flowers: Speechless Sunday -- Philadelphia Flower Show - Lights, Camera, Bloom - 03/08/15 02:06 PM
The Philadelphia International Flower Show has always been one of the most beautiful and artistic events you could ever see. By far, the Philadelphia Horticultural Society’s show has always been my most favorite event of the year.
 
I've been to a dozen flowers shows in Philadelphia, but never visited  on a weekend, this was my first time and will, without a doubt, be the last.  The crowds were suffocating.  According to show organizers visits among children and students doubled, obviously because of the Disney theme.

This year, the “movie” theme was impressive even though all the displays were Disney flicks. … (15 comments)

flowers: PA Garden Expo 2015 - Cure for the Winter Blues - 02/27/15 09:58 AM
The Pennsylvania Garden Expo is the place to visit this weekend, especially if you have cabin fever and are looking for a fix by getting a preview of spring. The Expo will be held at the PA Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg, PA.
 
This show gives homeowners ideas and resources for creating stunning outdoor spaces. If you want to start growing a vegetable garden, but aren’t sure where to begin, this is a great place to visit for finding inspiration and finding the right professional help to get you started.
 
All under one roof, you will find beautiful professionally … (13 comments)

flowers: PA Farmers Open Air Market Returns to Harrisburg Region for the Season - 06/05/14 12:10 PM
The Farmers Open Air Market has returned to the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex and Expo Center 
for the season, providing residents an opportunity to purchase locally grown food.
The market will operate from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. every Tuesday and Friday until November.  Our market has over 20 farm vendors.  There is one with prepared hot foods, two with baked goods, one with organic meat, two selling eggs, one has ice cream, one has cheese, six sell plants/flowers and ten have produce. Each farm vendor grows and produces what they sell.
There is always produce in the market. And when the … (5 comments)

flowers: No April Fools, Landscapes in the Northeast Need First Aid - 04/01/14 11:50 AM
 
No April fooling, I haven't gotten much done outside yet this year. The last few weeks would have normally been the time period we begin cleaning up the landscape here in Central Pennsylvania, but most of us are now looking at performing first aid.
 
Just in time for new and seasoned homeowners, the Penn State Extension in Cumberland County is conducting a series of five Wednesday-evening seminars dealing with what to plant in your landscaping.  This will be a great opportunity to learn more about ornamental plants and the use of native trees and shrubs in home landscaping.  
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flowers: Need a Glimpse of Spring? Philadelphia Flower Show Begins Tomorrow - 02/28/14 09:01 AM
 

Forget the cold outside and remind yourself tomorrow Spring arrives at the Philadelphia Convention Center with the 185th Annual Philadelphia International Flower Show.  This year’s theme is “ARTiculture” filling 10 acres of exhibition space into a living canvas of art.  The nation’s largest flower show will feature horticultural displays inspired by the work of artists and provide a week of entertainment and education.      
 
       
 
New this year is the Butterfly Experience room, an interactive and educational exhibit with 20 species and more than 1,000 butterflies.  I can hardly wait to stop by and see these beauties as they, as … (14 comments)

flowers: Experience Spring at Pennsylvania Garden Expo February 21 – 23 - 02/13/14 10:12 AM
Experience Spring at Pennsylvania Garden Expo February 21 – 23
 
Experience Spring blooms a few weeks early at the Pennsylvania Garden Expo which will be held Friday, February 21 through Sunday, February 23 at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg.
 
 
 
It’s the largest resource in Central Pennsylvania for garden enthusiasts.  Attendees can get landscape and exterior design ideas, view garden art, and see a robotic mower and goats that manicure lawns.   Over a dozen local landscapers and are building 40,000 square feet of gardens filled with plants that are forced into bloom early. Many of them … (7 comments)

flowers: Sick of Winter? Experience Spring at the Philadelphia Flower Show - 02/11/14 09:26 AM
 Sick of Winter? Experience Spring at the Philadelphia Flower Show
 
The Philadelphia International Flower Show is the world’s biggest and oldest flower Show, which blossoms between the end of February and the 1st week of March annually at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.
 
This year's theme will be "ARTiculture: Where Art Meets Horticulture,” focusing on how landscapes, gardens and floral arrangements have inspired artists from the Old Masters to the Impressionists to today's Postmodernists.  The main-entry feature will include 20-foot-tall frames of plants representing well-known paintings and sculptures created throughout the centuries.
 
 
The Show features the world's … (14 comments)