The Philadelphia Flower Show: Celebrating 175 Years

by Edward Lindemann, Raymond Rogers, Adam Levine

The Philadelphia Flower Show is a visual celebration of the world's most spectacular indoor flower show. Organized by the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, the event is staged each year in early March and attracts some 300,000 visitors to the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Covering more than ten indoor acres, the event features a breathtaking array of horticultural subjects. Included are elaborate flower-filled landscapes with blossoming trees, exquisite floral arrangements, impeccably groomed perennials, cacti and other succulents, orchids, topiary, bonsai, and much more. All proceeds of the Show are dedicated to the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society's education and urban beautification programs. This beautiful book is a behind-the-scenes tour of the Show with interviews and profiles of exhibitors, organizers, and designers. Lavish full-color photographs of the prizewinning plants and large displays capture the proceedings in stunning detail. Also included is a brief history of the Show along with a passionate foreword by gardening guru Ken Druse that captures what makes the Show so compelling and popular year after year. Wonderful stories, inspiring advice, and gorgeous photography combine to make The Philadelphia Flower Show the ultimate companion to the greatest plant and flower show on earth.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060575131
• ISBN13: 9780060575137
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 3.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 9.0" x 11.1"

Customer Reviews

The Book is Great!

Its just that I'm very dissapointed that there were no landscapers, who included Leprechauns in their "Legends of Ireland" display for the 2007 Flower Show at the Philadelphia Convention Center :-(

Philly Flower Power

Having been to the Phildaelphia Flower Show for the past 20-odd years I am thrilled to finally see a book about this amazing annual event. And what a book! It's filled with page after page of gorgeous photos and wonderful stories about the exhibitors. The subtitle is Celebrating 175 Years and that's just what this book is, a fabulous party of flowers and plants, just like the show!

An amazing look at an amazing show!

I love this book! Beautiful pictures, and the text really makes you feel like you are a Philadelphia Flower Show insider. A wonderful present for gardeners, even armchair gardeners!