Article Archive for September 2011
If you’re anywhere near Austin, Texas, this weekend, Road Trips Gardeners, stop by the 34th annual Southwest Bromeliad Guild Show & Sale in the Crowne Plaza Hotel Central, 6121 North Interstate 35, Austin, Texas.
Hours are …
The Illinois Orchid Society presents its annual fall mini-show October 15 and 16, 2011, in the Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe, Illinois.
Tabletop displays, from the rarest of species to cultivated hybrids, will …
As any of us Road Trips Gardeners know first hand, it’s really, really hard to convince a bougainvillea plant to blossom as a house plant.
In places such as Maui (where this photo was taken), bougainvillea …
Thinking of traveling to South Africa, Road Trips Gardeners? Consider a stop at the Makana Botanical Gardens in Grahamstown for the third Flower Festival. It’s set for October 29 and 30, 2011.
Guest speakers are Tanya …
Public markets in South Carolina have three plant and flower festivals coming up this fall.
First is AutumnFest at the Market, to be held September 23 through 25, 2011, at the Greenville State Farmers Market, 1354 …
Toowoomba, a town in Queensland, Australia, is known as Garden City. And, since 1948, it’s been the setting for an annual Carnival of Flowers. This year’s event (which began September 16) runs through September 25, …
Fresh flowers provide a welcome in a hotel room. These brightly hued orchids greeted guests at a hotel in Macau, a Special Administrative Region of China.
According to Wikipedia, orchids (orchidaceae) are believed to be the …
The fifth annual Cathedral Festival of Flowers, “Celebrating the Beauty of the Earth”, will be held September 30 through October 2, 2011, in the Roman Catholic Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption, 1111 Gough …
The Harrogate Autumn Flower Show is set for September 16 through 18, 2011, at Great Yorkshire Showground, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England. Hours each day are 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Look for the Garden Border Competition, …
The 48th annual Kings Park Festival takes place for the entire month of September — springtime in Perth, Australia.
Keeping in mind that this is the United Nations International Year of Forests, the celebrates Trees for …
