82-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 9,2002
Invitation To
An Early Spring
PHILADELPHIA Gardeners who spend the winter months
fantasizing about landscapes with flowers can have some of their
dreams fulfilled at the annual Philadelphia Flower show this
week.
This giant indoor precursor of spring at the Philadelphia Con
vention Center features acres of floral and landscape displays to
delight artists, naturalists, or anyone at all with a sense of curios
ity.
“Exceptional flower design is a hallmark of the Philadelphia
Flower Show,” according to Jane Pepper, president of the Penn
sylvania Horticultural Society, the organization that produces the
show
Besides strolling among the wide variety of exhibits, visitors can
also take in garden lectures, landscape workshops, culinary pres
entations, and visit a marketplace area with many plants, seeds,
and bulbs for sale.
The nine-day extravanganza continues through 6 p.m. tomor
row. Tickets are $22 at the door, $lO for children 12 and under.
For more information, call (215) 988-8899.
The Men’s Garden Club of Philadelphia took first place in a landscape contest
called “My Little Piece of The Planet” for this portrayal of a woodworker’s
woods.
“The Roots of Pleasure" designed by the F.A. Bartlett Tree Expert Company,
An Old English Rose enthusiast takes a closeup Stamford, Connecticut. The landscape includes a waterway with overhanging
look. tree roots. Photo by DavoLofevor
DAVELEFEVER
Lancaster Fanning StafJ
This exhibit demonstrates an infiltration trench for water running off a roof.
Stones in the trench allow for slow movement of the water into the surrounding
soil.
Philadelphia
Flower Show
Welcomes Spring
Flowers favored by the artist Vincent Van Gogh
were highlighted in this exhibit. A Van Gogh painting
is represented on the screen in the background.