Flower Shows & Events Archive - Dec 2009

Soroa Orchid Garden

The orchid which is the queen of flowers willb the focus in the event. Cuban orchids and paintings inspired in the queen of the vegetable kingdom will stand out in the first festival dedicated to the flower, to be held in Old Havana, from December 9 through 13.

The festival will show about 25 thousand species of orchids in the planet, surrounded by exhibitions of live and painted specimens of the aristocratic flower.

Dried Flower

The Department of Natural Resources reported Monday that individuals age 50 or older are invited to a Huntington County Master Gardeners dried flower craft presentation at the Dec. 7 seniors lunch at the Salamonie Interpretive Center.

Hornbill Festival

The tenth edition of the Hornbill Festival- 'Festival of Festivals ' is set to start from December 1. Other highlights of the weeklong festival includes; exhibition of handloom & handicrafts, display of traditional Naga Morungs, flower exhibition, cultural dances and songs.

Flower festival in Old Havana

Cuban orchids and paintings inspired in the queen of the vegetable kingdom will stand out in the first festival dedicated to the flower, to be held in Old Havana, from December 9 through 13.

Greenhouses

Montreal's Nature Museums invite you to come admire the botanical splendours in the greenhouses at the Botanical Garden.

Check out some surprising blooms, fast growers, unique fragrances and gorgeous colours, Tuesday to Sunday, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Poinsettias trees, plants

The second annual Purdue National Poinsettia Trials Consumer Open House will take place from 1-5 p.m. Dec. 6 at the Purdue University horticulture greenhouse.

The open houses include poinsettias trees, plants grown in degradable or compostable pots, and experimental and novelty cultivars.

Rose Festival events

The Jackson County Rose Festival presents its Christmas Wish List Craft Show from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the American 1 Fair Events Center, 200 W. Ganson St. This juried craft show of handmade products features more than 80 artists and crafters.

Flower Festival

This festival, which is being held for the second time, will be Vietnam's first major cultural and tourism activity in 2010.

A highlight of the festival will be the symbol of a sacred dragon and a 6m high flower tower surrounded by 9 dragons made from flowers and fruits. A huge book also created from flowers and fruits will be placed opposite the Thap But (pen tower) and Dai Nghien (ink pad).

Flowers grown domestically and from 39 countries

A huge flower show will be held in Myanmar's northern city of Pyin Oo Lwin in the first week of next month, aimed at promoting tourism industry of the country

Over 200,000 plants and 15 kinds of flowers grown domestically and from 39 countries including neighboring China, Thailand, Singapore and Japan will be displayed at the show.

Flower festival

A chrysanthemum flower show will open at Shilin Presidential Residence for the 8th year in Taipei, starting on Saturday Nov. 28.

This year, the flower festival has expanded to nine different sections, with 22 new varieties, 55,000 pots and nearly 100 species of chrysanthemums on display.

The art of raising orchids

Both women, members of the Saginaw Valley Orchid Society for about six years, are hoping other flower lovers will stop by the society's 44th annual Orchid Show and Sale and get hooked as well.

The show runs from noon to 5 p.m. Nov. 28 and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 29 at the Midland Resort Convention Center, formerly the Holiday Inn.

Rose Society's annual show

A best-of-the-best rose show, guided tours, artists at work and guidance from experts are just some of the events on offer at the Botanic Garden's three-day Rose Festival, starting this Friday (27.11.09). For rose enthusiasts, the Wellington Rose Society's annual show in the Begonia House, Lady Norwood Rose Garden, on Sunday will be a must.

Flower festival

Flower fans have the chance to get festive with the Lord Mayor of York. The event will take place the day before the 18th century building is opened to the public for a three-day flower festival, offering guests the opportunity to get a sneak preview of the floral displays.

Horticulture, arrangements and Photography of roses

The Arizona West Valley Rose Society will have its annual Rose Show Nov. 28 at the Student Center on the campus of ASU West, 4701 W. Thunderbird Road, Glendale.

Floral exhibits

Magical blooms are centre of attention at the Swissôtel Nai Lert Park's Flower Show. In 2009 the event features celebrities, fortune tellers, magnificent floral exhibits, afternoon tea, an evening concert and more, all on the theme Flower Fantasy.

Colourful holiday flowers

Hop aboard the Missouri Botanical Garden's Gardenland Express this festive season. The colourful holiday flower and train show features G-scale model trains journeying through a miniature landscape of live plants.

Future Perfect

The Annual Flower Show returns to Bangkok for its 23rd year at Swissotel Nai Lert Park from November 26 to 29, 10am to 6pm. Under the theme, "Future Perfect", more than 20 professional florists will turn the hotel's interior into a land of flowers, as well as create floral hats for 35 celebrities

seeds & plants, floriculture

The biannual International Show of Agriculture, Agricultural Mechanization and Fishing is taking place at the "Parc des Expositions" in Le Kram, Tunis, on 18-22 November. The first two days will be devoted to professionals, while from November 20 to 22 the exhibition will be open to the public as well. Some 400 exhibitors are expected.

Images of flowers

Stan Freeny's digital photography exhibit on Flowers of Morristown is currently on display in the F.M. Kirby Gallery at the Morristown & Morris Twp Library .

The display are images of flowers and other colorful plants grown in the Morristown area. Specifically, the photographs were made in the gardens of the Frelinghuysen Aboretum, at the Arboretum's 2006 Daffodil Show and in the Heritage Garden of the Macculloch Hall Historical Museum.

Dahlia Tubers

The Yeovil and District Chrysanthemum and Dahlia Society will be holding its 65th open chrysanthemum show this weekend.

The show will be held at the Holy Trinity Scout Hall in Plantagenet Chase, off Lysander Road, Yeovil, on November 21-22.

Varieties of flowers

The first ever flower festival in Cebu City kicked off Nov 18 morning through a parade of floats, decorated with varieties of flowers, from Fuente Osmeña to Plaza Sugbu. The festival will run for three days until November 20.

The cutflower industry in the city as well as an opportunity for small-scale producers to find their niche in the local and international market.

Christmas Poinsettia sale

NGTC Horticulture students inspect this year's poinsettia crop. North Georgia Technical College's Environmental Horticulture Department will hold its Christmas Poinsettia sale through Thursday, Nov. 19, on the Clarkesville campus. The greenhouse will be open from 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

The Little Flower Council

The Little Flower Council of St. Therese Parish in Rothschild will hold its annual Holiday Showcase from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 21 at the St. Therese School gymnasium and cafeteria, 112 W. Kort St., Schofield.

Hanging Holly Ball

JAMES Watt College have launched a festive new evening class. The three week "All About Christmas Flowers" course begins on Tuesday 24 November.

Students will discover everything from simple flower arrangements to table settings, decorations, wreathes and even a 'Hanging Holly Ball' for those with their eye on someone at the Christmas party.

Organic gardening

Master Gardener Organic Gardening Day 2009 will be held from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21, at the Hawthorn Hotel and Suites, 101 Trade Center Drive, Champaign.

Organic gardening experts from around the world will present five educational sessions to inspire herb gardening and use in the coming year.

The flower that bursts into bloom

The port city of Timaru welcomes the start of the summer with the Timaru Festival of Roses. Visitors can enjoy workshops, exhibitions and garden tours, all in honour of the flower that bursts into bloom around November.

Complex Flowers

The public can enjoy a rare opportunity to see these complex flowers firsthand Monday, Nov. 16, at the Ball State greenhouses, located in Christy Woods and open to the public 7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

The Coryanthes orchid, also known as the Bucket orchid, is a rare species from Amazonian South America.

Red Hot

Join in with the Coromandel Peninsula's celebrations of the Pohutukawa Tree, a natural beauty and icon of New Zealand. Events take place around the peninsula, particularly in the town of Thames, with all proceeds going towards the trees' conservation.

Promoting Flower Business

With the objective of promoting flower business and to raise awareness about floriculture, Floriculture Association of Nepal, Kaski, is organizing third Flower Exhibition in Pokhara from Wednesday. The four-day exhibition features around 22 stalls that display some 450 varieties of flowers and saplings.

Floral Fantasy

Pi Beta Phi Alumnae club's sixth annual Floral Fantasy is Nov. 19, and you'll be able to watch floral masterpieces be created right before your eyes.

The event will be at Parkview Church of the Nazarene, 4701 Far Hills Ave., in Kettering. The doors open at 6:15 p.m. The program begins at 7 p.m. and ends no later than 9:30 p.m.

Fall Flower Design

Camellia Garden Club invites the public to its next "Fun with Flowers" on Nov. 18, at the Winter Haven Garden Center.

The Camellia Garden Club will present this floral designer at its fall 2009 "Fun with Flowers." Make and take home a fall flower design under Burkhart's step by step directions. All materials will be furnished except clippers. Each participant must provide their own.

The event begins at 10 a.m. and ends at 2 p.m. Doors open at 9:30 a.m.

Christmas flower show

The Parry Sound Horticultural Society's Christmas flower show "An Old-Fashioned Christmas" will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 25 at the Seguin Seniors hall at 80 James Street.

Pine Garden Resort

2009 Sinshe Flower Sea Festival will kick off on November 14, 2009 in Sinshe Township, Taichung County. Although the event hasn't started yet, now it is the perfect time to appreciate the fascination of flower sea before the venue is crowded with nationwide tourists.

Flowers Stay Blooming

The Gulf Stream ensures that the flowers stay blooming far longer in the Roscoff Exotic Garden than inland. The garden covers 1.6 hectares and has 3000 species drawn exclusively

The Annual Festival of Tree

Santa's little helpers have been very busy as each week they gather at a secret work location and prepare for the annual Festival of Tree, which is held at Hockey Heritage North.

Floral Design Workshops

As a lead-up to next year's Wichita Garden Show, the show's educational foundation is sponsoring a series of five floral design workshops this fall and winter.The schedule of topics: grape vine wreaths, Nov. 16; all-green arrangements, Dec. 15; designs using tropicals, Jan. 11; designing outside the box, Jan. 26; and judges critiquing your arrangement, Feb. 8.

Plants, Flowers and Horticultural Gadgets

The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair at Toronto's Direct Energy Centre is the big agricultural and horticultural expo for the state of Ontario.

Attractions include a fabulous garden fair with plants, flowers and horticultural gadgets. There are vegetable and fruit competitions, cheese judging, hundreds of livestock classes and a rodeo.

Flowers, foods, arts and crafts.

The indoor Minneapolis Farmer's Market is the place for locals to find fresh produce and locally-produced products at fair prices. It offers a mammoth range of foods, flowers and arts and crafts.

Flower Show

mums hold center stage at the Baltimore Conservatory's annual Fall Flower Show, where visitors -- admission is free but a $2 donation is gratefully appreciated -- can see the splendor, variety and power of chrysanthemums.

The conservatory, located on Swan Drive in Druid Hill Park, is open Tuesday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and the exhibition continues through Nov. 15.

Red Flanders poppies, Blue cornflowers

In the cool mountain climate of the Granite Belt these red poppies begin blooming mid-October and continue until the end of November. The scarlet Flanders poppies of the Remembrance Field are part of Glen Aplin's Red November celebration of the region's excellent red wines, strawberries and cherries.

Flower show

The district and its 14 garden clubs are inviting the public to view floral displays, horticultural specimens and artistic crafts from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Collinsville Historical Museum.

Flower show

The Garden Forum of Greater Youngstown will have a holiday flower show, a standard flower show, luncheon and general meeting on Nov. 11 at the Davis Center at Fellows Riverside Gardens. Flower show registration will be from 8:30-10:30 a.m. The show will be open to the public.

Sprawling Gardens

The Tibetan Buddhist Society's Peaceful Land of Joy Meditation Centre in Yuroke will show off the sprawling gardens and beautiful temple that are a backdrop to rich ideas.

Wisbech Standard

Porcelain sculpting. Taipei artist Afa Lu will do a live sculpting demonstration at a Franz Porcelain event. Noon-5 p.m. Nov. 6. Floral design demos, refreshments.

Japanese Touch to Native Garden Design. Featuring a slide show and question-and-answer session with landscape contractor Peter Bowyer. 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Nov. 7

The colourful and innovative gardens

The Taranaki Rhododendron & Garden Festival gives horticulture enthusiasts the chance to wander around 60 private gardens at the height of rhododendron-blooming season.

Gardening Workshop

Garden plots are now available to area residents at the Community Garden on Hale Street Extension in Norwich. There will be a lasagna gardening workshop on Saturday, Nov. 7, from 10:30 a.m. to noon at the garden.

Chrysanthemum show and sale

Descanso celebrates Japanese arts, crafts and culture with a weekend of activities for the whole family.

Events include: an Ikebana display from Kaz Kitajama of the Sogetsu School of Ikebana (both days), a chrysanthemum show and sale (both days) and a taiko drum performance (Sat. only at 1 p.m.) where afterward you can try your hand at drumming. All events are free with Garden's admission.

Victoria's leading orchid growers

SPECTACULAR spring orchids will be on show in Silvan this weekend.

Nursery B and T Ferns and Orchids will host the free, annual Yarra Valley Orchid Society Spring Sarcochilus and Orchid Spectacular on 7 and 8 November.

Chinese rose works

The "Chinese Rose Culture Show in Golden Autumn" opened in the Municipal People's Park in Shenzhen on October 31, 2009.

From October 31 to November 15, the Show will exhibit the photographic arts of Wang Shiguang, who is a member of Chinese Rose Branch of Chinese Flower Association, engaging in the collection, preservation and photography of Chinese old roses.

Camellia Flower Show

The Onslow County Master Gardener Volunteers are hosting the 2nd annual Camellia Flower Show, Seminar and Sale on Nov. 7.

Camellias will be for sale at the Farmer's Market from 8:30 a.m. to 1: 30 p.m. The Camellia show and seminars will take place from noon to 5 p.m. at the Onslow County Multipurpose Complex on U.S. 258.

Chelsea flower show

THE DARLING of the Chelsea flower show is holding a flower arranging demonstration at a community hospice in Enfield.

Hans Haverkamp, who won Best in Show and Gold at Chelsea Flower Show in 2007, has agreed to divulge his methods in a 90 minute demonstration in aid of the Nightingale Community Hospice in Lancaster Road.