82-Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, March 16, 1991
Philadelphia Flower Show Heralds Endless Spring
LOU ANN GOOD
Lancaster Farming Staff
PHILADELPHIA (Philadelphia
Co.) Thousands jam the Civic
Center to admire and savor the aro
ma of spring flowers and greenery
from around the world. The annual
Philadelphia Flower Show has
attracted crowds since 1829, and
this year, March 10 through 17, is
no exception.
The largest indoor flower show
in the world features a six-acre
indoor floor plan that reveals the
most stunning designs by more
than 100 exhibitors.
Full-scale exhibits show how to
use greenery and flowers to
enhance flagstone walks, gazebos,
woodland settings, and city side
walks. Winding canals lined with
thousands of Holland tulips, tropi
cal foliage and roses in every hue
of the rainbow are planted among
tall trees. Waterfalls surrounded by
exotic flora from Africa and other
continents show nature’s beauty at
her best.
Some of the world’s finest horticultural talents from
nations around the world combined their designing talents
with nature’s beauty.
Paint your landscape with color by using wildflowers that multiply and come uo
every year.
More than 1,500 people show
cased their talents in competitive
classes ranging from balcony treat
ments and window boxes to table
settings and miniature flower
arrangmemcnls.
But the show doesn’t focus
strictly on beauty. Delaware Val
ley College, Soil Conservation
Service, and other agencies show
visitors how to help the environ
ment by choosing plants that repel
pests, designing with plants that
use less water, fertilizers, and
pesticides.
These exhibitors and other eco
logical landscape designers are
committed to integrating the natur
al landscape with buildings. The
designers are trained to work with
natural processes of a site rather
than against it.
Lectures and demonstrations are
offered each day. Participants can
learn Ikcbano, Italian, Dutch and
other types of flower arranging.
Classes in flower photography,
herbal vinegars, water gardening
More than 200 judges come at their own expense from as far away as England, Ber
muda, and California to award more than 1,200 ribbons and plaques to competitive
di; such as this one.
The fresh scent of spring-flowering bulbs permeated the Civic Center, annual site of
the Philadelphia Flower Show.
and similar topics are available.
Last year more than 225,000
attended the eight-day show. The
show opens at 10 a.m. until 9:30
p.m. except Sunday, March 17,
when it closes at 6 p.m.
Tickets arc $10.50 for adults and
$5.25 for children under 12. Pro
ceeds from the show help fund the
Pennsylvania Horticultural Socie
ty, which organizes community
groups to green up their neighbor
hoods with trees, parks, gardens
and windowboxes.
The serene beauty of flowers surrounds this gazebo and
flagstone patio.
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