Flower Shows & Events Archive - Oct 2009

Maintenance of House Plants

To arouse public interest in horticulture and to enhance awareness of greening, the Leisure and Cultural Services Department will hold a horticulture education exhibition to promote home gardening on (October 31) and on Sunday (November 1) from 10am to 4pm at the Arcade of Kowloon Park.

The Shoshone Flower Building

The Shoshone Flower Building will host the Desert Art & Craft Show from noon to 5 p.m. Oct. 30; 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Oct. 31 and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Nov. 1 in Shoshone.

This is an opportunity to do some unique Christmas shopping and visit the museum.

Fresh Flowers

he Flower-Box in Rockwall create several dozen fresh flower arrangements every November, contained in often quirky thrift-shop finds, for the special sale on Wednesday.

Greens and Flowers

The Friends of the Elmwood Park Library is sponsoring a free flower arranging demonstration at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5 in the library, 1 Conti Parkway.

Bostwick said the demonstration also will include tips for making arrangements, such as "long and low" for a centerpiece.

The White House Garden

The replica of the White House vegetable garden, created by the home gardening company, W. Atlee Burpee & Co., at its Fordhook Farm in Doylestown, PA, will be open to the public for the first time on Friday, Oct. 30, 1 pm-4 pm. Admission is free.

Festival of Roses is one of more than 60 free events

The Parnell Festival of Roses is on this Saturday and Sunday. Set among the colour and vibrancy of newly bloomed roses at the Parnell Rose Gardens, the free family festival will feature live music, fine food, poetry, craft stalls, an art exhibition and more.

Community gardens

A workshop on how to start and maintain community gardens will be the topic on Saturday, October 31 at the Humboldt County Agriculture Center, Eureka (Humboldt Hill exit) from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Erin Derdin-Little will speak to the educational values of community gardens and how to enhance learning, Deborah Giraud will address common pitfalls and some best choices in vegetable gardening, and Stan Schmidt will help us plan quantities to plan and how to propagate.

Fantastic floral arrangements

A number of bright and beautiful buds are to adorn All Saints Church in Kings Langley this weekend as the church celebrates its annual flower festival.

The festival will start on Friday October 30 from 10am to 5pm through to Sunday November 1 from 2pm to 5pm.

Garden Club to meet

Tall Oaks Community Center in Lake Ridge will be a busy place this weekend, as the "Fall Festival" is held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. The event is sponsored by LRPRA, and there will be fun activities for the children, and lots of tables of items from vendors and crafters.

Wide variety of plants

Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Dr., Boylston, will host "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered," the Massachusetts Orchid Society's annual Orchid Show, Oct. 30 from 1-5 p.m. and Oct. 31 and Nov. 1, from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. each day. Orchid vendors from across the country will offer a wide variety of plants, supplies and even jewelry for sale.

Rose blooms

The Harvest of Roses Festival Rose Show and Sale is 1 to 4 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 31 at Kent Plantation House, 3601 Bayou Rapides Road in Alexandria.

There will be exhibits of rose blooms and designs. There will be vendors of rose bushes, bulbs, perennials, companion plants, books, garden ornaments, pottery and more.

Chrysanthemum Festival

During the Chrysanthemum Festival, October 19 through November 22, more than 20,000 colorful, blooming chrysanthemums flourish in the palatial Conservatory. Longwood's experts have trained these fall favorites into unique forms including towering single-stemmed beauties and thousand-bloomers.

beautiful display of flowers

After all the festivities at the Open Day downtown, come to the Presbyterian Church hall on the corner of Weddin and Middle Streets for a real treat.

View a beautiful display of flowers of all kinds which people entered earlier in the morning for judging.

Annual Spring Orchid Show

Members of the Ararat Orchid Society will present their annual Spring Orchid Show this weekend.

This show will be the 30th Orchid Show conducted by the club and members are proud of the long history in maintaining quality shows in Ararat for so many years.

There will be an extensive area of good quality orchids for sale

Floral design class

Western Nevada College is offering a non-credit floral design class where participants will bring home a weekly arrangement to brighten their home.

Floral Design, CMSV 132C, Call# 35945, will meet on Wednesdays, 6-8 p.m. for six weeks beginning October 28, at Doreen's Florist on Taylor Street.

Harlan Flower Shop

Pumpkin carving/painting contest. Individuals, families and organizations can check in their pumpkins for judging at the Harlan Flower Shop and Gifts from 8 a.m.-12:45 p.m., and from 1-2:30 p.m. on the south side of the courthouse square.

Boo-tanical Bash

5:30-8:30 p.m. Saturday in the Hershey's Children Garden at Cleveland Botanical Garden, 11030 East Blvd. $10 member child, $13 nonmember child, $7.50 member adult and $10 nonmember adult. For reservations, call 216-721-1600, Ext. 100.

Featuring flowers and branches

King City Horticultural Society presents a bewitching flower show with the theme All Hallow's Eve and meeting for 8 p.m. Oct. 26 in the Nobleton Community Hall that won't bother or bewilder but will definitely beguile.

At historic site in Rapides Parish

The Harvest of Roses Festival Rose Show and Sale is 1 to 4 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 31, at Kent Plantation House, 3601 Bayou Rapides Road, Alexandria.

home and garden items, raffles

The Lynn Area Chamber of Commerce will host the second annual Swampscott Home and Garden Show from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, at Swampscott High School, 200 Essex St.

Flower Show&Floral Window Competition

The Spring Flower Show is the next Horticultural Society event to hit rodeo week and garden fanatics should have their exhibits at St Mary's Hall by 10am Wednesday.

beautiful Floral Window Competition where local businesses can get into the Warwick Rodeo spirit and paint the town rodeo, entries close next Thursday at 5pm.

Garden items and plants to artwork

The theme of the Nevada Garden Club's annual fall flower show and sale is"An October Odyssey".Nevada Garden Club Center in Lorenzi Park, 3333 W. Washington Ave. It's a free event, so bring the whole family and come on down.

The show will feature floral designs and wonderful fall foliage and blooms that are a feature of Southern Nevada's autumn season.

Eat Fresh, Grow Locally

The Hamilton-Wenham Garden Club presents "Dig in and Learn: All About Vegetable Gardening" on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 7 p.m., First Church Wenham, Lower Hall, at Main and Arbor streets, Wenham. The event is free and open to the public.

Gardening,Horticulture,floral events

The 12th annual home-entertaining event to benefit Family Service Agency will feature 25 holiday table settings and floral displays, plus a luncheon, floral auction, holiday boutique and "how-to" presentation by floral designer Natasha Lisitsa. 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Oct. 19, Menlo Circus Club.

home, garden and lifestyle products

The Maryland Home, Garden & Living Show, the region's largest show of its kind, will showcase the newest items and hottest trends in high-quality home, garden and lifestyle products at the Timonium State

BUYING BUCK ROSES

Saturday's three lectures (8 a.m. to noon) are at the McKinney Performing Arts Theater. Lunch and walking tours (noon to 5 p.m.) are at the Chambersville Heritage Rose Garden, also in Collin County. Container-grown roses, including Buck roses, will be for sale.

Popular fall exhibition-Kiku

The showcase in the Conservatory Courtyards highlights four different styles of traditional Imperial chrysanthemums, including ozukuri, hundreds of blossoms from a single plant; ogiku, single-stem flowers that range up to six-feet in height; kengai, small-flowered chrysanthemums that cascade down waterfall-like frames; and shinotsukuri, blossoms that open wide to accentuate petals with two different colors.

Special orchid event

The Fraser Valley Orchid Society will host the Canadian Orchid Congress (COC) meeting and symposium, in conjunction with their annual orchid show and sale, on Oct. 17 and 18 at the George Preston Recreation Centre.

THE 2009 Flower and Garden show

THE 2009 Flower and Garden show will kick off this Friday in a bloom of colour. Hosted by the Busselton and Districts Horticultural Society, the show is a great opportunity to view some fine horticultural specimens and floral arrangements and pick up a few tips from local gardening enthusiasts.

Mercer Arboretum and Botanic Gardens

Wednesday, Oct. 14, from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Mercer will celebrate 35 years of connecting people with plants. Activities include tours of the newly renovated shade bog, perennial tiers, fern garden, tea house, and lily pond. Call 281- 893-3726, ext. 24. for reservations.

Best plants for the auction

The Hanson Garden Club will host a plant auction Wednesday, Oct. 14. Prospective buyers will be able to preview plants starting at 6:30 p.m. and bidding will begin at 7 p.m. The sale will be held in the lower level of the First Congregational Church, 639 High St., Hanson.

Pumpkin decorating contest

Queen of Peace Catholic Church, 8455 Germantown Road in Olive Branch, is hosting its Fall Fun Fest Oct. 24 starting at 11 a.m. There will be food, a pumpkin decorating contest, hay rides, a haunted house, costume contest, live music and a silent auction.

Orchid displays

The Niagara Frontier Orchid Society's annual Orchid Show will highlight hundreds of the colorful flowers through live displays and photography at the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens, 2655 South Park Avenue, this weekend.

Places to go

Just about everything you'd want ? trees, shrubs, ornamental grasses, ground covers, perennials, vines, spring-flowering bulbs, and citrus trees ? will be on sale. The African violet, begonia, iris, day lily, cactus and succulent and native plant societies will be selling plants, too.

Floral ideas for the home

The event opens with a home marketplace and will be highlighted by a floral design luncheon at 11:45 a.m. with well-known designer Buff Adams of Memphis, who will inspire guests with a range of floral ideas for the home.

Horticulture program

The Walker County Master Gardeners' Fall Plant Sale is set for Saturday, but the group will give residents tips on how to care for those plants and trees during a horticulture program at 6:30 p.m. today.

19th annual Fall Plant Festival

The north Tampa resident, who said she became "quickly obsessive" about the plants, also is caring for a donated collection at the University of South Florida's Botanical Gardens.

25000 roses

Not only will you be knocked out by the spectacular displays incorporating 25 000 roses but you will enjoy an exciting new program of garden tours, music and fun demonstrations with flowers and food.

Orchid Sale

More than 300 orchids will be available during the sale with options for beginning and advanced orchid growers.

The event starts from 12oct, 2009 to 14oct, 2009.

Perennial Garden

The Somerset County Park Commission Horticulture Department has scheduled a field study, 'Put Your Garden to Bed, ' designed to show gardeners how to prepare the garden for winter

The workshop Scheduled on Saturday, October 17, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Coosa Valley Fair

The Coosa Valley Fair returns to Rome on Tuesday at the fairgrounds on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard

The event starts from 5,oct09 to 10,oct09.

Floral designers

The Blooming Salisburys, a celebration of Salisbury Mansion's 25 years as Worcester's only historic house museum, will feature three flower shows.

The event starts from 8 Oct,2009 to 11 Oct,2009.

Farmers market

The Pee Dee State Farmers Market is hosing its annual fall flower show. You can find beautiful fall colors adorning the market landscape from pumpkins and mums to a variety of fall decorations.

Garden design

The oldest and largest celebration of horticultural excellence will heretofore be known as the Philadelphia International Flower Show. The name change is motivated by the desire to attract the finest examples of plants, garden design, and greening techniques from around the globe to the annual event at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.

Plant and Flower Festival

The fall fruit and vegetable season has kicked into full gear, and now the Pee Dee State Farmers Market is celebrating local produce at the 2009 Fall Plant and Flower Festival.