Flower Shows & Events Archive - Apr 2009

Pensacola Area's festivals

The Emerald Coast Flower and Garden Show is this weekend - April 3-5, 2009. It's out in Milton on the PJC Campus. It is unique among the Pensacola Area's festivals in that it is small and focused - every vendor is absolutely relevant to Flowers or Gardening. All of the vendors are VERY knowledgeable. Great finds range from bonsai to orchids to grapefruit trees.

The garden is arranged by flower colors

The original rose garden was removed for an expansion of The Haggin Museum many years ago. The new rose garden was the work of Stockton Beautiful to beautify the Stockton community.The Stockton Rose Society had some input into the selection of roses and continues to use the garden for educational activities.

Flowers grow on paper

An exhibition of collagraphs, paperwork and light boxes by Ilona Yusuf is starting today (Tuesday) at Nomad Art Gallery. During press preview of her exhibition, Yusuf said, "In my current exhibition, I returned to calligraphy as a means of expression".

The Beauty of Wild Flowers

This year's tour will feature a record 45 home gardens throughout the Los Angeles basin, a majority of which were designed, planted and tended by the homeowners themselves. Several of the gardens have been featured in the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Dwell, Sunset Magazines and other media.

A two-day exhibition of flowers

A two-day exhibition of flowers, jointly organised by Horticultural Society and Capital Development Authority (CDA), will commence today (Monday) at F-9 Fatima Jinnah Park.

Largest flower show

A group of buyers - many of them longtime participants in the nation's third-largest flower show - stepped forward to purchase its rights from Kelly, who is retiring after 24 years. The show, which wrapped up Sunday, attracted more than 40,000 patrons. The sale should be finalized Tuesday, Kelly said.

Present Flower Show

The Richmond Garden Club will present a spring flower show at 7:30 p.m. April 2 at Richmond-Burton Community High School, 8311 Route 31, Richmond.All flower arrangements will be raffled, and the event will feature a special design challenge this year, according to a garden club news release.

Recycle! Junk to Gems

The theme for this year's flower show is "Recycle! Junk to Gems." This theme will give you an opportunity to use all sorts of interesting recycled containers and materials in your arrangements. It's going to be fun thinking "outside the box" for arrangement ideas.

Naples Garden Club

Demonstrations of horticulture and design techniques as well as talks on plumeria and tillandsias are scheduled. There will be vendors of unusual plants, unique jewelry and handcrafted items, plus lunch and snacks will be available for purchase.

Romantic Gardens

This weekend the region's Super Bowl of gardening and landscape artistry will take place at Hudson Valley Community College.The 22nd Capital District Garden and Flower Show will run Friday through Sunday at the McDonough Sports Complex featuring displays by the best area green artists.

Time to prune back rose bushes

Now is the time to prune back your rose bushes if you have not already done so. Rake all of your straw or any mulch you may have around the rose bushes, then add some manure over the area for a beautiful bush and rose buds.

Botanical Garden

Spring is here. For a glimpse of what you'll eventually see blooming, take a trip to Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Garden for the annual Spring Flower Show. This year, there are more than 42,500 bulbs and a wide variety of spring bloomers -- yellow and pink lilies, pansies, delphinium, buttercups, forget-me-nots, tulips, daffodils, hyacinth and a wealth of others.

Flower and Vegetable Show

Wide arrays of fresh flowers, temptingly displayed fruits and vegetables; potted plants and beautifully decked flowers in different hues will feature at the latest edition of the annual QAFCO Flower and Vegetable Show scheduled to open at Al Banush Football Grounds in Mesaieed on March 27, 2009.

Flower Exhibition

Over 130 organizations engaged in horticultural production and export in Ethiopia are expected to take part in the third flower exhibition to be opened this Wednesday in Addis Ababa.

Easter flowers

The San Marcos Nature Center will hold a gathering on March 24 to create Easter flower arrangements.

Stonecrop Gardens

Had enough winter? Starting tomorrow and running through Saturday, Stonecrop Gardens in Cold Spring will host a "Spring Under Glass" show for color-starved gardening fans.

Flower show

More than 4,000 exhibits will be on view at the Qafco Flower and Vegetable Show to be held at Al Banush Football grounds in Mesaieed on Friday, March 27.

Capitol's Rosemont Gardens

Capitol's Rosemont Gardens will host a seminar from 10 a.m.-noon March 31, focusing on spring flower and orchid care and design.

San Francisco Flower & Garden Show

Duane Kelly, owner of the popular show, announced Thursday he has signed a letter of intent to purchase with a group called the San Francisco Garden Show LLC, which formed to continue this show.

Ikebana workshop

Come to Ikebana, a Japanese flower arrangement workshop, from 2-4 p.m. Saturday at the Asian Pacific Resource Center at the Montebello Library, 1150 W. Beverly Blvd.

Annual flower show

The economic downturn has not put a damper on the annual Hong Kong Flower Show. Half a million visitors are expected at the 10-day event and organisers said revenue remains as strong as last year.

San Francisco Flower and Garden Show

For all you gardeners and would-be gardeners here in the San Francisco Bay Area - it's that time of year again. The San Francisco Flower and Garden Show, March 18-22, is one of the most celebrated and anticipated garden shows anywhere on earth.

Falmouth Spring Flower Show

With just over a week to go to the Falmouth Spring Flower Show, organisers are reminding those taking part to make sure their entry forms are in by Friday this week.

Flower Show

Green-fingered Pudsey Flower Club members showed their floral flair at a special hands-on workshop.The next Flower Club demonstration will be at Pudsey House on March 24 by Kate Riley at 7.30pm.

Flower Show

The Garden Club of Stuart will be presenting its free Standard Flower Show, ?A Fair To Remember,? on March 28-29 from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Martin County Fairgrounds.

Indiana Flower and Patio Show

The 51st annual Indiana Flower & Patio Show, held at the Indiana State Fairgrounds West Pavilion, March 14-22, is the perfect place to find new ideas for your garden.

Flower and Garden Show

Thousands are getting into the spirit of spring at Hagerstown Community College's 15th Annual Flower and Garden Show.

Portland Flower Show

The Portland Flower Show will be held at the Portland Company Complex on Fore Street. The show will be open from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm from Thursday, March 12 through Saturday, March 14.

Flower and Garden show

The 60-year-old, who has produced the San Francisco Flower and Garden Show since 1997, said he's ready to hang up his shears.

The annual Ha'ikū Ho'olaule'a and Flower Festival

The annual Ha'iku Ho'olaule'a and Flower Festival will be held Saturday, March 14, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Ha'iku Community Center on Häna Highway in Ha'iku.

San Francisco Flower & Garden Show

The San Francisco Flower & Garden Show moves this year to the San Mateo County Event Center, but still offers seminars, display gardens, exhibits, children's activities, and plants and garden tools for sale.

Flower show this week

The Taipei City Government will hold a flower show from Wednesday at Taipei Arena to promote the 2010 Taipei International Gardening and Horticulture Exposition.

Late-winter flower shows

The recession has led to cancellation of traditional late-winter flower shows in Boston, Cleveland, New York and some other U.S. cities, say show organizers.

Horticultural Society

In March 1929, as the Great Depression loomed, the Massachusetts Horticultural Society staged its 100th flower show with lavish abandon.

51st annual Indiana Flower & Patio Show

The 51st annual Indiana Flower & Patio Show begins March 14 and continues through March 22 at the Indiana State Fairgrounds West Pavilion Hall. The show features 30 gardens/landscapes created by local experts.

Vermont Flower show

The Vermont Flower Show will be back next weekend, bringing with it a new sense of adventure. The Vermont Nursery and Landscape Association, formerly called the Vermont Association of Professional Horticulturists.

Flower & Garden Show

Spectacular gardens will be blooming starting Saturday at the Chicago Flower & Garden Show at Navy Pier.

Flower & Garden Show

The Chicago Botanic Garden will be one of the exhibitors at the Chicago Flower & Garden Show at Navy Pier in downtown Chicago from March 7 through 15.

The Knowsley Flower Show

The Knowsley Flower Show will once again be staged at Court Hey Park ? home of the National Wildflower Centre. With 13,000 visitors last year, the show is still the largest free horticultural show in the North West and is affiliated to the Royal Horticultural Society.

Philadelphia Flower Show

There's an Italian flair at this year's Philadelphia Flower Show, and a couple of Atlantic County firms had a hand in the show's replication of Italian scenery pasty and present.

Autumn flower show

After looking at close to perfect flowers all day, the Autumn Flower Show judges were ready for a cup of tea.

The Wichita Garden Show

The show, which drew 43,000 people last year, will begin Wednesday and run through March 8 at Century II. It will feature elaborate garden displays, vendors, educational exhibits, demonstrations and seminars that revolve around gardening and the Great Outdoors.

Ellerslie International Flower Show

The gates will open a week from today for the first Christchurch-based Ellerslie International Flower Show, featuring more than 80 horticultural exhibits.

Flower show

A winter storm dumped more than 8 inches of the white stuff in the city and up to a foot in some suburbs, chilling attendance at the floral extravaganza, widely embraced as a herald of spring.

Philadelphia Flower Show

With expensive airfare and limited time, it can be difficult for anyone, let alone students, to visit Italy. This week, the 2009 Philadelphia Flower Show is saving students a trip by bringing a sampling of Italy's finest flora to Center City.

Philadelphia Flower Show

The crowd seemed a little quieter than in past years, though those lucky enough to attend yesterday's preview of the 2009 Philadelphia Flower Show clearly enjoyed their vicarious visit to "Bella Italia".

Portland Flower Show

The Portland Flower Show, which has run for 10 of the past 12 years and is the only remaining exhibition of its kind in Northern New England in 2009, will open Wednesday, March 11.

callawaygardens

Geared toward gardening in the South, this event offers a complete one-stop gardening marketplace, exciting optional workshops and outstanding lectures! Discover the best roses; the best clematis; the best fruits and perennials for the South at Callaway Gardens, Mountain Creek Inn, Pine Mountain, GA on January 16th, 2009 at 10 am, through the 18th

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.