Philadelphia Flower Show 2014 - Part 1

We went to the Philadelphia Flower Show last Friday. It was my first time for the event; Philadelphia is about 2 hours up I-95 from where we live so we made it a day trip. My husband bought the tickets and printed a parking coupon via the show’s web site. It opened at 10 and we arrived before 10:30. There were already quite a few people and it got more crowded. Next time I will do the exhibits first and shopping second (just opposite of what I did this first year) although I did enjoy the variety of vendors. I found some great gardening gloves to replace the ones that I threw away at the end of last season.

The flower show was in the Philadelphia Convention Center so it did not matter that it was cold outside. The indoors was full of color that won’t appear outdoors for months! It was a good break from the dull colors of winter.

I’m going to do several posts with photographs from the day trip. This first one is dedicated to flowers. I always like the ikebana arrangements. And the clever use of plants to create insect forms among daffodils was a lot of fun. There were big white paper flowers (with intricate folds and cuts) in one of the Convention Center hallways. Spring bulbs were blooming everywhere! Enjoy the slide show below of flowers from the Philadelphia Flower Show.