Your international guide for all your flower events and gardens

The Flower Festival is one of Madeira largest festivals a tribute to the special liaison of its residents with flowers and springtime, and intends to promote the wealth of flowers that color, perfume and inebriate the environment in order to reinforce the islands notoriety abroad.

This tribute will take place in May, so appropriately entitled the "month of flowers". Madeira Tourism is the official promoter of the Flower Festival, an event that intends to marvel tourists and residents alike by giving it a genuinely innovative character and also by prolonging the celebrations over a longer period of time. Young people dressed with costumes depicting flowers will parade along the central walkway of Avenida Arriaga. The famous flower carpets will be made and you can admire the flower sculptures adorning the entire area. The traditional flower exhibition will take place at Praça do Povo, followed by the usual Flower Market held …

Over a century ago, Jennie Butchart began building what is now one of the world’s premier floral show gardens.

The story of Butchart gardens right now
The renown of the family owned gardens is widespread. Each year over a million bedding plants in some 900 varieties give you uninterrupted bloom from March through October. Almost a million people visit annually for spring’s colorful flowering bulbs; summer’s riot of colour, entertainment and Saturday Fireworks; fall’s russets and golds; the Magic of Christmas’ decorations; and winter’s peacefulness.

Let we show you the gardens and give you a taste of what you'll experience

The Sunken Garden
You see a spectacular view of the Sunken Garden from the lookout. Deep expansive walls (remnants of the old quarry) cradle beds of annuals, flowering trees, and unique shrubs. A central rock mound, the graceful Ross Fountain, and plantings in the Bog Garden all add …

Come to Istanbul in April and enjoy the Tulip Festival - İstanbul Emirgan LALE şenliği

Every April since 2006, the city government in Istanbul has planted millions of tulips in Istanbul's parks, avenues, traffic roundabouts and...really anywhere there is open ground.

In 2016, the total was 30 million!

The result is a glorious spring flower festival with brilliant splashes of color everywhere you look: During the month of April, you can spot these glorious spring flowers everywhere in Istanbul.
But for a real tulip treat and the International Istanbul Tulip Festival, you have to head to Emirgan Park. It is one of the largest public parks in Istanbul and has several tulip gardens.
Emirgan Park is located by the Bosphorus in Sariyer, which is a little bit past the second Bosphorus Bridge.

At the Sultan Ahmed square the City prepared in connection with turkish Flower company Asyalale the …

The Sumidagawa River is a celebrated destination for admiring cherry blossoms since the premodern Edo period. The festival takes place on the Taito-ku side, in Sumida Park home to some 600 trees of varieties including the Somei Yoshino, Oshima-zakura, and Sato-zakura.

Enjoy the contrast between the blossoms along the riverbank and the towering TOKYO SKYTREE(R). Imitate tasteful visitors and take in the view of cherry blossoms on both sides from a yakatabune houseboat or waterbus. Or delight in the majestic view of trees in the park illuminated at night.

Late March 2018 - Early April 2018

Infiorata - Flower festival Noto Sicily

The floral carpet or greeting to Spring: in Nicolaci in Noto, each year the third sunday in May, a cascade of thousands of flowers, expertly arranged on the road, making the vision of baroque city full of scents and colors. This event is one of the best on he island of Sicily. In the streets a series of Palaces belonging to the nobility wich create a surprising prospective: Modica place, Giunta palace. But it is the actual city of Noto that brings all these things togheter that creates an architectonic Stage.

The main showcase takes places in Via Nicolaci where people can look down to enjoy the flower images and then  up to admire the wonderful baroque balconies.

It's time to start planning your visit!

The Leura Gardens Festival promises to maintain the high standard of past festivals with several beautiful new gardens for visitors to enjoy as well as a good selection of old favorites.

The Upper Blue Mountains in the spring is a feast of new growth, masses of flowers, gorgeous bulbs and an amazing variety of cold climate plants including wonderful deciduous trees, which will just be coming into their full glory.

Think Spring …. Think Leura

Picture credit : leuragardensfestival.com.au

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 …

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

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Harrogate Spring Flower Show is the first big event in the gardening calendar, welcoming the new growing season with a spectacular celebration of the very best in horticulture. Rated Britain’s top gardening event by Which?, this prestigious event, featuring beautiful show gardens, the very latest in gardening trends, great shopping, live entertainment and the biggest exhibition by florists and flower arrangers in the country.

Show Garden inspiration Take home the very latest in design ideas from talented landscapers creating our beautiful spring show gardens. Stroll along The Avenue to see large-scale professional gardens and explore Community Spirit for 'message in a garden' entries.

Located in Lake Park, 'Goyang Exhibition Center' is the best place providing citizens with cultural events and exhibitions. Please feel free to share your care and support for Goyang International Flower Foundation and your always be appreciated. Goyang International Flower Foundation is here for you at all times with the beauty and fragrance valuable opinion will of flowers.

Garden of Goyang History
The garden under the theme of history & future story of Goyang

Garden of Cat ‘Goyang-i’
The garden decorated with Cat ‘Goyang-i’, the famous mascot of Goyang-si, flowers and beautiful succulent plants.

European Garden, Tropical Orchid Garden, Garden of Huge Flower Arch.

The place seems to be gorgeous european pictures with flower street
The garden with millions of colorful tropical orchilds
The garden where You can enjoy walking under the huge arch of flowers

And a lot more beautiful gardens

Ready to put the long, cold winter behind you? Come and celebrate the arrival of Spring in Cape May. Stroll the historic streets and enjoy the gorgeous blooms and the warm sunshine.
We have lots for you to enjoy as you celebrate Spring!

Hitachi Seaside Park - A wide variety of seasonal flower gardens!

From Late April to mid May

In spring, 4.5 million nemophilas (baby blue eyes) paint the 3.5-hectare Miharashi Hills light blue. The nemophilas are stunning under the blue sky against the backdrop of the Pacific Ocean.

The Nemophila Harmony is the climax of the Spring Flower Sequence. The view from the top of the Miharashi Hills, 58 m above sea level, is wonderful! It’s a world of its own where the blooms, the sky, and the ocean are all blue.

Miharashi no Sato
This hillside will bring back memories of fields of flowers in the countryside. An old house with a 350-year-old miscanthus grass roof has been reconstructed on this hillside. Rapeseed and buckwheat are cultivated in the surrounding fields.

San Antonio’s largest and oldest parade, the Battle of Flowers Parade is a big part of Fiesta San Antonio that attracts crowds of 350,000 to witness a spectacle of decorated floats, beautiful costumes, striking uniforms, giant helium balloons and more. Vibrant, colorful and full of energy, the Battle of Flowers Parade pays tribute to Texas history with exciting routines, performances and decor.

Toby’s popular Garden Festival is back in the beautiful setting of Powderham Castle near Exeter. This spring we’re thrilled to welcome as our experts Chelsea garden designer Adam Frost of BBC Gardeners’ World and pest guru Pippa Greenwood who will be giving talks and answering your garden questions. Packed with beautiful plants from more than 100 local nurseries, delicious West Country fayre, local musicians and entertainment for the whole family, it’s a great gardening day out.

Visitors reviews:

“We travel miles to visit gardening shows but now we have the best one on our doorstep. Great value and lovely, lovely people selling plants”
Samantha Hall, Dawlish

“Lovely day out for us gardening ‘freaks’, My friends and I have the date of next year’s show in the diary. We are looking forward to it already”
Sarah Lacaille, Okehampton

Picture credit: Tob's gardenfest

The Amazing Amaryllis Exhibition at Chateau Beloeil

Since 1988, Chateau Beloeil, a medieval castle in Belgium and owned by the princely family of Ligne, is the host of a large amaryllis exhibition. The many beautiful rooms are decorated with thousands of amaryllis flowers in many colors and types.

Since 1988, Chateau Beloeil, a medieval castle in Belgium and owned by the princely family of Ligne, is the host of a large amaryllis exhibition. The many beautiful rooms are decorated with thousands of amaryllis flowers in many colors and types.

The flowers are combined into sumptuous bouquets, strewn over the halls, dining rooms, ceremonial rooms and in the library of the Beloeil castle. A real spectacle for the eyes!

The flower Artists.
The amaryllis flower decoration contest, which has been awarded a Eurometropolis label, will give you the opportunity to admire the creations of numerous flower artists, both amateurs and …

During the two months of April and May, when over thirty thousand tulips bloom across the gardens, we have named the two weeks between Saturday 29th April and Sunday 14th May a Tulip Festival, when the bulbs are at their best and you can enjoy wandering around the gardens in a spectacular sea of colour.

It’s an annual delight that started in the Autumn of 2013, when 13,000 bulbs were planted in the herbaceous beds to give an early start to colour in the Park Garden, on the Mount and in the Kitchen Garden. Keen to evolve the tradition of tulips at Forde Abbey, we’ve given Danny, our gardener, carte blanche to design this year’s display, which will include; Fontainebleau, Rem’s Favorite and Queen of the night – some welcome colors to look forward to after the Winter months.

New this year, Danny will be hosting monthly workshops in the …

The British Iris Society holds its Late Spring Show on Saturday 28th April from 11am - 4pm. There will be displays of late spring iris throughout the hall where you can meet the experts. They will be on hand to answer questions and give advice to both novice growers and the more experienced. The society will also display a photographic exhibition showing more of these beautiful flowers off to their best advantage. The expert growers will also be selling some of their more interesting plants.

RHS Garden Wisley is the flagship garden of the Royal Horticultural Society and in spring you will find an abundance of spring bulbs and blossoms throughout the Garden to delight you. The Plant Centre has a wide range of plants for sale, including many with the prestigious Award of Garden Merit, with their own experts on hand to give advice on what to plant …

The Pacific Rose Society hosts one of the largest rose shows each spring.
Rose Exhibitors from all over Southern California bring their beautiful roses for display. Everybody is eligible to enter their roses in this competition.
There is no charge to enter and you do not need to be a member to exhibit at or visit our rose show.
We welcome all rose exhibitors.

The Midwest Daffodil Society’s show features hundreds of daffodils on display that will be judged by the Society.
The show includes cut blooms, floral design, and photography competitions inspired by the display gardens at the Chicago Botanic Garden.
Daffodil growers of all skill levels are invited to participate.

In the spring, Anna Paulowna dedicated to scent and color because of the Flower Days.
Throughout the polder, you can admire over a hundred mosaics, decorated streets and bridges.
The Flower Days is an annual event.

Throughout Breezand and Anna Paulowna are over a hundred mosaics.
These are paintings made of Styrofoam. It is used to hyacinths nails pricked with pins, on each square meter go up to 10,000 flowers.
Young and old make the mosaics, they are real pieces of art.
The mosaics are in the gardens of the makers and are on display at the Flower Day for everyone.
A list of participants and a map you can determine your own route by bike or car drive past all the mosaics.

The magnificent Japanese Garden is the crown jewel of Clingendael Park, with beautiful and rare trees and plants. The garden is extremely fragile. That is why the Japanese Garden is open only 8 weeks in the year.

Place of serenity and reflection
The garden has a unique and surprising atmosphere, partly thanks to the beautiful moss cover. The garden contains many stone lanterns in all shapes and sizes. It also has 2 water casks. One water cask has 4 images of Budhas. The other water cask is in the shape of a lotus flower.

The beautiful pavilion offers a great vantage point to admire the garden. The pavilion had sliding doors until around 1940. These panels were put back in place in 2009 with the help of Japanese architects. Lady Daisy's legacy is now a place of serenity and reflection for visitors to the Japanese Garden.

Due to its …

Sikkim has become the most famous tourist attraction because of its beautiful hill station lying in the lower Himalayas.

The International Flower Festival is an annual event that is held in Gangtok, the capital of Sikkim. The flower festival will be held in May, in the premises of the Governor's residence. Many species of orchids, gladioli, cacti, roses, trees, ferns, alpine plants, creepers, climbers, will be displayed items during the show

During May & June 2018 eruptions of pom-pom headed alliums will burst into bloom at Arundel Castle.

Exploding into flower with bright blooms towering over neighbouring plants, it’s easy to see why alliums are a firm favourite with the nation’s gardeners and nicknamed the ‘fireworks of gardening’.

The allium display can be seen throughout the Walled Gardens at Arundel Castle with over fourteen varieties on show, some of which may grow up to five feet high.

Head Gardener Martin Duncan explains: “This allium display brings a fresh new burst of colour and intrigue to the Collector Earl’s Gardens and will be the perfect follow up to the Tulip Festival. We have deliberately selected tall ornamental alliums to create the illusion of them bursting like fireworks above neighbouring flowers. With names like ‘Mount Everest’ it’s easy to understand the visual impact that these flowers will deliver and why they are such …

Scenic, fairytale landscapes

This idyllic landscape is riotously abloom with 1.2 million tulips of two hundred different species. Our personal editorial team recommendation is the viewpoint along the national highway. From here, you’ll be able to photograph the broad expanse of the park together with the park’s windmill. Soothe your heart and mind with scenery straight out of a fairy tale picture book. Also, the windmill here is actually an observation platform, allowing you a panoramic view of the flower fields below. Climb to the top, and the view will make you feel like you have the entire park to yourself! When photographing from up here, you’ll discover that even if someone happens to enter your picture frame, it may just make your photo feel that much more like a painting. The tulips are in full bloom from late May to early June.

Colorful tulips of 200 varieties vividly bloom …

Welcome to Helmingham Hall Gardens

Find out about visiting the spectacular Grade 1 Listed Gardens, the Tollemache family and their 500 year history with Helmingham and about the exciting programme of events held on the Estate.

A relaxing tour of our gardens makes for a perfect day out for everyone.

About the Gardens
It is hard to exaggerate the effect this beautiful park, with its red deer, spectacular moated Hall in mellow patterned red brick with its famous gardens will have on the visitor. The whole combines to give an extraordinary impression of beauty and tranquillity. A classic parterre flanked by hybrid musk roses lies before a stunning walled kitchen garden with exquisite herbaceous borders and beds of vegetables interspersed by tunnels of sweet peas, runner beans and gourds. On the other side lies a herb and knot garden behind which is a rose garden of unsurpassable beauty.

The …

CHRYSANTHEMUM AND CALLA WORLD

Keukenhof Show unveils the wonders of the Chrysanthemum and Calla world.
Keukenhof Chrysanthemum Show helps to give the Chrysanthemum and the Calla a new image amongst national and international visitors. New, striking, fashionable and funky varieties will put aside any prejudices the consumers may have towards these beautiful and versatile flowers

WORLD’S LARGEST LILY SHOW

The Keukenhof Lily Show deserves a special mention with more than 30,000 lilies coming in more than 300 varieties. Not only the world’s largest but also the most interesting show for foreign growers since most lily breeders are located in the Netherlands and participate.”

Where Everybody Is Dutch for a Day"

Pella is beautiful and unique all year long, but at Tulip Time it comes alive with tulips, Dutch attire, parades, food, fun and more. Thousands of residents wear Dutch attire and celebrate our Dutch heritage.

Three days each spring, Pella becomes the Netherlands to Pella residents and visitors alike. Travel back in time with us Thursday, Friday and Saturday, in May to a European village full of, tulips and excitement as we celebrate the 81st anniversary of this colorful festival.

The following pages showcase the exciting events that make this annual festival great. Many of these activities continue year-round. Anytime you visit Pella, there are historical sights, ethnic foods, Dutch architecture, great shops, and friendly people.

Please visit Pella this year and “Re-discover Iowa’s most colorful tradition”

The Hiroshima Flower Festival is one of the biggest annual events held in Hiroshima Prefecture. A celebration of flowers, nature, music and peace, the festival takes place along Hiroshima Peace Boulevard over a three-day period during the "Golden Week" long holiday each May, attracting well over 1,000,000 visitors from all over Hiroshima Prefecture and beyond.

During the festival, over 30 stages are set up along Peace Boulevard for special events and performances and there are also exhibits featuring regional products, flea markets and more. In addition, at the entrance to Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, there stands a giant Flower Tower, the symbol of the festival, beautifully adorned with many different types of flowers.

While various groups entertain attendees with dance shows, concerts and other performances, the parade that marches over a kilometer along the length of Peace Boulevard is also quite a sight to behold. Many sightseers visit just to …

Occupying a prime spot on the Aventino (Aventine Hill), the Roseto was the site of Rome's Jewish cemetery for centuries, before being presented to the city in the twentieth century. The garden layout pays tribute to the site's history, with paths forming symbols including the Menorah. A visit to the garden can be combined with an exploration of the Aventine and its panoramic park.

As well as an extensive permanent collection of roses, occupying the higher slopes and climbing up over walkways, the garden also displays competition entries and new breeds. The range is huge, and you can spend hours wandering, photographing and choosing your favourites: from the huge colourful extravagances of roses like Rinascimento to the sweeter pale specimens hiding shyly behind their bolder cousins. The scents and colours create a memorable experience, especially when combined with the backdrop of the Palatine ruins and the open space of the …

Spring Edition!

Perugia Flower Show, exhibition of rare and unusual plants, returns with its Spring Edition at the Frontone Gardens in Perugia. Spring will come with the best exhibitors of the national territory, to spend three days of fun together with the many visitors and learning on the topic of quality nursery gardening and gardening. Many side activities that will involve adults and children in gardening classes, creative demonstrations, educational workshops.

The Grand Floral Parade is the Crown Jewel of the Blossomtime Festival.
The Parade begins in St. Joseph and continues its way through the city, across the Bicentennial Bridge and into Benton Harbor. St. Joseph and Benton Harbor have been the host cities since the Parade’s inception in 1923.