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The Magic of Christmas

Colorful lights, carollers, ice skating and festive fare — Christmas is a cheerful time of year at The Gardens. Experience the Magic of Christmas. Bundle up and stroll through the Twelve Days of Christmas display, sing along to the sounds of the season with Traditional Carollers or listen to the Festive Brass, then stop in at the Coffee Shop to warm up with a hot chocolate and gingerbread by the fire.

Lights Display
While the flowers sleep, we dress The Gardens with boughs of greenery—and lights galore! The Gardens come to life with a colourful display of lights, including scenes depicting The Twelve Days of Christmas. Wander the pathways to discover each scene while you sing along to the classic Christmas carol.

Ice Skating
Lace up your skates and step onto the rink: nestled under strings of twinkling lights, our 5,000-square-foot outdoor rink adds …

You won't find a prettier garden. Enjoy it!

The most refreshing walk you can do in your life. this garden is immaculately kept and has just the most wonderful trees to see. Right on the water , you won't find a prettier garden. Enjoy it

The Royal Botanic Gardens is a major botanical garden located in the heart of Sydney, Australia. The garden is the oldest scientific institution in Australia and one of the most important historic botanical institutions in the world. Its stunning position on Sydney Harbour and immediately adjacent to the Sydney Opera House ensure it is one of the most stunning gardens in the world.
Founded in 1816, this gem is the oldest garden of its kind in Australia. It has an outstanding collection of flora from the whole world though with a little emphasis on species from the Oceania. We think it is well worth …

RHS Wisley will bring the winter evenings alive with fantastical giant flowers!

Follow the fairy lights along the trail and see the light playing on our iconic trees, floating installations creating rippling reflections on the water, and stunning views of the Laboratory reflected in the Jellicoe Canal.

Christmas delights in the Glasshouse

Don't miss our beautiful Glasshouse display, this year inspired by the 1837 poem A visit from St Nicholas by Clement Clarke Moore. Walk into a festive woodland glade, complete with poinsettia 'trees', ferns, red flowering azaleas and an abandoned sleigh. Can you find the missing reindeer?
Delight in the Arts & Crafts stockings hanging over the chimney, surrounded by 10 Christmas trees decorated by local schools.

Enjoy the atmosphere of the festive season with the Jigantics light installation around the garden which blooms with magical giant illuminated flowers. Don’t miss the stunning Glasshouse display. Opening from 4pm …

Logan is an exotic paradise tucked away on the south-western tip of Scotland and set amidst some of the most majestic scenery the country has to offer.

Famed for its tender collections, Logan's Walled Garden is a showcase for brilliant blooms and is ablaze with colour throughout the season. The fishpond, adorned with water lilies, creates a focal point and embellishes the air of tranquillity within the Garden.

Birds-eye view of the Walled GardenWarmed by the Gulf Stream, the climate provides the ideal growing conditions for an amazing collection of southern hemisphere plants.

The Woodland Garden is also a delight. It is a haven for a host of weird and wonderful plants and trees such as eucalyptus to the gunnera bog.Chusan Palms

A stroll to the highest point will reward visitors with breathtaking views over the Rhins to the Galloway Hills and beyond.

The Discovery Centre, situated near to the …

Dubai Miracle Garden: The world’s biggest natural flower garden!

Miracle Garden Dubai – in Arabic: دبي معجزة حديقة – is one of a kind in the region and in the world for such a unique display and extravagant outdoor recreational destination.

A flower garden is not expected in the desert, yet there is a huge garden in Dubai since 2013. In the Miracle Garden Dubai you can see over 45 million flowers in about 60 different species, some even to be planted for the first time in the Gulf region.

Please watch out for spectacular natural flowers in different designs structures! Credit to the owner of the video, thank you for making Dubai Miracle Garden as your one of your dream place to visit!

The magical, botanical, illuminated trail!

As night falls, join us at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh for a magical, botanical outdoor trail of light celebrating Christmas. Follow the trail along the Garden’s paths through the trees and landscape which will be spectacularly lit and all aglow. There’s something for everyone at this festive event, a one mile illuminated trail that winds its way through the world famous Garden providing a magical experience after dark and fun for all the family.

As twilight falls, let the magic begin...

There are 11 entry times to start your trail, every 20 minutes from 4.40pm (last entry 8pm). The Garden will close at 10pm on event nights.

Fire Garden
Prepare to be mesmerised by the hypnotic beauty of the flickering Fire Garden, a circular carpet of dancing flames.

Choir of Trees
Enjoy the sights and sounds of a woodland grove …

Experience the Joys of the Season

 
Organ sing-alongs, strolling carolers, and performances fill our Gardens with festive cheer.

Delight in our holiday horticulture showcasing more than 6,000 seasonal plants. Outside, the sounds of oohs and aahs fill the air as illuminated stars twinkle above, colorful fountains dance to holiday music, and a half-million lights brighten the night.

This holiday season we pay homage to the Christmas tree with an imaginative display featuring traditional favorites and inspiring new twists. From festive firs suspended from above to towering tannenbaums created from books, stained glass, and other unexpected materials, you can’t help but exclaim, “O Christmas Tree!”

Outdoors, gloriously illuminated trees lead you on an enchanting holiday journey through our Gardens. Sip cocoa and warm up by our welcoming firepits, listen to carolers sharing the melodic sounds of the season, and relish in the beauty and wonder of A Longwood Christmas.

Have you ever imagined the sound of blooming?

People nowadays are busy working, which not only exhausts them, but also blinds their minds. At the same time, “happiness” is like the silence of blooming. We miss its beautiful blooming period accidentally due to our busy life. We may have richer lives, but our minds and souls are being emptied.

Therefore, with the holding of 2018 Taichung World Flora Exposition, we invite citizens to reflect on the intimate relationship between humanity and Mother Nature and listen carefully to the messages conveyed by Mother Nature.

The Taichung World Flora Exposition, also known as the Taichung Flora Expo, will be held between November 3, 2018 and April 24, 2019 for 173 days in Taichung City, Republic of China (Taiwan). The exposition received the recognition of the International Association of Horticultural Producers (AIPH) as an A2/B1 class international horticultural exposition.

The Taichung …

Floriade - Welcome spring in Australia's capital

Inspired by a fresh new theme every year, Canberra’s world-class spring festival, Floriade runs each year between September and October with more than one million blooms on display as a backdrop to celebrations throughout Commonwealth Park, Camberra. With free entre the event welcomes more than 480,000 local, interstate and international visitors each year.

Floriade ;  A feast for the sense

This year, Floriade will feature 99 varieties of tulips, with a total of 388, 642 tulip bulbs planted. They will also have module planter boxes, which will feature 27 varieties of tulips (some doubles), with a quantity of 33, 231 tulip bulbs in total.

To make up the million bulbs, they also feature the more types in addition to the tulipa varietals like: Iris, Narcissus, Ranunculus, Bellis, Pansy, Viola, Violetta, Chrysanthemum, Hyacinth, Muscari, Scilla and Spring Star Flower
 

Floriade is Australia’s premier celebration of …

Miracle Garden Dubai - The world’s biggest natural flower garden

Miracle Garden Dubai - in Arabic: دبي معجزة حديقة - is one of a kind in the region and in the world for such a unique display and extravagant outdoor recreational destination.

A flower garden is not expected in the desert, yet there is a huge garden in Dubai since 2013. In the Miracle Garden Dubai you can see over 45 million flowers in about 60 different species, some even to be planted for the first time in the Gulf region.

The best thing about the Miracle Garden Dubai is that you will find more than just flowers and plants. You can also admire numerous other objects like the world's largest floral clock, various cars decorated with flowers,  a replica of the Burj Khalifa built from oranges and other much more. A large number of works is exchanging each season so the park is always a …

You Have To Visit In a Lifetime

Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden - Florida US

In Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden  conserve and teach a lot of tropical plants. The garden’s Center for Tropical Plant Conservation has conserved many group of plants from different places like South Florida, the Caribbean, Oceanic Islands, tropical Africa and Madagascar. The Garden is also the laeding centar of palm research. It research palms for about 70 years.

Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden

Jardin Majorelle - Marrakech Morocco

The Majorelle Garden is all in blue color which make it a different from the other botanical gardens. The Garden is created by Jacques Majorelle in 1920s. Today its owner is a famous fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent.

The garden covers nearly two and a half acres. Collections of cacti, exotic plants and trees are landscaped to emphasize each one’s unique beauty. The paths allow us to see how the architectural style …

Madeira - celebrating springtime

In Madeira, springtime is honoured like a queen, being crowned with the Flower Festival, held every year after Easter.

In celebrating springtime and the exuberance of the flowers that typically bloom in that season, and here with even greater intensity due to Madeira’s subtropical climate, Funchal is the setting for a truly sumptuous spectacle, the city’s Flower Festival.

The festivities begin on the Saturday, when thousands of children dressed in the appropriate fashion flock to the Praça do Município to take part in the building of a mural of flowers - the Wall of Hope.

The next day, dozens of floats decorated with a myriad of the island’s most typical flowers leave the scent of gentle but ephemeral perfumes in the air - it is time for the Flower Parade. At the same time, to mark the occasion, Madeiran artists devote their time to building unforgettable …

How To Make This Elegant Coffee Filter Rose

Coffee filters are wonderfully delicate looking and absorbent ~ perfect for dying! Use water colours or watered down acrylic paint for a more intense colour or food coloring and natural dyes such as beetroot or tea for a vintage, yellowy brownish aged effect.

Source and photo credits: http://indulgy.com/

How To Make This Elegant Coffee Filter Rose QUICK

There are so many ways to make tissue paper rose. This rose is made with coffee filters that I got at the dollar store. All you need is coffee filters, scissors and some kind of glue.
I love paper crafts and making paper roses and flowers. Well I love any kind of crafts to be honest. I've been doing crafts since I was young and

Sunflower van Gogh - The story behind a masterpiece

The famous Sunflower van Gogh are the subject of still life paintings from the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh. This painting is a depiction of a vase of 15 sunflowers at a yellow background. All sunflowers are already out of the bud. This painting was painted by Vincent van Gogh in 1889 in Arles.

Vincent's life

Vincent van Gogh was born in 1853 in the village of Zundert - Holland. In 1869 he started as a clerk in an art trade from his uncle. He worked there for seven years and sometimes he had to go to another branch in London or Paris. At the age of 28 he began seriously with drawing and painting. Around 1885 painted Vincent van Gogh the famous painting  "The Potato Eaters"

In 1886 he goes to Paris. In 1888 he moves to the …

Italy's Best Infiorata Festivals

During May and June, Infiorata festivals are held in various Italian towns and are definitely a must to see, if you are planning to visit one of the many regions where these festivals take place. From North to South, there are various options to make sure you will not miss this experience during your next trip to Italy in late spring-early summer.
We chose three Infiorate festivals in particular, Noto, Genzano and Spello.

The Infiorata Festivals are held in various parts of Italy, besides Noto in Sicily, Spello in Umbria and Genzano in Lazio, you can visit similar festivals in Pienza in Tuscany, Orvieto in Umbria, Potenzoni di Briatico in Calabria, Brugnato in Liguria, The Abbey of Chiaravalle della Colomba in Fidenza, Emilia Romagna.

Spello’s Fabulous Celebration of Flower

The feast of Corpus Domini (the Body of Christ) is one of the most spectacular …

1 Island – 4 Seasons – 365 Days of Nature Experience in a Flower Paradise

 
Take a break, enjoy nature and relax: Mainau Island in Lake Constance offers lavish nature experiences each season. Spring signals the start into the Flower Year with thousands of tulips and other spring flowers; hundreds of rhododendrons and fragrant roses sweeten the summer. Over 12.000 colorful dahlias of all varieties make fall unforgettable, while an enchanting hush turns Mainau into a magical winter garden during the colder months. Throughout the whole year, Mainau Island invites its visitors to forget their hectic everyday life and turn their attention to the beauty and tranquility of nature.

Count Lennart Bernadotte transformed the once overgrown island and castle park in Lake Constance into a botanical garden during the 1950s, nowadays it is one of the main tourist attractions in the Lake Constance region, a place of relaxation …

The annual illumination event highlights the fiery red leaves against the night sky, against the grandeur of the garden!

Rikugien Gardens is a classic example of daimyo teien, or feudal lord’s garden from the Edo Period (1603–1868). Built by Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu, a chamberlain of the fifth shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, the stroll garden with artificial hills and ponds is designed to reflect famous scenes from waka poetry. Designated as a cultural property, and in 1953 as a special place of scenic beauty, the garden is also one of the best spots in Tokyo for admiring the autumn foliage. The annual illumination event highlights the fiery red leaves against the night sky, against the grandeur of the garden. Note that parts of the garden are closed after 16:30 for the safety of the visitors.

Join us as we celebrate the holidays and America's natural and cultural treasures.

This year, explore America by train as our annual holiday show Season's Greenings showcases historic railroad stations across the country. In our model train show, trains will chug around, below, through, and above plant-based recreations of iconic depots from across the United States. View thousands of blooms throughout the Conservatory, including a showcase of heirloom and newly developed poinsettia varieties. Our collection of D.C. landmarks made from plant materials will return to fill the Garden Court, this year including a new addition to be unveiled this fall. Join us as we celebrate the holidays and America's natural and cultural treasures.

As twilight falls…the magic begins…

- A brand new trail winding through the Gardens that is bigger and brighter than ever before
- Kew’s magnificent after-dark landscape, lit up by over one million twinkling lights
- Highlights include an ethereal spectacle of light and sound at Kew’s glistening lake, a mesmerising fire corridor,
and a show-stopping Palm House finale

This winter, the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew will transform into an enchanted wonderland as the much anticipated Christmas at Kew returns once again. After the staggering success of the last four years, Kew has once again teamed up with entertainment promoter Raymond Gubbay Ltd to create a brand new illuminated trail, featuring over 1 million twinkling lights.

As they embark on the trail, visitors can expect a magical world that will fill hearts with seasonal cheer. The festive adventure will begin with a path lit by hundreds of …

Experience the Joys of the Season

 
Organ sing-alongs, strolling carolers, and performances fill our Gardens with festive cheer.

Delight in our holiday horticulture showcasing more than 6,000 seasonal plants. Outside, the sounds of oohs and aahs fill the air as illuminated stars twinkle above, colorful fountains dance to holiday music, and a half-million lights brighten the night.

This holiday season we pay homage to the Christmas tree with an imaginative display featuring traditional favorites and inspiring new twists. From festive firs suspended from above to towering tannenbaums created from books, stained glass, and other unexpected materials, you can’t help but exclaim, “O Christmas Tree!”

Outdoors, gloriously illuminated trees lead you on an enchanting holiday journey through our Gardens. Sip cocoa and warm up by our welcoming firepits, listen to carolers sharing the melodic sounds of the season, and relish in the beauty and wonder of A Longwood Christmas.

The magical, botanical, illuminated trail!

As night falls, join us at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh for a magical, botanical outdoor trail of light celebrating Christmas. Follow the trail along the Garden’s paths through the trees and landscape which will be spectacularly lit and all aglow. There’s something for everyone at this festive event, a one mile illuminated trail that winds its way through the world famous Garden providing a magical experience after dark and fun for all the family.

As twilight falls, let the magic begin...

There are 11 entry times to start your trail, every 20 minutes from 4.40pm (last entry 8pm). The Garden will close at 10pm on event nights.

Fire Garden
Prepare to be mesmerised by the hypnotic beauty of the flickering Fire Garden, a circular carpet of dancing flames.

Choir of Trees
Enjoy the sights and sounds of a woodland grove …

This annual holiday lights extravaganza transforms our York Street location into a twinkling winter wonderland.

Don't miss:

- The interactive light display, featuring a large field of sound-reactive, animated LED lights.

- Seasonal entertainment available on select evenings

Are you looking for holiday lights south of downtown Denver where you can visit with Mrs. Claus, Santa and his reindeer? Visit Santa's Village at Chatfield Farms in Littleton.

Magical Lantern Festival

WHAT IS THE MAGIC LANTERN FESTIVAL?
The Magic Lantern Festival is a spectacular fusion of art, heritage and culture, visitors will enter Christmas at Birmingham Botanical Gardens through a giant 12-metre wide lantern entrance, before following a stunning trail around the gardens. From Santa and his reindeer’s to flowers and animals, these giant lanterns will light up the beautiful ponds, woodland, gardens and pathways of the Birmingham attraction.

These unique, artistic and beautifully constructed installations are being designed and made in China, and brought over to Birmingham especially for the event. Joining Santa and his reindeer will be a beautiful 12-metre wide lantern scene featuring penguins, snowmen, Christmas trees and baubles. There will also be a giant Christmas fairy themed area, spanning an impressive 500 metres across the garden landscape, with a floating fairy surrounded by beautiful butterflies and a garden floor awash with thousands of …

Your holiday adventure begins at WPS Garden of Lights

Experience the magic of WPS Garden of Lights, be encompassed by more than 300,000 twinkling lights, and create extraordinary holiday memories with your family and friends at the Garden this winter. You’ll discover a spectacular array of botanical-themed light displays, featuring an enchanted icicle forest, glistening flowers, a dazzling 60-foot walk-through caterpillar and so much more. The show is topped off with the area’s tallest and brightest shining tree. Enjoy this stunning winter landscape by foot or take a horse-drawn wagon ride.

Special features:
- Explore more than 300,000 twinkling lights in botanical-themed light displays
- Whisper your holiday wishes in Santa’s ear while getting your photo taken
- Indulge in a tasty treat or beverage from the Winterberry Café (no carry-ins allowed)
- Enjoy a model train exhibit set up by the G-Gagers Train Club
- …

Green-thumbs, flower enthusiasts, art lovers and home & garden renovators – it's time to join us once again for a floral and horticultural spectacular this coming November!

Running over 5 days, our visitors are offered the chance to experience award-winning garden exhibits; feature floral art installations & displays, the FLONZI Apprentice of the Year Competition, Yates Community Gardening, Food Demo Zone, Ray White Austar Realty Meet the Experts stage, Art & Sculpture showcase, delicious food and beverage options from our Auckland-based vendors as well as The Hunting Lodge Café Marquee and Devonshire Tea Cafe, and all the newest and innovative plants and products on display and available for purchase!

The Glasshouse has been transformed into the Woodland Realm of the Elves!

These Wood Elves care for all the woodland animals but especially Santa’s reindeer when they are not flying across the world on Christmas Eve. Spot the elven treehouses hung with baubles of plants and sparkling crystal raindrops. Look for elves in their green and brown jerkins, There are reindeer grazing by the stream and other woodland animals hide among the foliage or under the giant toadstools.

Admire the tree made from poinsettias. The Glasshouse will be open during the day throughout the Glow event, but closes at 3:30pm before the visitors who have pre-booked for Christmas Glow, arrive for their special visit. Daytime visitors will also be able to view the amazing flowers created by the Jigantics team during the day, although their lights will be not so bright as during the evening . Look for …

The Magic of Christmas

Colorful lights, carollers, ice skating and festive fare — Christmas is a cheerful time of year at The Gardens. Experience the Magic of Christmas. Bundle up and stroll through the Twelve Days of Christmas display, sing along to the sounds of the season with Traditional Carollers or listen to the Festive Brass, then stop in at the Coffee Shop to warm up with a hot chocolate and gingerbread by the fire.

Lights Display
While the flowers sleep, we dress The Gardens with boughs of greenery—and lights galore! The Gardens come to life with a colourful display of lights, including scenes depicting The Twelve Days of Christmas. Wander the pathways to discover each scene while you sing along to the classic Christmas carol.

Ice Skating
Lace up your skates and step onto the rink: nestled under strings of twinkling lights, our 5,000-square-foot outdoor rink adds …

Come explore the Holiday Flower Show!

The Holiday Flower Show tradition began in 1925 and continues to be the most anticipated and visited flower attraction at the Conservatory today. The Holiday show will have a Victorian theme with all red poinsettias, plus purple salvia, lavender and scented geraniums.

Explore this seasonal walk full of winter scents, colours and textures!

With architectural outlines softened by modern mass plantings, there are many views to enjoy. Families love to visit Wisley in the winter time when frosty days sharpen the senses and the air sparkles. Winter flowering plants are such a delight, for example sarcococca confusa (the sweet box) with its tiny honey scented flowers that bloom from December through March. Look out for hamamelis, the witch hazels, that flowers in late winter. Its spidery flowers, ranging from the palest yellow to deep rust, stand out on bare stems, and have a delicate, spicy fragrance. Winter stems of cornus, rubus and acer negundo can be seen reflected in the still waters of the Seven Acres Lake, and winter flowering heathers are a delight along recently planted winter borders. The Food Hall and Glasshouse Café provide a welcome refuge from the …

Phalaenopsis Exhibition

Most precious varieties are exhibited!

Maximum varieties of phalaenopsis including extremely precious ones and flower arrangements with phalaenopsis are exhibited.

RHS Wisley will bring the winter evenings alive with fantastical giant flowers!

Follow the fairy lights along the trail and see the light playing on our iconic trees, floating installations creating rippling reflections on the water, and stunning views of the Laboratory reflected in the Jellicoe Canal.

Christmas delights in the Glasshouse

Don't miss our beautiful Glasshouse display, this year inspired by the 1837 poem A visit from St Nicholas by Clement Clarke Moore. Walk into a festive woodland glade, complete with poinsettia 'trees', ferns, red flowering azaleas and an abandoned sleigh. Can you find the missing reindeer?
Delight in the Arts & Crafts stockings hanging over the chimney, surrounded by 10 Christmas trees decorated by local schools.

Enjoy the atmosphere of the festive season with the Jigantics light installation around the garden which blooms with magical giant illuminated flowers. Don’t miss the stunning Glasshouse display. Opening from 4pm …

Pallanca exotic garden one of the most important in Europe and one of the first five gardens in the world for suculents. The oldest plant is the 300 years old “Copiapoa” (which usually grows in the Andes in Chile).
Even if you’re not a big fan of cactae, this garden is really a must see !

Pallanca exotic garden is a private garden, founded in 1910 by the Pallanca family, containing over 3000 species, planted on slopping terrain. The garden is divided into a number of zones representing the country or region of origin of the plants.

The mild climate of western Liguria is perfect for these plants, with long and hot summers and mild winters.

So, go there, take your camera, shoot the different shapes, and have fun!

Flower show blooms in Kolhapur!

The city of Kolhapur burst into a flowering extravaganza recently with the ‘Kolhapur Flower Festival – KFF’. The six – day festival saw huge flower displays, exclusive bonsai, useful kitchen gardening, necessary waste management system and much more along with the entertainment programmes. With the theme Colorful is Wonderful, the city was filled with inspiration and fun, flowers, knowledge and creativity and all that you needed to get close to the nature. This was one of the largest flower shows in western Maharashtra. The event featured stunning displays by the Maharashtra’s premier floral and landscape designers and advance gardening techniques and equipment by pioneers of the industry.

Riverfront annual flower show

The exhibition will feature more than 750 varieties of flowering plants by 13 major nurseries of the city and will have 27 sales counters. This year's flower show will see a walk-in drawing competition for kids. They can draw on the spot and submit their drawings. There are also interaction centres where training of setting up greenhouses will be provided.

The flowers and plants adorned everything from the lawns to built forms, specially designed for the show. There were in 2017 around 30 sculptures made from flowers and pelants, ranging from nocturnal animals to dinosaurs to birds in the pond and a signature peacock.

Flowers we have never seen before, read about or seen only in books and flowers we see every day, the show has them all. Flowers like Aster and Hypoestes to Gulmohar and Shatavri, these plants have been grown and maintained with …

A feast for the eyes The Cochin Flower Show!

Its time for Kochiites to once again experience the magic offered by the city’s own annual flower show.

The flower show, which showcases several varieties of flowers and plants.
About 50,000 flowers and plants are on show at the venue. A wide variety of roses will offer a delightful experience to the visitors. Orchids and anthuriums will also be presented before the green lovers.

TOURNAMENT OF ROSES
In the days leading up to the new year, 700,000 people from all over the world converge onto Pasadena to witness the Tournament of Roses, and millions of others watch from all over the world because it is covered by several television networks. While the Tournament of Roses is made up of several events, the two most famous events are the Rose Parade and the Rose Bowl Game.

ROSE PARADE
The Rose Parade has been a tradition for 128 years, where residents and visitors gather in Pasadena on New Year’s Day (unless it falls on a Sunday) to watch impressive and creative floats covered in flowers, top marching bands that can exceed 300 members, and equestrian units like the Anheuser Busch Budweiser Clydesdales and the Valley Hunt Club.

PARADE ROUTE
The parade route is 5.5 miles (9 km) and begins at the corner of …

With its abundant greenery and peaks, Taiwan is a worthy candidate when it comes to floral appreciation throughout the year. One outstanding tulip grounds is the Taoyuan Fairy Valley or 桃源仙谷 (not to be confused with the one near Beijing); each year around January, the tulip garden near the entrance of the attraction is lit by a sea of around 600,000 bulbs and over 60 varieties can be inspected. Besides tulips, visitors can also enjoy freesias, irises, hyacinths and chrysanthemums early in the year, with other flowers such as azaleas and lilies blooming other times of the year. The display over at the Shanlin Xi Forest Amusement Park (杉林溪森林生態渡假園區) in Nantou is distinctly smaller but still worth a visit for its ecological park setting, forest bathing concept and similar year-round comfortable climate.

Best viewing (Taoyuan Fairy Valley): January and February

Rob Munday created many unique holographic works!

Rob Munday is one of the world’s leading holographic artists who works as both an artist and an innovator. He has created many unique holographic works and light sculptures that can be found in collections and galleries throughout the world, including the National Portrait Gallery, the V&A and The Royal Collection Trust.

The series Naturalium will be on display in the Glasshouse Gallery at RHS Garden Wisley for two weeks in January 2019. This is part of the Palm Collection at the Palms Casino Resort Las Vegas. This series of images was launched at Photo London 2017, followed by an exhibition at the Little Black Gallery and the RHS’s London Plant & Art Fair.
The exhibition is free with Garden admission (book your garden visitors tickets in advance, for a 10% discount).

The Glasshouse is open from 10am – 3:45pm daily …

Devos Place in downtown Grand Rapids was host to West Michigan's largest & longest running bridal show. Award-winning wedding experts, beautiful event sites, delicious samples and the area's largest bridal fashion show were among the highlights brides & grooms were able to see there!

This event showcases products like Catering services, bridal gowns, grooms wear, evening wear, accessories, jewelry, hotels & wedding venues, photography & video production, florists, stage design

The “largest winter orchid event in the United States.”

The Tamiami International Orchid Festival is Miami’s largest, most diverse orchid show. Over the past fourteen years, the Tamiami International Orchid Festival has not only become a great Miami orchid show, but a nationally and internationally recognized orchid event.

If you are interested in buying beautiful yet affordable orchids, seeing rare orchids in beautiful exhibits, or learning more about orchids in one of the Festival’s many free classes, you cannot miss the Tamiami International Orchid Festival.

WOW YOUR SENSES WITH BEAUTIFUL ORCHID EXHIBITS
Check out some of the beautiful exhibits from previous years and prepare to be wowed in person.

BRING HOME GORGEOUS AND EXOTIC ORCHIDS
Prepare for your visit now by checking out what the many growers and vendors have to offer. The vendor page has all that information plus a map so you can plan …