Flower Shows & Events Archive - May 2007

AN outdoor concert with free champagne and strawberries will be part of a summer flower and music festival at Cradley.

Floral Harmony is Cradley Church's flower festival, a two-day event combining flower displays, musical entertainment, bell ringing, barbecues and cream teas.

The church will be filled with flowers for the event, with more than 20 floral displays each representing a village club, group or organisation...

Lobsters, lilies and Labrador traditions are the focus of some of this years summer festivals across Canada.

Canadian Geographic Travel magazine lists a cross-country snapshot of festivals. They include: June 19-21, Yellowknife, Summer Solstice Festival: More than 120 artists perform day and night as the city flaunts its round-the-clock sunlight...

The Wentworth-Gardner and Tobias Lear House Association is sponsoring a yard sale and spring plant sale on Saturday, May 12, at the yard at 50 Mechanic St., from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Attics and closets have been cleaned in the South End for the benefit of the Wentworth-Gardner and Tobias Lear Houses Association. The yard sale will feature a miscellany of household items.

For the plant sale Ann Duncan has selected heritage varieties of both annuals and perennials...

It is spring, and that means the sweet smell of lilacs is in the air. More than 500 varieties are part of the 109th Lilac Festival, starting Friday through May 20 in Rochester's Highland Park.

The 10-day celebration is the largest in North America. Visitors come from as far away as Canada and Mexico to see the 1,200 lilac bushes that sprawl over 22 acres of Highland Park, a 155-acre facility designed by Frederick Law Olmsted...

More than 7,000 plants will be available as a fundraiser for Calvary Lutheran High School from 7 a.m.-5 p.m. May 12 at the parking lot of Trinity Lutheran School, 803 Swifts Highway in Jefferson City.

Hundreds of hanging baskets and planters will be available, as well as specialty roses, vines and trees; annuals; perennials and vegetables...

Floral designer Pat Cloud will present “Tea Time in Flowers” when the Redlands Horticultural and Improvement Society's floral design group meets at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 9.

The meeting will be in the lower level of the Lodge at Plymouth Village, 945 Salem Drive, Redlands. There is no charge and anyone interested in floral design is welcome to attend...

The Southwestern Indiana Master Gardeners Association will have its Spring Plant Sale at Washington Square Mall on Saturday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and May 13 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The Master Gardeners are a group of highly trained volunteers from the community who work hard year-round to share their gardening knowledge with the public. The vast majority of these people have been trained by me...

Mother's Day is quickly approaching, with only a few more days left before May 13 arrives.

Many people are left searching and pondering for that perfect gift to celebrate mom on this special occasion. Fresh flower corsages, wristlets and flower bouquets appear to be popular gift selections for Mother's Day...

Students, professors and a bevy of volunteers from Cabrillo College's horticulture department are busy digging, planting and potting to prepare for the annual Mother's Day Weekend plant sale. .

Almost in its third decade, the sale attracts thousands of gardeners from all over the county, many of whom bring their wagons to load up their spring supply of herbs, vegetables, flowers and succulents, among others. Some say it's the biggest plant sale on the Central Coast.

The sale raises money to support Cabrillo's horticulture department, including curriculum development, care for plants and internships for students. Organizers estimate last year's take at $100,000...

The North Bay Horticultural Society and North Bay Public Library will host a program of stories, garden-related crafts and activities for children aged five to 10.

Seedlings Storytime will begin Saturday from 2 to 3 p.m. in the children' story room at the library.

The program will be held every Saturday through June 9...

With the largest quality selection of plants in the metropolitan area, Brooklyn Botanic Garden's Plant Sale draws thousands of plant lovers each year who take advantage of the unmatched value, in addition to the helpful gardening advice of on-site BBG horticulture experts. Over 20,000 plants will be on display in an area the size of two football fields on Brooklyn Botanic Garden's incomparable Cherry Esplanade, with the garden's glorious cherry trees in full bloom. The Plant Sale helps benefit children's education programs at the Garden...

At the 68th annual Flower Mart on Friday and Saturday on the cathedral grounds, children also can scale a climbing wall, swish down a giant inflatable slide or whirl around on kiddie rides. Vendors will sell plants, gifts, jewelry and other items, and food for sale will include seafood, barbecue and designer cakes.

Gardeners will find herbs and annual and perennial plants, along with local horticulture experts to answer questions. The neogothic cathedral's nave will feature floral arrangements from embassies. Last year, the Belgian Embassy created a carpet in blooms, and Swiss designers sculpted the Matterhorn in flowers...

Currently the rhododendrons at the Rotary Peace Park are putting on a spring show not to be missed and the heather has rolled out the royal purple, both awaiting the arrival of the public to admire their beauty.

So don't disappoint these divas of the flower world. Do more than just appreciate the color as you drive by. Stop in with your family, a camera, and perhaps even a picnic, and contemplate the beauty around you. It is a short walk from the Tourist Information Bureau through the woods to the flower garden...

Due to tremendous public interest, Darts Hill Garden Park will be open this weekend and, for the first time, visitors will be able to purchase plants propagated directly from the garden.

The park will be open on May 6 (admission by donation) from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Darts Hill Garden was bequeathed to the City of Surrey in 1994 by Francisca Darts and her husband Edwin, now deceased. A glorious expression of the pioneering spirit, enterprise, dedication and passion of a remarkable couple, Darts Hill is a rambling, non-themed sort of garden, with “wildish” parts, fragrant pathways, cathedral-like canopies and thousands of trees with intriguing forms and exotic blooms...

Two of the florists behind the drive have personal experience with the disease.

Gabriele Matheson helps out at Windsor Park Flowers, where owners Maureen and Rick Deslaurier came up with the idea of donating $1 from the purchase of all arrangements and bouquets over $25 to the B.C. Cancer Foundation. The charity drive will take place between May 7 and 13, the week of Mother' Day...

Some of the region's finest artists will add their artistic bouquets to the Gadsden Arts Center's Flower Power exhibit May 11-June 30.

A Flora of La Florida exhibit will run concurrently, featuring the botanical illustrations of Archer resident Susan Trammell.

And look for a few living works of art while you're at the show.

This came about because we wanted to honor the women who do these fabulous flowers for our opening receptions, said Tricia Collins, Arts Center director and curator. I think it' going to be gorgeous. The flowers won't last forever but maybe the memories will...

Finding the perfect plant or finding perfect plants? While the question might at first seem to be the same, there is a difference. Perfect plants might be the ones you see in a nursery, while the perfect plant is the one that is going to grow well and thrive in your landscape.

Red Butte is hosting its annual plant sale, which also offers the chance to get gardening advice from garden staff.

The woods are bursting with the color of Dutchman's britches, blood root, yellow trout lilies and trillium. The volunteer group, Friends of Maybury State Park, is hosting two wild flower walks at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow and Saturday.

Friends president George McCarthy said naturalist Selena Browne will point out vegetation varieties and describe the historical use of flowers, roots and bark...

58th annual Plant Sale at the Denver Botanic Gardens - Featuring garden-grown plants and drought-tolerant plants, perennials, annuals, herbs, vegetables, water plants, hanging baskets, as well as horticulturists on hand to answer questions about the best plants for your garden, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. May 11, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 12..

Craving some fresh flowers for the house? This weekend is the perfect time to stock up. Or it could be an opportunity to become immersed in florals.

One option is the 38th Annual Flower and Plant Market, held Saturday and Sunday at the Union Mills Homestead near Westminster.

The Tannery Building will be filled with a large variety of hanging baskets and wagonloads of potted and market packs of perennials, annuals, vegetable plants, shrubs and bushes will make planning spring planting easier...

Gardening events in central Westmoreland County will continue throughout the summer at the Greensburg Garden Center and Donohoe Center, Donohoe Road, Greensburg.

On May 12, a week before May Mart, Penn State Master Gardeners of Westmoreland County will hold a plant sale from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Donohoe Center. The sale will feature annuals, perennials, hanging baskets, vegetables, herbs and native plants...

Tu-lips are better than one, goes the old saw.

And Ottawa believes three million are even better.

That's the number of tulips expected to burst forth during the city-by-the-Rideau's annual Canadian Tulip Festival, which runs from tomorrow until May 21.

Some 600,000 bulbs were planted last October to augment the millions already in the ground, says landscape architect Dorota Grudniewicz, who designed the 90 flower beds (the equivalent of 15,000-square-metres of garden), scattered throughout the national capital region.

There are 30 different garden sites including Major's Hill Park with 75,000 tulips and Commissioners Park, at Dow Lake, with 300,000 more...

Betsey Johnson the bold designer who took New York by storm in the Sixties and used Edie Sedgwick as her house model, is opening a brand new shop on London's Floral Street. Johnson told Vogue;

Betsey Johnson's Floral Street boutique opens on May 17 with a launch party where the designer herself will make a special appearance...

Bath's annual Spring Flower Show in Royal Victoria Park will take place over the Bank Holiday weekend, from tomorrow to Monday, and this year is celebrating its 21st anniversary.

Bath's Natural Theatre Company will be leading the celebrations in their own inimitable style.

The Naturals' appearances at Bath Spring Flower Show have been sponsored by The Framing Workshop, and they will be at the Showground amusing visitors throughout the day on Saturday and on Sunday morning...

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 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...

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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...

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...

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.