April 15 it transforms into a breathtaking array of exotic blossoms, dazzling colors, and unparalleled floral designs...

Natural Lawn Care: Gretchen Taylor explains the advantages and benefits of natural lawn care and the ease with which it can be accomplished.

Sunday April 15, 1 p.m. -- Fertilizers 101: Decipher the mysteries of fertilization and how to determine which fertilizer is best for your garden and when best to apply it...

Welcome to winter-weary eyes as the sight of the first robin is the annual indoor Easter display at Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square. A visual delight, the spectacular floral display can be seen from until Friday, April 13 in the Main Conservatory...

It is not surprising that interest is growing in the 77th annual Garden Club Federation of Pennsylvania convention. Host members of Western Pennsylvania's districts 9 and 10 of the statewide organization have planted the seed for an educational and entertaining four-day event...

Temecula Valley Garden Club invites everyone to its meeting on Tuesday, April 10, at the Temecula Valley Public Library, 30600 Pauba Road, Temecula.

They meet in the community room at 9:30 a.m. for coffee and treats before their program begins.

Gardeners can mark their calendars and join members for a fun morning as Susan Puma, the Flower Show Chairman will be demonstrating how easy it is to enter flowers and favorite plants in the Annual Flower Show...

Just in time for Easter, the Hawaiian Anthurium Society presents its 27th annual anthurium plant show and sale 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. today and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. tomorrow at Ward Warehouse.

View the prize anthuriums on display and take in the educational workshops on plant horticulture that begin 10 a.m.

The show's sellers will offer floral arrangements, ti leaf and haku leis, corsages and plants, all of which make fine gifts for an Easter brunch host...

Every spring since 1965 Goldsmith Seeds holds its annual Spring Trials. During these trials, hundreds of new plants are introduced to the nursery/greenhouse industry and thousands are on display. In the early days, a few employees and friends would bring home a carload of flowering plants after the event was finished. However, as the trials grew, so did the number of plants. About 20 years ago, Glenn and Joel Goldsmith and the Gilroy Rotary formed the annual sale to support service providers, schools and nonprofits.

This year the Flower Sale will be held Saturday April 28, from 8am to 1pm. Goldsmith Seeds is located at 2280 Hecker Pass Highway (Highway 152 West) in Gilroy...

What better place to prepare for spring than the Ontario Garden Show? The largest and most anticipated gardening show is back to the RBG Centre, Royal Botanical Gardens, Burlington Ontario for its 11th year...

After the success of attending The RHS Chelsea Flower Show last year, Garden Totems will be returning this year. They will be on Stand number RM/33 from May 22nd to the 26th...

Springtime festivals celebrating nature are abundant throughout all of Michigan. Most famous is the Tulip Festival in Holland, Michigan. The one-week event, from May 5-12 celebrates Dutch heritage with unique presentations of dance, theater and art. There are Trolly Tours and parades highlighting the festival's main attraction, the millions of tulips that are grown from across the world.

Another tribute to the rebirth of springtime is the Blossomtime Festival, taking place April 29 to May 6 in the St. Joseph/Benton Harbor area...

Landscape Design Schools, Course 3-Series 11, will take place May 8-10 at Kingwood Garden Center, 910 Park Ave. West.

This course is sponsored by Garden Club of Ohio, Inc. and is conducted by the Ohio Council of Accredited Landscape Design consultants...

The International Oleander Society will sponsor its annual Oleander and Gardening Festival April 21-22 at the Moody Gardens Visitors Center.

Galveston has been known for its oleanders since before the Civil War, and the annual festival celebrates the history, beauty and cultivation of the ubiquitous bloomer...

The Daily News has everything you need to know about Macy's 33rd Annual Flower Show, which bursts into bloom throughout the Herald Square store during the first two weeks of April...

Spring weather is teasingly close, which means one thing for flower lovers -- it is tulip season.

Few locations in the Bay Area offer a more dazzling show every spring than Mountain View Cemetery, where 30,000 tulips are blooming.

The Tulip Extravaganza will also serve to kick off the second annual Piedmont Avenue Tulip and Art Festival, a monthlong event featuring weekend festivities and activities. The Tulip Extravaganza will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today at the cemetery's Tower Chapel, 5000 Piedmont Ave...

The 2007 Gardening Forum will run from 8:45 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 28, at the Warren County Career Center. Check-in or at-the-door registration begin at 8 a.m.

Gardening sessions will be running throughout the day and participants may take as many sessions as they want. Presenters are local experts in the field of landscape/horticulture.

Subjects of the sessions include roses, landscape makeover, building soils for better planting, shade loving plants, colorful and diverse annuals, trees and tree care, sedum and sempervivum. A special workshop on fresh flower arranging is $5 additional...

Volunteers can participate in "Garden Day" at 9 a.m. April 7 by helping to plant the next crop at New Beginnings Center at 1399 N. Hamilton Parkway.

Participants will set out vegetables and herbs in the organic garden, which supplies produce for meals at the 80-bed center and other Homeward Bound facilities. The garden produces more than 400 pounds of produce per year, with any surplus donated to the Marin Community Food Bank...

Native Florida wildflowers will be featured during the International Flower Festival at Epcot in Orlando April 5 through June 3.

The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, in partnership with the Florida Wildflower Seed and Plant Growers Association, is hosting the pavilion that will showcase native wildflowers that are seen throughout Florida along roadsides and in meadows, natural areas and other non-cultivated sites...

Inspired by a festival in Germany, the 3-month International Floral Show and Exposition to be held in Green Cove Springs beginning next Saturday is expected to attract landscape architects and horticulturists from around the world...

The Morgan County Master Gardener Association is planning a bus trip to the Cincinnati Flower Show. The bus will leave from the Marsh parking lot on Bridge Street in Mooresville at 7 a.m. and return by 10 p.m. April 23...

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Mothers in Colombia growing flowers for sale in British supermarkets for Mothers Day face poverty wages, health problems such as repetitive strain injuries and risk miscarriages through exposure to pesticides. The charity War on Want today revealed these findings in new research that calls on trade secretary Alistair Darling to allow overseas workers hit by UK firms to seek redress in Britain.

Cites show similar poverty wages and unhealthy conditions for Kenyan flower employees. These workers, also mostly single mothers, toil long hours for little more than ?5 a week well under half a living wage and cannot meet costs for food, housing, transport, education and health...

The Cincinnati Horticultural Society, the show's producer, will continue the tradition of bringing in national speakers to discuss gardening and cooking. The price to all lectures includes show admission.

The Cincinnati Flower Show, staged annually on the banks of Lake Como at Coney Island, will be held April 21-29...

Robert Vincent Sims, better known as ?The Garden Rebel,? joins a roster of horticulture experts who will dole out tips on how to keep landscapes and lawns green.

But this year's show, which is sponsored by The News-Journal, is placing an added emphasis on keeping the environment green, too, organizers said.

Green, red, blue -- nearly every color imaginable -- will be on display at Everybody's Flower Show, a horticulture competition that draws hundreds of entries from amateur gardeners from throughout the area...

Georgians soon will benefit from two new horticultural and recreational experiences as the Atlanta Botanical Garden expands to Hall County and a large private garden in Cobb goes public.

When the two properties the Smithgall Woodland Garden in Gainesville and the Smith-Gilbert Arboretum in Kennesaw open within two years, they will expand the state's dwindling green space by about 200 acres while furthering research into the Southeast's vanishing native plants. At the same time, they will provide two new major woodland gardens and possibly a tourist destination all on land once threatened by development...

Trade Arabia

More than 200 exhibitors from 22 countries will take part in a horticulture show sheduled to be held in Dubai next month.

The IPM Dubai is being organised by planetfair Dubai and Messe Essen GmbH, Germany, under the patronage of the president of the Department of Civil Aviation, Dubai and chairman of the Emirates Group Shaikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum.

Running from March 6 to 8, at Airport Expo Dubai, IPM Dubai is billed as the Middle East's only event for the fast-growing horticulture industry...

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Virginia Cooperative Extension is encouraging Virginians to plant red, white and blue America's Anniversary Gardens as part of the statewide commemoration of the first permanent English settlement at Jamestown in 1607 and enter the 2007 statewide America's Anniversary Garden contest...

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Join Megumi Schacher of the Sogetsu School of Ikebana for an ongoing class. She will walk you through some of the basic techniques: teaching ways to turn flowers and plants from your garden into beautiful arrangements for the home. This is a hands-on class, the arrangements you create can be taken home and enjoyed. $25 per class...

Italy is big on flower festivals

Italy is big on flower festivals. One of the most famous is the Infiorata in Noto, a baroque town in Sicily: on the third Sunday in May, a mosaic of petals and seeds covers one of the main streets like a giant, stained-glass window.