Philadelphia Blooms.... March 3, 2019

We are in the last few weeks of winter and the cold dreary days continue in the Northeast and the Mid-Atlantic States.  To hurry the spring,  we went to the Flower Show in Philadelphia.  The Philadelphia Flower Show is an annual event produced by The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society and held in early March. It is the largest indoor flower show in the world, attracting more than 250,000 people. There are gardens displays, florist creations, floral specimens entered for prizes, featured presenters and a whole host of vendors selling their plants, flowers and wares. The theme for 2019 was inspired by the 60's Woodstock Concert and the associated "Flower Power" theme. I liked it because it featured a lot of pop art culture of the 60's.  Also, I am all about flowers----- indoors and out in the summer.

First,  my son, his fiance, and I went to the Mishulu for a "Meowshulu" Brunch. The old time sailing ship is anchored at 401 South Columbus Boulevard along the Delaware River and operates as a restaurant.  Proceeds were used to promote a group that supports nonlethal options for animals in shelters. The moderator and the top supporter for the campaign was Lucy Noland, the news anchor at Fox channel 29 where my son works.  Nearby we stopped at a Vietnam Veterans Memorial and a Farmers Market.

 

 

Farm Market Pea Man

 

 

Farmers Market 

 

Sean's favorite childhood character

Vietnam Memorial

 

 

  

 

 

Old Philadelphia Neighborhood

 

Neighborhood House Number

Mishulu Old Sailing Ship....Restaurant

 

 

 

 

 View of the city from the Mishulu

 

A view of the dreary day at the top of the parking garage.

Wanted to contrast this from the flower explosion before we got to the flower show.

 

 

We made the most of the day.  Even visited the butterfly exhibit before viewing the flower show. Then it was onto the the spectacular flower show.

  

   There were plenty of real tulips  but these

 were painted wood.

The purple spikes are liatris.  They always had a special meaning to me because my grandfather grew these on his small farm in Hammonton, NJ for sale in the New York City flower market.  I would help him often to get the flowers ready for market.  His funeral had floral arrangements featuring this flower.

Usually I think of orange to be a mundane color for flowers ...thinking marigolds, but when the flower is an orchid .....pink becomes the mundane and I just adore orange orchids.

 

I guess most would be a bit puzzled to see this display but I liked it.  It had a vacant lot scene and I think so many towns are enforcing codes that force people to clean up.  To me there is something very appealing about abandoned dilapidated houses that have overgrown shrubbery.  I am not totally sure I would like it if it were next door to me.

This artwork was submitted by a student from a third to fifth grade category....LOVE IT