Philly Flower Show

Against a backdrop of colorful leis, table orchids, and hula dancers, the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society launched the 2012 flower show Thursday morning: "Hawaii: Islands of Aloha" opens to the public March 4 and runs till March 11 at the... "This is a show like you've never seen before," said horticultural society president Drew Becher, who outlined new features of the 183-year-old event, officially known as the Philadelphia International Flower Show, before an enthusiastic crowd on... Dancers, musicians, and craftspeople will come from Hawaii, although the hula dancers and musicians at the kickoff were from the Aloha Style dance troupe in Narberth. The horticultural society has rejiggered the show's floor plan for the first time since the event moved from the Civic Center in West Philadelphia to the Convention Center in 1996.

p One is a vessel fern ( Angiopteris evecta ) from the US Botanic Garden in Washington DC, a direct descendant of a plant brought back on the Wilkes expedition, an around-the-world trip in 1838-42 led by US Navy Lt. Charles Wilkes that collected... But the Explorer's Garden also has giant water-platters grown at Longwood Gardens and other real rarities. As you enter the show, you encounter the Explorer's Garden, featuring some of the "exotic" plants that appeared at the first flower show back in 1829.

Paris arrives in full bloom at Philadelphia Flower Show (With Video)

The fragrances, flora, fashion and even the food of France will fill the Pennsylvania Convention Center beginning Saturday when the doors swing open on the 2011 edition of the Philadelphia International Flower Show.

Monroe man's birdhouses at Philadelphia Flower Show

But never, in more than two decades living on the Black Horse Pike, has someone bought as many birdhouses from him as Michael Petrie, designer of PNC Bank's exhibit at the Philadelphia International Flower Show. "Most of them I give away," Shinn said.

Chestnut Hill's flower power on full display this year

The show opens this Sunday. (Alan Tu/NewsWorks) Chestnut Hill's impact on this year's Philadelphia Flower Show is huge. First, Chestnut Hill resident Drew Becher is now president of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, which puts on the Flower Show.

Around Town: Bus Trip to Philadelphia Flower Show is Next Week

The River Edge Recreation Commission sponsors an annual bus trip to the Philadelphia Flower Show on Tuesday, March 8. The bus leaves KBG Park at 8:30am and returns at 6:15pm. The cost is $50 per person for

Video: Getting the prized Begonia to the show

To win the blue ribbon at the 2011 Philadelphia Flower Show you still have to get your plant to the hall in the same condition it was when it left its safe, south-facing window. "The temperature is real tricky this time of year," said Kevin Myer,

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