Flower Shows & Events Archive - Jan 2008

Lush greenery is not often associated with Washington, DC on a January weekend. But that is the first thing patrons of the 53rd Washington Antiques Show will experience before gazing at an even greater bounty, courtesy of the prestigious show's international collectors.

Alexandria-based landscape architect Anne Irving created a “garden path” at the entrance of the show, scheduled for Jan 11-13 at The Omni Shoreham Hotel Regency Ballroom, 2500 Calvert Street, NW in the District. It leads to another locally-influenced portion of the show: “Inspirations from the Garden,” a loan exhibition from 14 different historical homes, museums and private collections in the Washington area that focus on home and garden items...

To mark its first year anniversary celebration, FloraCulture will be offering fabulous offers of up to 20 to 50 per cent discount on its silk flowers and gift items.

The shop, located in Serusop, specialises in silk flower arrangements and gift products. The anniversary discount promotion will be available to all customers from January 5 to January 25...

The Ventura County Rose Society and the Gold Coast Heritage Rose Group will cosponsor the seventh annual “Pruning Old Garden Roses Demonstration” at 8:30 a.m. Sat., Jan. 12 at the Stagecoach Inn Museum Rose Garden, 51 S. Ventu Park Road, Newbury Park.

Jeri and Clay Jennings will demonstrate how to prune tea roses, noisettes and climbing roses. They are co-founders of the Gold Coast Heritage Rose Group and 2002 Outstanding Consulting Rosarians of the Pacific Southwest District of the American Rose Society...

One of the most prestigious flower and garden shows in all of New England, the “27th Annual Connecticut Flower & Garden Show” will be held Thursday, February 21 through Sunday, February 24, 2008 at the Connecticut Convention Center on 100 Columbus Ave. in Hartford, Conn.

The entire Connecticut Flower & Garden Show will be nearly three acres large! Highlights include:

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Some big events for 2008 are being carefully planned at the Chincoteague Community Center, where Sam Serio took over the reigns of control earlier in the fall.

long with the Shore's first bridal and prom expo, Serio said a Patsy Cline impersonator and a gigantic flower, garden and home show are in the works for 2008...

Eastbourne Herald

Mrs Janet Bailey demonstrated 'Christmas' showing ways of using various forms of greenery from our gardens with seasonal flowers to make a festive ring and how to be bold with colour.

Beautiful flowers and baubles all made for attractive arrangements.

At the end of the meeting a cup of tea and slice of Christmas cake was enjoyed by all.

Mrs Binnie Rodway gave the vote of thanks.

The next meeting will be on February 5 when Mrs J Lane will demonstrate Favourite Things.

Meetings are held at St John's Church Hall, Meads Road, at 2.30pm and visitors are always very welcome...

HINTS and tips on flower arranging will be presented at the Bahrain Garden Club's (BGC) weekly meeting at its clubhouse in Juffair today.

The talk on pot-et-fleur (flower arrangement in a container) will be presented by BGC member Mary Yateem.

Pot-et-fleur is one of the competition categories of the BGC's 43rd Annual Amateur Flower and Vegetable Show.

The show is one of the features of the Riffa Views Bahrain International Garden Show 2008, which will be held from February 22 to 24 at the Bahrain International Exhibition and Convention Centre...

Trees: Guelph's got lots of them, and somebody has to take care of them. That person is Randy Drewery, the supervisor of forestry and horticulture in the operations department.

It's Drewery's job to assess and maintain the health of all trees on municipal property. That includes trees in parks, between sidewalks and roads and - typically - the first 1.5 metres from the edge of the sidewalk towards the house...

Philly

Just a few weeks ago, Stephen Scanniello's garden was spotty with early spring roses - a dash of apricot here, coral there, all green and possibility in between.

Now it's June, the official start of the rose season, and his third of an acre in Barnegat, N.J., is frothy with blooms. They're spilling over trellises and dancing through trees, hugging his 18th-century ?weekend house? and nodding to cars on East Bay Avenue...

Plentiful garden and landscaping ideas will be blooming this weekend for the ׇDistinctive Gardens in Daniel Island Park? tour on Saturday, June 2, from 1 to 4 p.m. The event, organized by the Daniel Island Garden Club, will give visitors the opportunity to explore some of the island?s most private sanctuaries, showcasing eight spectacular gardens in Daniel Island Park, the island?s exclusive country club neighborhood...

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...

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...

Waronwant

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...

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...

Mainstreetnewspapers

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...

Swansons Nursery

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.