2004 Philadelphia Flower Show
The Philadelphia Flower Show opens on Sunday March 7 and runs through Sunday, March 14, 2004 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, PA.
The Philadelphia Flower Show is the oldest flower and garden show in the United States and the largest indoor flower and garden show in the world attracting more than 250,000 visitors annually from across the country and the world. This year the show celebrates its 175th anniversary with special "birthday party" events throughout the week.
The Show is produced by the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Founded in 1827, the PHS is the nation's oldest and foremost organization of its kind.
The theme of this year's Show is Destination Paradise, featuring the country's largest presentation of specimen orchids in the show's title exhibit. The show?s three central feature exhibits interpret the 2004 theme.
An ancient pavilion from a lost civilization cantilevering over an exotic lagoon and a bubbling hot spring complement this paradise with undulating hula dancers who appear daily to complete the South Sea entrance exhibit. Presented by Waldor Orchids, Linwood, NJ, this is the orchid exhibit of the decade. Exploding sunrise hues of yellow, orange and red change to the subtle evening tints of lavender, maroon and deep greens as 100,000 individual orchid flowers form alliances of color in this land of mist and lush jungles.
Underwater Paradise, by Solana Succulents, Solana Beach, CA, presents a submerged world of cacti and related succulents.
This one-of-a-kind exhibit tricks the eye with mesmerizing plants grown into shapes that coil, wave, twirl and fool perception. A boat trolls overhead, and an aqueous lighting system mimics the motion of an underwater seabed.
Finally This Place Called Paradise, offers a hilarious, horticultural spoof of heaven. Flowers by David, Langhorn, PA, presents a lighthearted look at the hereafter with a wing factory of alabaster lilies, amaryllis, hydrangea and creamy roses. Soft sculpted angels cavort and playfully operate the floral machinery where halo fittings are part of the efflorescent workload in this whimsical land behind the Pearly Gates.
The 2004 Philadelphia Flower Show, sponsored by PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., features over ten acres with blooming gardens and thousands of specimen plants, whimsical topiary, artistic flower arrangements, and miniature garden scenes by the nation's most renowned horticulturists and designers.
For the indoor gardener, the Show offers more than 2,000 examples of plants, collections, designs and flower arrangements in its Competitive Class division. Amateurs from throughout the world enter their creations into a competition that is judged throughout Show week. Ribbons and medals are presented in most categories on the Show's first weekend along with trophies for the major garden displays.
More than 300 free presentations conducted daily throughout Show week bring the Show down to earth for home gardeners. Lively hourly demonstrations and seminars by local experts take place in two Gardener's Studio stations in the Main Exhibition Hall and in Lecture and Demonstration rooms along the Show's main concourse.
For the cooking gardener, the culinary artistry of celebrity chefs is presented three times daily at the Show. This free event, sponsored by Viking Appliances and the Viking Culinary Arts Center, is hosted by Chef Joseph E. Shilling, Dean of Education at the Art Institute of New York City.
The popular Borders Book Fair, is located on the bridge concourse near the Show?s main entrance will feature new gardening titles such as the beautifully illustrated, Philadelphia Flower Show Celebrating 175 Years. Daily book signings will take place in a café setting.
In addition you can find 140 vendors in the Garden Marketplace bringing the garden to the visitor with pots and plants, cut flowers and garden structures, patio furniture and ergonomically correct tools, all of the ingredients to satisfy the most winter-weary among us.
Hours:
Sunday, March 7 and 14, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Monday, March 8 through Friday, March 12, 10 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 13, 8 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Admission/Fees:
Adults: Opening Sunday - $26
Weekends - $24
Weekdays - $22
Children under 12 - $12
Advance Sale $20.00
The Philadelphia Flower Show maintains an excellent website full of valuable information.
Your Guide will be attending this year's Show and will be adding a gallery of photos for those of you who are unable to attend. If, however, you can get a chance to see the Show live, it is well worth the trip.
Take a look at some photos of last year's show in our 2003 Flower Show Photo Gallery.
Presenting "Destination Paradise" - March 7 - 14, 2004 The Philadelphia Flower Show opens on Sunday March 7 and runs through Sunday, March 14, 2004 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, PA.
The Philadelphia Flower Show is the oldest flower and garden show in the United States and the largest indoor flower and garden show in the world attracting more than 250,000 visitors annually from across the country and the world. This year the show celebrates its 175th anniversary with special "birthday party" events throughout the week.
The Show is produced by the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Founded in 1827, the PHS is the nation's oldest and foremost organization of its kind.
The theme of this year's Show is Destination Paradise, featuring the country's largest presentation of specimen orchids in the show's title exhibit. The show?s three central feature exhibits interpret the 2004 theme.
An ancient pavilion from a lost civilization cantilevering over an exotic lagoon and a bubbling hot spring complement this paradise with undulating hula dancers who appear daily to complete the South Sea entrance exhibit. Presented by Waldor Orchids, Linwood, NJ, this is the orchid exhibit of the decade. Exploding sunrise hues of yellow, orange and red change to the subtle evening tints of lavender, maroon and deep greens as 100,000 individual orchid flowers form alliances of color in this land of mist and lush jungles.
Underwater Paradise, by Solana Succulents, Solana Beach, CA, presents a submerged world of cacti and related succulents. This one-of-a-kind exhibit tricks the eye with mesmerizing plants grown into shapes that coil, wave, twirl and fool perception. A boat trolls overhead, and an aqueous lighting system mimics the motion of an underwater seabed.
Finally This Place Called Paradise, offers a hilarious, horticultural spoof of heaven. Flowers by David, Langhorn, PA, presents a lighthearted look at the hereafter with a wing factory of alabaster lilies, amaryllis, hydrangea and creamy roses. Soft sculpted angels cavort and playfully operate the floral machinery where halo fittings are part of the efflorescent workload in this whimsical land behind the Pearly Gates.
The 2004 Philadelphia Flower Show, sponsored by PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., features over ten acres with blooming gardens and thousands of specimen plants, whimsical topiary, artistic flower arrangements, and miniature garden scenes by the nation's most renowned horticulturists and designers.
For the indoor gardener, the Show offers more than 2,000 examples of plants, collections, designs and flower arrangements in its Competitive Class division. Amateurs from throughout the world enter their creations into a competition that is judged throughout Show week. Ribbons and medals are presented in most categories on the Show's first weekend along with trophies for the major garden displays.
More than 300 free presentations conducted daily throughout Show week bring the Show down to earth for home gardeners. Lively hourly demonstrations and seminars by local experts take place in two Gardener's Studio stations in the Main Exhibition Hall and in Lecture and Demonstration rooms along the Show's main concourse.
For the cooking gardener, the culinary artistry of celebrity chefs is presented three times daily at the Show. This free event, sponsored by Viking Appliances and the Viking Culinary Arts Center, is hosted by Chef Joseph E. Shilling, Dean of Education at the Art Institute of New York City.
The popular Borders Book Fair, is located on the bridge concourse near the Show?s main entrance will feature new gardening titles such as the beautifully illustrated, Philadelphia Flower Show Celebrating 175 Years. Daily book signings will take place in a café setting.
In addition you can find 140 vendors in the Garden Marketplace bringing the garden to the visitor with pots and plants, cut flowers and garden structures, patio furniture and ergonomically correct tools, all of the ingredients to satisfy the most winter-weary among us.
Hours:
Sunday, March 7 and 14, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Monday, March 8 through Friday, March 12, 10 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 13, 8 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Admission/Fees:
Adults: Opening Sunday - $26
Weekends - $24
Weekdays - $22
Children under 12 - $12
Advance Sale $20.00
The Philadelphia Flower Show maintains an excellent website full of valuable information.
Your Guide will be attending this year's Show and will be adding a gallery of photos for those of you who are unable to attend. If, however, you can get a chance to see the Show live, it is well worth the trip.
Take a look at some photos of last year's show in our 2003 Flower Show Photo Gallery.
The Philadelphia Flower Show is the oldest flower and garden show in the United States and the largest indoor flower and garden show in the world attracting more than 250,000 visitors annually from across the country and the world. This year the show celebrates its 175th anniversary with special "birthday party" events throughout the week.
The Show is produced by the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Founded in 1827, the PHS is the nation's oldest and foremost organization of its kind.
The theme of this year's Show is Destination Paradise, featuring the country's largest presentation of specimen orchids in the show's title exhibit. The show?s three central feature exhibits interpret the 2004 theme.
An ancient pavilion from a lost civilization cantilevering over an exotic lagoon and a bubbling hot spring complement this paradise with undulating hula dancers who appear daily to complete the South Sea entrance exhibit. Presented by Waldor Orchids, Linwood, NJ, this is the orchid exhibit of the decade. Exploding sunrise hues of yellow, orange and red change to the subtle evening tints of lavender, maroon and deep greens as 100,000 individual orchid flowers form alliances of color in this land of mist and lush jungles.
Underwater Paradise, by Solana Succulents, Solana Beach, CA, presents a submerged world of cacti and related succulents.
This one-of-a-kind exhibit tricks the eye with mesmerizing plants grown into shapes that coil, wave, twirl and fool perception. A boat trolls overhead, and an aqueous lighting system mimics the motion of an underwater seabed.
Finally This Place Called Paradise, offers a hilarious, horticultural spoof of heaven. Flowers by David, Langhorn, PA, presents a lighthearted look at the hereafter with a wing factory of alabaster lilies, amaryllis, hydrangea and creamy roses. Soft sculpted angels cavort and playfully operate the floral machinery where halo fittings are part of the efflorescent workload in this whimsical land behind the Pearly Gates.
The 2004 Philadelphia Flower Show, sponsored by PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., features over ten acres with blooming gardens and thousands of specimen plants, whimsical topiary, artistic flower arrangements, and miniature garden scenes by the nation's most renowned horticulturists and designers.
For the indoor gardener, the Show offers more than 2,000 examples of plants, collections, designs and flower arrangements in its Competitive Class division. Amateurs from throughout the world enter their creations into a competition that is judged throughout Show week. Ribbons and medals are presented in most categories on the Show's first weekend along with trophies for the major garden displays.
More than 300 free presentations conducted daily throughout Show week bring the Show down to earth for home gardeners. Lively hourly demonstrations and seminars by local experts take place in two Gardener's Studio stations in the Main Exhibition Hall and in Lecture and Demonstration rooms along the Show's main concourse.
For the cooking gardener, the culinary artistry of celebrity chefs is presented three times daily at the Show. This free event, sponsored by Viking Appliances and the Viking Culinary Arts Center, is hosted by Chef Joseph E. Shilling, Dean of Education at the Art Institute of New York City.
The popular Borders Book Fair, is located on the bridge concourse near the Show?s main entrance will feature new gardening titles such as the beautifully illustrated, Philadelphia Flower Show Celebrating 175 Years. Daily book signings will take place in a café setting.
In addition you can find 140 vendors in the Garden Marketplace bringing the garden to the visitor with pots and plants, cut flowers and garden structures, patio furniture and ergonomically correct tools, all of the ingredients to satisfy the most winter-weary among us.
Hours:
Sunday, March 7 and 14, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Monday, March 8 through Friday, March 12, 10 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 13, 8 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Admission/Fees:
Adults: Opening Sunday - $26
Weekends - $24
Weekdays - $22
Children under 12 - $12
Advance Sale $20.00
The Philadelphia Flower Show maintains an excellent website full of valuable information.
Your Guide will be attending this year's Show and will be adding a gallery of photos for those of you who are unable to attend. If, however, you can get a chance to see the Show live, it is well worth the trip.
Take a look at some photos of last year's show in our 2003 Flower Show Photo Gallery.
Presenting "Destination Paradise" - March 7 - 14, 2004 The Philadelphia Flower Show opens on Sunday March 7 and runs through Sunday, March 14, 2004 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, PA.
The Philadelphia Flower Show is the oldest flower and garden show in the United States and the largest indoor flower and garden show in the world attracting more than 250,000 visitors annually from across the country and the world. This year the show celebrates its 175th anniversary with special "birthday party" events throughout the week.
The Show is produced by the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Founded in 1827, the PHS is the nation's oldest and foremost organization of its kind.
The theme of this year's Show is Destination Paradise, featuring the country's largest presentation of specimen orchids in the show's title exhibit. The show?s three central feature exhibits interpret the 2004 theme.
An ancient pavilion from a lost civilization cantilevering over an exotic lagoon and a bubbling hot spring complement this paradise with undulating hula dancers who appear daily to complete the South Sea entrance exhibit. Presented by Waldor Orchids, Linwood, NJ, this is the orchid exhibit of the decade. Exploding sunrise hues of yellow, orange and red change to the subtle evening tints of lavender, maroon and deep greens as 100,000 individual orchid flowers form alliances of color in this land of mist and lush jungles.
Underwater Paradise, by Solana Succulents, Solana Beach, CA, presents a submerged world of cacti and related succulents. This one-of-a-kind exhibit tricks the eye with mesmerizing plants grown into shapes that coil, wave, twirl and fool perception. A boat trolls overhead, and an aqueous lighting system mimics the motion of an underwater seabed.
Finally This Place Called Paradise, offers a hilarious, horticultural spoof of heaven. Flowers by David, Langhorn, PA, presents a lighthearted look at the hereafter with a wing factory of alabaster lilies, amaryllis, hydrangea and creamy roses. Soft sculpted angels cavort and playfully operate the floral machinery where halo fittings are part of the efflorescent workload in this whimsical land behind the Pearly Gates.
The 2004 Philadelphia Flower Show, sponsored by PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., features over ten acres with blooming gardens and thousands of specimen plants, whimsical topiary, artistic flower arrangements, and miniature garden scenes by the nation's most renowned horticulturists and designers.
For the indoor gardener, the Show offers more than 2,000 examples of plants, collections, designs and flower arrangements in its Competitive Class division. Amateurs from throughout the world enter their creations into a competition that is judged throughout Show week. Ribbons and medals are presented in most categories on the Show's first weekend along with trophies for the major garden displays.
More than 300 free presentations conducted daily throughout Show week bring the Show down to earth for home gardeners. Lively hourly demonstrations and seminars by local experts take place in two Gardener's Studio stations in the Main Exhibition Hall and in Lecture and Demonstration rooms along the Show's main concourse.
For the cooking gardener, the culinary artistry of celebrity chefs is presented three times daily at the Show. This free event, sponsored by Viking Appliances and the Viking Culinary Arts Center, is hosted by Chef Joseph E. Shilling, Dean of Education at the Art Institute of New York City.
The popular Borders Book Fair, is located on the bridge concourse near the Show?s main entrance will feature new gardening titles such as the beautifully illustrated, Philadelphia Flower Show Celebrating 175 Years. Daily book signings will take place in a café setting.
In addition you can find 140 vendors in the Garden Marketplace bringing the garden to the visitor with pots and plants, cut flowers and garden structures, patio furniture and ergonomically correct tools, all of the ingredients to satisfy the most winter-weary among us.
Hours:
Sunday, March 7 and 14, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Monday, March 8 through Friday, March 12, 10 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 13, 8 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Admission/Fees:
Adults: Opening Sunday - $26
Weekends - $24
Weekdays - $22
Children under 12 - $12
Advance Sale $20.00
The Philadelphia Flower Show maintains an excellent website full of valuable information.
Your Guide will be attending this year's Show and will be adding a gallery of photos for those of you who are unable to attend. If, however, you can get a chance to see the Show live, it is well worth the trip.
Take a look at some photos of last year's show in our 2003 Flower Show Photo Gallery.
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