Five Blooming Good Flower and Tree Shows Around The World

Flower shows and tree events are as popular as they ever were, with many becoming annual family outings as well as illustrating the importance flowers and trees have in our lives. I’ve picked five events I thought have made a big impact in getting people back to nature.

1. The Boston Flower and Garden Show: Blooms takes place between 24 – 28 March 2010 at the Seaport World Trade Center. The flower show offers a variety of themes to entrants for spectators to enjoy, with 2010s theme being The Senses, hopefully a veritable feast of colours and aroma. The flower show is hosted by the Massachusetts Horticultural Society who were formed in 1829 and have been supporting and encouraging the practice of gardening ever since.

Photograph from Flickr: Rachel J.

Some of the exhibits from previous years included, indoor Japanese style gardens, including small trees in the collection. Other exhibits included, animal shapes sculpted with wire and flowers and shrubs grown through the support to give shape, huge single blooms, water flowers floating delicately in flat dishes, necklaces made from flowers, crops and grasses. Some of the exhibits are very traditional floral presentations with an array of colour, while others have a more modern and minimalist approach.

Photograph from Flickr: Rachel J.

There is a variety of advice available, including lectures of different areas of horticulture. There are stands for children to get involved in and painting and art presentations, how to use flowers to decorate your dinner table to great effect and garden planning exhibits.

2. The RHS Chelsea Flower Show: The world famous flower show takes place between 25 – 29 May 2010 and is held at The Royal Hospital, Chelsea. The garden exhibits are based on a variety of themes, including; biodiversity, Japanese, wildlife, woodland and young people to name a few. For 2010 exhibitors will include The Tourism Malaysia Garden, inspired by rainforests and the gardens of Kampung, The Global Stone Bee Friendly Plants Garden, which will highlight what we can all do to support the declining bee populations across the world, and The Children’s Society Garden inspired by the research work the charity commissioned into young people and families.