“Blooms, Bay & Beyond”, the 2012 national show and convention of the American Daffodil Society is set for April 19 through 22, 2012, at the Sheraton Baltimore-North Hotel, 903 Dulaney Valley Road, Towson, Maryland (map)
It’s …

The extensive gardens at the Biltmore House, One Lodge Street, Asheville, North Carolina, come alive with color as tulips, azaleas and other flowers burst into bloom this spring.
Food and wine, music, seminars and other special …

Field daisies bloom in profusion in Troyes, France.
This town ( about 90 miles southeast of Paris along the Seine River) was founded by the Romans, who named it Augustobona Tricassium. Many half-timbered houses (mainly of …

The 23rd annual Nashville Lawn & Garden Show takes place March 1 through 4, 2012, at the Tennessee State Fairgrounds, 500 Wedgewood Avenue, Nashville, Tennessee (map).
Hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, …

Special to Road Trips for Gardeners
By Michael A. Norton
Traverse City Convention & Visitors Bureau
The annual blossoming of the cherry trees each May in Traverse City, Michigan, is one of America’s most impressive floral displays. …

It may still be officially winter, but our neighbors to the north have changing seasons on their minds. Canada Blooms springs forth March 16 through 25, 2012, in the Direct Energy Centre, 100 Princes’ Boulevard, …

Regular readers will notice lots of bougainvillea (it’s our favorite photographer’s favorite flower).
Although, to be precise, the flower itself is that tiny white center; the color comes from the surrounding bracts. Native to South America, …

There are few vistas more breathtaking than the National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, D.C. Although the blossoms run on their own private schedule, the festival runs from March 20 through April 27, 2012.
This year …

As early as late February, Road Trips Gardeners will see trees along the streets of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, turning cherry pink with the blossoming of the city’s 37,000 flowering cherry trees. Come spring, 35 …

Known in France as the “winter sun”, the bright yellow blooms of the mimosa tree has been a symbol of the Mandelieu-La Napoule region since the mid-19th Century.
That’s when the flowering tree was introduced into …