Tuesday, October 15, 2024
It’s official! Mark your calendars now!
I’ll be talking at the 2025 Northwest Flower & Garden Festival at the Convention Center in Seattle next February. It’s not too early to start planning to attend this fabulous show already….➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — flower show | species | spring | talks
Saturday, March 02, 2019
It was full-on Flower Power at the 2019 Philadelphia Flower Show this year. Step into the Entrance Garden this year and the design immediately enfolds as the Power of Flowers pulls you further and further into its floral heart…. ➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — flower show | philadelphia | spring
Sunday, January 20, 2019
As winter storm Harper spread snow, ice and rain throughout the Northeast, the orchids were standing tough. Well, inside the Rutgers University's Douglass Student Center in New Brunswick, NJ anyway. It's the North Jersey Orchid Society's annual show and sale this weekend….➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — flower show | flowers | orchids | plants | winter
Sunday, November 05, 2017
What’s autumn without the chrysanthemum? Little it seems these days. But beyond the generic and ubiquitous mum balls that appear on every corner and outside every front door is the superb artistry and aching perfection of trained chrysanthemums, the Japanese kiku...➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — autumn | botanical gardens | flower show | greenhouses | holiday | plants
Sunday, March 19, 2017
I overheard some people ask, as they were approaching the Flower Show this year, “How long does it take?” “Well,” came the answer, “You can probably do it all in in three or four hours. But that’s not counting the marketplace.” That estimate’s possibly true but…➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — flower show | philadelphia | spring
Friday, March 17, 2017
Rested? Good. Welcome back. There’s More! More! More! So let’s continue traipsing through the tulip fields at Holland: Flowering the World…➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — flower show | philadelphia | spring
Wednesday, March 15, 2017
The portal into the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society’s annual indoor extravaganza of Spring is always a grand theatrical affair that sets the stage for the delights of the show. This year Holland’s Flowering the World and…➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — flower show | philadelphia | spring
Monday, March 13, 2017
The Philadelphia Flower Show, that rite of spring, always seems to come at the right time to lift my spirits. It doesn’t matter. Long winter, short winter, cold one or mild one, this annual floral production of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society…➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — flower show | philadelphia | spring
Thursday, March 19, 2015
Couldn’t make the Spring Flower Show? Not to worry. After a brief intermission, I’m continuing my tour of this year’s theme, Celebrate the Movies!, with more of the major landscapers and designers that provide so much of the color and excitement. There’s actually an enormous amount of...➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — flower show | philadelphia | spring
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
The grand Entrance Garden is spectacular enough but it’s actually the Flower Show’s exceptional cast of exhibitors that makes the annual production such an amazing event. Each year, the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society brings together many talented landscapers and designers...➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — flower show | philadelphia | spring
Sunday, March 15, 2015
This winter has been hard. Did I say really hard? Yup. Really hard. And reallly cold to boot. Hard and cold. The jet stream wasn’t just shuttling in its normal seasonal delights from Central Canada. That pattern usually looses most of its umph after…➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — flower show | philadelphia | spring
Thursday, March 06, 2014
Since the final day of the Philly Flower Show is tomorrow, it’s high time to announce the winner of this year’s Fuchsia Ribbon. That way you still get to see the winning display, If you hurry. This year, the coveted award goes to...➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — flower show | philadelphia | spring
Wednesday, March 05, 2014
I always look forward to the plant competitions. A lot. It’s one of my favorite areas of the show and I keep winding back through when I want some down time from the other displays. It’s probably an odd thing for me to say...➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — flower show | philadelphia | spring
Monday, March 03, 2014
This year’s theme is ARTiculture. Look up the word in the dictionary, you won't find it. Google it, though, and you'll be lead straight to the Philadelphia Flower Show. It’s a unique melding of the world of plants with the world of art...➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — flower show | philadelphia | spring
Tuesday, March 04, 2014
It’s another day so time to continue my stroll though a few more of the many, many creative gardens at ARTiculture. At ten acres of displays there’s a lot of ground to cover. Past the biggest, glitziest entries the smaller efforts...➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — flower show | philadelphia | spring
Sunday, March 02, 2014
Once I made it past the huge Calder tribute at the entrance, it was finally down the rabbit hole and into the show. It wasn’t an easy dive because I just wanted to keep doing figure eights and odd twirls...➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — flower show | philadelphia | spring
Saturday, March 01, 2014
The Philadelphia Flower Show is the oldest of spring flower exhibitions in the United States, incredibly held annually since 1829. But that’s Phildelphia’s charm. History immediate and accessible...➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — flower show | philadelphia | spring
Sunday, March 10, 2013
Lucky for me, the Philadelphia Flower Show is just a couple of hours from home so I’ve been able to schedule a visit most years of the past decade and more. It’s been fun to...➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — flower show | philadelphia | spring
Friday, March 08, 2013
Every year the best and most compelling section of the Philadelphia Flower Show always seems to me to be the simplest one. The PHS Hamilton Horticourt is where…➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — flower show | philadelphia | spring
Wednesday, March 06, 2013
There are so many worthwhile exhibits to see every year at the Philadelphia Flower Show. Bring your good hiking shoes. Zigging and zagging back and forth, and back again...➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — flower show | philadelphia | spring
Monday, March 04, 2013
Beyond this year’s Philadelphia Flower Show’s “Brilliant” theme are again the many creative exhibitors who make the whole event so interesting every year. My personal favorite...➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — flower show | philadelphia | spring
Saturday, March 02, 2013
“Brilliant!”, this year’s British-themed Philadelphia Flower Show, opened this week and runs from Saturday, March 2nd to Sunday, March 10th, 2013 in the Philadelphia Convention Center…➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — flower show | philadelphia | spring
