2023’s Best U. S. Cities for Local Flowers
May 11, 2023 – 10:29 pm | Comments Off on 2023’s Best U. S. Cities for Local Flowers

Looking at five floral categories in the 200 largest U.S. cities, Lawn Love came up with these two lists.
They checked out access to flower shops and specialty-cut flower vendors, consumer ratings, and the number of …

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Arkansas Daffodil Fest
February 26, 2014 – 8:04 am | Comments Off on Arkansas Daffodil Fest
Arkansas Daffodil Fest

Headed south? The 21th annual Daffodil Festival is March 7 and 8, 2014, in Camden, Arkansas (map)
Begin your adventure in the Great Hall of the First United Methodist Church, 121 Harrison Avenue SW, Camden, Arkansas …

Flower(s) of the Day: Early Spring
February 22, 2014 – 8:52 am | Comments Off on Flower(s) of the Day: Early Spring
Flower(s) of the Day: Early Spring

A flower vendor in Granada, Spain, had a small selection of bedding plants for sale during the first week of April last year.
Yes, Road Trips Gardeners, spring will arrive…later rather than sooner this year!
(Photo ©2013 …

Spring Flower Show
February 21, 2014 – 8:25 am | Comments Off on Spring Flower Show
Spring Flower Show

The annual Spring Flower Showsponsored by the Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society will be held March 29 and 30, 2014, in the Fletcher Building of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Inverleith Row, Edinburgh, Scotland. Hours both …

Boston Flower & Garden Show
February 19, 2014 – 8:04 am | Comments Off on Boston Flower & Garden Show
Boston Flower & Garden Show

The Boston Flower & Garden Show will return to the Seaport World Trade Center, 200 Seaport Boulevard, Boston, Massachusetts, March 12 through 16, 2014, with the theme “Romance in the Garden”.
Set to the backdrop …

The Big Oak
February 17, 2014 – 8:37 am | Comments Off on The Big Oak
The Big Oak

Road Trips Gardeners check off trees the way birders check off species. Here’s one for your life list: the Big Oak in Thomasville, Georgia.
It started as an acorn about 1685, but these days it has …

Flowers of the Day: 5th Street Market
February 15, 2014 – 8:13 am | Comments Off on Flowers of the Day: 5th Street Market
Flowers of the Day: 5th Street Market

Fresh flowers are available at the Fifth Street Farmers’ Market in downtown Los Angeles, California, which also includes fruits, vegetables and tasty treats.
This selection of blooms was available on a Sunday in mid-January.
The winter version …

Remarkable Trees
February 14, 2014 – 8:09 am | Comments Off on Remarkable Trees
Remarkable Trees

The history of photography is closely bound up with the study of botany; many of the early pioneers of photography such as William Henry Fox Talbot and Anna Atkins used botanical subjects for their photographs …

Snowdrops at Winterthur
February 12, 2014 – 8:46 am | Comments Off on Snowdrops at Winterthur
Snowdrops at Winterthur

“Bank to Bend” is the topic for a lecture by Matt Bishop at Winterthur Museum, Garden, 5105 Kennett Pike, Wilmington, Delaware.
The presentation by the author of Snowdrops: A Monograph of Cultivated Galanthus begins at 11 …

“Wings of Life”
February 10, 2014 – 8:18 am | Comments Off on “Wings of Life”
“Wings of Life”

Gonna be anywhere near eastern Kentucky in a couple of weeks, Road Trips Gardeners? You can catch a screening of the Disney nature movie, “Wings of Life”, at the Central Public Library Farish Theatre of …

Flower of the Day: Bunga Raya
February 8, 2014 – 8:13 am | Comments Off on Flower of the Day: Bunga Raya
Flower of the Day: Bunga Raya

The national flower of Malaysia is the Bunga Raya (Chinese Hibiscus, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis).
This bright red example blossoms forth on one of the plantings around Malaysia’s National Monument in Kuala Lumpur.
The monument (below, right), a sculpture …