Flower Shows & Events Archive - Apr 2008

Pittsburgh Event

The Daffodil Show is a juried cut flower show that offers the opportunity to daffodil gardeners in the western Pennsylvania area, United States 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.

The Daily Echo

A PUBLIC garden in Over-ton, Hampshire is set to burst into life in the next few months after a Chelsea Flower Show award-winner donated plants as well as expertise.

abc11tv.com

The beginning of spring has an obvious appeal to gardeners, but in a handful of cities around the United States there's an extra bonus--the Annual Flower Show at Macy's.

North County Times

The Poway Valley Garden Club, California seeking exhibitors for its 30th annual Standard Flower Show.The show is set for 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 19 at Old Poway Park, 14134 Midland Road. There is no charge to participate.

Hindu

Floriculture Association Nepal (FAN) is going to organize a five-day long grand flower exhibition in capital Kathmandu on April 2-6.

Chennai Online

The 112th flower show, the major attraction for tourists in Udhagamandalam, India during the summer season, would be held from May 17.

idahostatesman

Step into spring with the 12th annual U.S. Bank Boise Flower & Garden Show on Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the Centre on The Grove.

North Myrtle Beach

Homeowners and garden enthusiasts will have a field day at the 6th Annual Brunswick Islands Home & Garden Show, March 29 and 30 at West Brunswick High School (550 Whiteville Rd. NW in Shallotte).

Highland Community

For more than 95 years, gardening enthusiasts of all ages have come from thoughout Southern California to enjoy and be inspired by the Redlands Horticultural and Improvement Society Annual Flower Show and Garden Tour.

China Daily

The annual Nanhui Peach Blossom Festival began Monday in Shanghai, though the best of the season's peach blossoms are not expected for several days. The festival is expected to last to April 13.

Xinhua

A flower exhibition, preparing the way for the 2010 World Expo, opens at the Shanghai Botanic Garden this weekend. Flowers of numerous species will bloom over an area covering 300-thousand square meters. Staff are hard at work, making final arrangements.

Seattle news

Here are some lessons for gardeners gleaned from the recent Northwest Flower & Garden Show:

Devon 24

OTTERTON Garden Club is celebrating holding its most successful spring show ever - with hundreds of entries.

xinhuanet

An international flower show with the theme of Olympics has attracted over half a million visitors in the Olympic co-host city of Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government said Tuesday.

Manningham Leader

TAKING the indoors outdoors is the idea Templestowe garden designer Christian Jenkins is growing for his display at this year's Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show.

SFGate

The garden show is a good place to look for innovative tools and techniques, spot trends and get a sense of what to look for in retail nurseries over the next couple of years.

Daily Times

More than a 100 people thronged the Defence Recreational Park where the annual Flower Competition and Spring Flower Festival ended on Tuesday with a prize distribution ceremony.

Lakeville

The Landscape Design Council of Massachusetts presented three awards at the Massachusetts Horticultural Society's 2008 New England Spring Flower Show, including one to a Lakeville firm.

Red Bluff Daily News

Gardeners have developed flower shows to share knowledge and exhibit skill of growing an outstanding horticultural specimen.

CCTV International

The Beijing Olympics and Chinese culture are the theme of this years international flower show in the Netherlands. Traditional oriental flower beds and installations are this year's highlights.

Dallas-Fort Worth News

Flower Mound and its chamber of commerce canceled a joint festival planned for May after failing to raise $50,000 in sponsorships, chamber officials said.

Thisisdorse

GARDENERS in Beaminster got to show off their early blooms when the town's horticultural society staged its annual spring show.

The Weston Mercury

AN ARRAY of colourful flowers were on display at the 34th Spring Flower Show in Bleadon on Saturday.

Idaho Statesman

It has been a long, cold, dreary winter. Are you ready for flowering pink, red, purple and gold blossoms, a carpet of green, a fortress of rustling, leafy trees - and everything and everyone under the sun to make the garden of your dreams possible?

BNorth County Times

Santa 's village, snow-sledding and a hillside of spring flowers may seem like an odd combination, but that's what families will find when the visit Kid's Day at The Flower Fields next weekend.

Times-Standard Online

The River Lodge was blanketed in shades of yellow, orange and white and the air filled with nature's sugary perfume this Easter weekend as the Fortuna Garden Club hosted its 33rd annual Daffodil Show.

610 CKTB

If children grow fruits and vegetables the reward is in eating the results of their labours. For example growing Sweet Million or Sungold tomatoes will allow them to pick and eat their sweet tender fruit. This experience will be embedding in their minds, a memory that will last lifetime.

Wicked Local Blog

Spring can't come too soon for members of the Thursday Garden Club who are giving the season a jump start with a program that features flowers, fashion, food and fun.

Daily Times

The annual flower festival has been initiated by the DHA residents who have well-maintained lawns inside and outside their homes. The festival is a forerunner of the arrival of spring.

TCPalm

The biggest Florida garden festival is Epcot's 15th annual International Flower & Garden Festival, under way at 1200 Epcot Resort Blvd., Lake Buena Vista, through June 1. This year's theme is "Fun in the Sun," and features everything from tips for water-wise gardens to hands-on events.

Red Bluff Daily News

All amateur gardeners, designers and youth are welcome to enter Red Bluff Garden Club's 47th Annual Standard Flower Show from noon to 4 p.m., Tuesday. Admission is free and there is no charge for entering.

The Scene in Downtown Los Angeles

It took about two years for this piece of art to bloom. Now that it has, the blanket of green, purple, pink and gold that dances with the breeze will only live for a few more weeks.

Wicked Local

The Blossoms at Beebe Library flower show is only part of the weekend?s excitement. The two-day celebration includes a gala 21+ fundraiser on Saturday evening and an all-ages family day program of events on Sunday afternoon.

Burleson-Crowley Connection

A winter storm of ice and snow days before the fifth annual Johnson County Master Gardener Association Lawn and Garden Show may have put organizers and vendors into a frenzy, but the show on March 8 ? and its clear weather ? came off without a hitch.

Lloyd's of London

Typically associated with sunshine, daffodils and the start of British spring, Easter this year is set for wintry weather conditions of hail, sleet and snow.

Examiner

Macy's 62nd annual Flower Show"A Mosaic of Spain" is officially under way at the Union Square store at Stockton and O'Farrell streets. The Spanish-themed show, which continues through March 29, boasts food and home decor-related events set against the backdrop of thousands of blooms and citrus, olive and cypress trees.

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.