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The Philadelphia Flower Show is an annual event produced by The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS) and traditionally held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in early March. [1] It is the oldest and largest indoor flower show in the world, [2] attracting more than 250,000 people annually. [3]
This list of botanical gardens and arboretums in Pennsylvania is intended to include all significant botanical gardens and arboretums in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Name
Bartram's Garden is the oldest botanic garden to survive in the United States. [3] John Bartram (1699–1777), well-known in colonial American as a botanist, explorer, and plant collector, established the garden in September 1728 after purchasing a 102-acre (0.41 km 2) farm in Kingsessing Township, Philadelphia County for personal use. [21] [22]
Pennock Garden - exotic flower garden with large rectangular fountain. Rose Garden (1888) - a buxus-edged rose garden in four quadrants with a fountain in the middle. Rock Wall Garden (1924) - alpine plants on a six-foot-high wall. Swan Pond (1905) - a small lake created by digging and damming the East Brook. Sculpture Garden
Chanticleer Garden is a 48-acre botanical garden built on the grounds of the Rosengarten estate at 786 Church Road in Wayne, Pennsylvania. Located on Philadelphia's historic Main Line , Chanticleer retains a domestic scale and welcomes visitors for relaxation, walking, and picnics.
The Horticultural Center in Philadelphia, USA, contains an arboretum, greenhouse, demonstration gardens, and an exhibition hall. [1] It is located within Fairmount Park at the southeast corner of Belmont and Montgomery Drives. The grounds are open daily except holidays, without charge. An admission fee is charged for the Japanese house.
John Bartram (March 23, 1699 – September 22, 1777) was an American botanist, horticulturist, and explorer, based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for most of his career. Swedish botanist and taxonomist Carl Linnaeus said he was the "greatest natural botanist in the world."
The Subaru Cherry Blossom Festival of Greater Philadelphia, [1] at Shofuso Japanese House and Garden, is an annual spring celebration based on the Japanese custom of Hanami (cherry blossom viewing). The festival, which is presented by the Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia , commemorates a 1926 gift of 1,600 cherry blossom trees from ...