National Gardens & Parks Day May 11, 2012 (the day before Mother’s Day) kicks off Garden & Park Festivals Season in and around Boston, Massachusetts, with events ranging from “Hidden Gardens of Beacon Hill” to …

Lilac season arrived a bit ahead of schedule in North America. In your Road Trips Gardener‘s back yard, the peak blooms are fading to green.
The Hulda Klager Lilac Festival takes place April 21 through May …

Every April, 15- to 20-foot-long cascades of blossoming nasturtium vines are draped from the third floor balconies of the Courtyard at the Isabella Gardner Museum, 280 The Fenway, Boston, Massachusetts (map).
This tradition began during Isabella …

The Boston Flower & Garden Show takes place March 14 through 18, 2012, in the Seaport World Trade Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
Promised this year are 25 garden displays by local landscape professionals and area nurseries plus …

The 2011 annual meeting and conference for the American Society of Botanical Artists will be held in Boston, Massachusetts, October 27 through 29, 2011, in the Boston Marriott Newton. It’s the first New England …

Watch as Cape Cod artists work on creations in six gardens in full bloom from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 29, 2011, at the annual Art in the Garden tour sponsored by the Unitarian …

The 10th World Flower Arranging Show, “This Glorious Earth”, takes place June 15 through 19, 2011, at the Seaport World Trade Centre in Boston, Massachusetts.
This floral expo will feature 600 flower arrangements and 12 lectures …

It’s lilac season in the cooler climes of North America. In fact, the annual convention of the International Lilac Society takes place this weekend — April 28-30, 2011 — at the Westin Hotel in Lombard, …

The Spring Bulb Show takes place in the Lyman Conservatory at Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts from March 5 through March 20, 2011.
The conservatory, totalling 12,000 square feet, is composed of various glasshouses dating from 1895, …

Here’s another chance to see how artists interpret plants, Road Trips Gardeners. ‘Flowers and Festivals: Four Seasons in Japanese Prints’ opens January 22, 2011, at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts.
Love of nature and …