Carlisle Flowers
The blue poppies from Longwood Gardens are one of the many plants discovered in the past 150 years and showcased at this year’s Pennsylvania Horticultural Society’s “Passport to the World” Flower Show, February 28-March 7, 2010 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Notable plants discovered or recovered from plant exploration trips by Longwood Gardens, one of the world’s […]
Wallace M. Ruff Jr. Memorial Park and Magnolia Arboretum Hidden away in a small neighborhood park in Springfield, Ore., is a youthful forest of ancient treasures. The hundreds of young trees planted here are among a species believed to be the oldest of all flowering plants. Magnolias evolved before bees appeared and the huge blooms […]
America’s Flower Show is a Showcase for the Newly Discovered Philadelphia (January 2009) – A collection of worldly and historic special guests will gather for the 2010 Philadelphia International Flower Show, when “Passport to the World” showcases plants descended from or representing those discovered in early expeditions and those exhibited in the very first Flower […]
Winter Tree Tour of Capitol Grounds Melanie Choukas–Bradley, Author of City of Trees Winter is the best time to appreciate the architecture of the historic trees that grace the U.S. Capitol Grounds. We’ll meet in front of the Conservatory and stroll around the Capitol, admiring and learning about its magnificent trees from around the country and […]
Crystal Palace or Palacio de Cristal in Spanish, is a glass pavilion inspired by The Crystal Palace in London and designed in 1887 by Ricardo Velázquez Bosco. Modeled on London’s Crystal Palace of the 1850s, Madrid’s greatest wrought-iron and glass-domed Industrial Revolution structure was launched just 30 years later to stage an exhibition of Philippine […]
The Point Grey Chrysanthemum Association was founded in 1937. It has two shows in 2010, the early mum show in September and the late mum show in November (see site for more details). Their site contains a variety of topics concerning the growing of mums: taking cuttings, shortening growing season for mums and maximizing blooms […]
