Philadelphia Flower Show Draws More Than 250,000 Attendees With Disney Pixar Movie Theme
If you’ve never been to Philadelphia in early March, you’re missing out. It is a spectacle that will, as a lover of all things horticultural, do your heart good to see.
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The entrance to the Philadelphia Flower Show played up this year's theme, celebrating family favorite Disney and Pixar movies. Most of the displays were translations of a movie in flowers or landscapes.
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The entrance used a great deal of color, drama and flourish to welcome showgoers.
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The Philadelphia Flower Show brought the elegance of flowers back to the experience of going to the theater.
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The Philadelphia Flower Show brought the elegance of flowers back to the experience of going to the theater.
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The Pennsylvania Horticulture Society had a special brew of hard cider made for this year's show.
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There were plenty of great ideas for containers and landscapes throughout the show.
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The PHS Pop-Up Beer Garden was a popular feature at the main entrance.
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Furniture retailer Ikea created these bed frames to display at the Philly Flower Show, to show how consumers can bring the outdoors inside, or the indoors outside.
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Subaru's bee garden was a big draw. This was one of the gardens supplied by Peace Tree Farm in Kintnersville, Pa.
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Subaru's bee garden was a big draw. This was one of the gardens supplied by Peace Tree Farm in Kintnersville, Pa.
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Subaru's bee garden was a big draw. This was one of the gardens supplied by Peace Tree Farm in Kintnersville, Pa.
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This creative use of bedding plants was breathtaking at the entrance to the show.
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Into The Woods theme landscape
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This was a popular selfie spot, and people lined up to take photos here.
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The spring garden was filled with color and people jammed in, shoulder to shoulder, to smell the fresh flowers and take photos.
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Kites and spring bulb flowers were popular among the crowds.
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Orchids and the use of tropicals were a big draw.
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This creative use of plants was popular among the crowds.
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Cute critters in the trees were fun for kids of all ages to see.
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Spring blooming trees and plants were prevalent in many vignettes.
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This vignette was very popular.
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Succulent planters showed creative use of patio plants.
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Landscaping ideas were everywhere.
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Subaru's bird feed silo
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Subaru's bird and pollinator garden
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Cinderella's slipper
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Creative use of color using Cinderella's royal magic to set the tone for fancy parties and bridal teas.
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Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlej...
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The Nightmare Before Christmas.
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Princess vignettes - this is Merida, in Brave.
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Princess vignettes - Pocahontas.
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Princess vignettes - Snow White.
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Princess vignettes - Bell in Beauty and the Beast.
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Princess vignettes - Rapunzel in Tangled.
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Princess vignettes - Cinderella.
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And of course, who can forget this year's princess hit - Frozen.
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Phillies mascot topiary, all decked out in green.
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A familiar industry sign - Kremp Florist, based in Philadelphia, must have sold thousands of roses by the dozen.
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Miniature garden displays were a huge hit!
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Selfie spot signs were everywhere, and people took full advantage of them!
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Floral competitions among local florists were well-attended and drew some great questions and interaction from the crowd.
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There were so many displays and topiaries and ideas, it was hard to keep track. But this was a big draw among attendees.
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Signs of spring were everywhere and the bulb flowers were a big hit.
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Philadelphia is building its own version of NYC's Highline. It's an exciting project that will add some interesting green infrastructure to the city.
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Plenty of floral art to look at at the Philly Flower Show.
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The show offered lots of purchasing opportunities, with a PHS shop right in the middle, and a merchant area.
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Organic Mechanics' display promoted water-wise gardening.
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Organic Mechanics' clever quotes on chalkboard painted planters offered humor and whimsy. This was also supplied by Peace Tree Farm.
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The garden to table stage offered culinary expertise and drew large crowds of foodies.
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These creative hanging baskets and window planters were named after classic starlets, and very popular. Certainly a great idea to steal for growers and garden centers.
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These creative hanging baskets and window planters were named after classic starlets, and very popular. Certainly a great idea to steal for growers and garden centers.
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These creative hanging baskets and window planters were named after classic starlets, and very popular. Certainly a great idea to steal for growers and garden centers.
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America In Bloom celebrated its "star" cities participating in municipal competitions over the years.
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America In Bloom celebrated its "star" cities participating in municipal competitions over the years.
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Store window vignettes were very artistic and showed off creative ways to use flowers.
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Table and patio vignettes offered several inspiring ways to use plants in outdoor and indoor living.
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Of course, the renowned Philadelphia Flower Show, presented by the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, is the place to be, and it’s full of absolutely incredible displays of flowers, landscapes, hardscapes and all things gardening. But that’s a given.
The sight I’m talking about that will reinforce your passion for this industry and what we do, is the droves of people who each pay $32 to pack in to the Pennsylvania Convention Center per day, to ooh and ahh and take countless selfies with and photos of what else but flowers! As a first-time attendee this year, it made me wonder, why don’t we have more of these throughout the country?
With more than 250,000 consumers attending the prestigious Philly Flower Show annually, it’s a great opportunity to get flowers and gardening products into the public eye – and mind. This year’s show displays took on family favorites at the movies, with a focus on Disney and Pixar films. Check out some of the highlights in our slideshow. And plan on attending next year’s show, scheduled for March 5-13, 2016.
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Laura Drotleff is a former Editor for Greenhouse Grower. See all author stories here.