Sick of Winter? Experience Spring at the Philadelphia Flower Show

 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 1^st 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 top landscape designers and florists who transform 10 acres of the Convention Center into creative garden designs, beautiful displays of floral mosaics, sculptures, topiaries, and cutting-edge designs.  There will be frequent demonstrations, gardening presentations, and dozens of educational displays that explore the newest gardening trends.

You will be able to shop until you drop at the “Marketplace” with approximately 200 vendors.  Foodies will love the International Wine and Spirits Garden, presented by the PA Wine & Spirits Store and the Reading Terminal Market next door.

The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society reports more than 265,000 expected visitors from all over the United States, as well as from different parts of the globe.  The Show is said to contribute over $61 million into the regional economy.

 The Philadelphia International Flower Shop is amazingly impressive and inspiring, especially if you've never seen it.

  Guaranteed, if this is your first Show, it won’t be your last!

The Show opens on Saturday, March 1 and will close on Sunday, March 9.  The location is at the Philadelphia Convention Center, 12^th and Arch Streets in Center City Philadelphia.Click here for driving directions and parking information.

For more information, including Show hours and admission fees, please visit www.theflowerShow.com