24th Annual Southeastern Flower Show

It's time for the 24th Annual Southeastern Flower Show, February 25-27, 2011 at Cobb Galleria Centre. The popular Southeastern Flower Show has been the major floral and gardening event for metropolitan Atlanta and the Southeast for a generation. The Flower Show promotes conservation and awareness of the natural environment through education, horticultural excellence and artistic expression. The Flower Show is both fun and enjoyable, with something for everyone from children to seniors.

This year’s theme, In Tune with Blooms, emphasizes the delight of music in the garden. Throughout the day, live performances by instrumental and vocal musicians will add an extra dimension of pleasure to the professionally-designed Landscaped Gardens and the other five judged divisions of the Show: Artistic Floral Design, Garden Design, Discovery, Horticulture and Photography.

As always, the popular and greatly anticipated shopping area known as the Marketplace, along with the Bookstore and the Raffle Tables, are brimming with home, art and garden-related treasures. Enjoy informal flower arranging, gardening and cooking demonstrations, children’s workshops and stimulating speakers throughout each day.

The 24th Annual Southeastern Flower Show provides an entire world of décor, floral design and gardening education in three days. Twenty-nine inspiring talks, forums and programs by renowned horticulturists, designers and landscaping experts are scheduled during the Show.  Headliners include Coach Vince Dooley, Dr. Allan Armitage, P. Allen Smith, Walter Reeves, John Grady Burnes and Erica Glasner, along with dozens more speaking on favorite audience topics.

In addition to the exemplary plants vying for blue ribbons in the Horticulture Division, the Bonsai Exhibit by the Students of Kenji Miyata, the only Certified Master Bonsai Artist in the U.S., will display outstanding examples of their living art at the Show. And children are invited to explore the Discovery Division, enjoy a performance of Puppatoons or participate in one of the youth workshops.

The 24th Annual Southeastern Flower Show opens Friday, February 25, 2011 and closes Sunday, February 27th. Show hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday.

Purchase tickets at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/137816