As you enter the Philadelphia Flower Show, you feel that you are visiting an old time movie theater that has a marquee, bright lights, and excitement, and you even smell the buttery scent of popcorn. And yes, they actually were selling hot buttery popcorn freshly popped, like hotcakes!
The PHS Philadelphia Flower Show is an annual event at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in March. The oldest and largest indoor show, the spectacle features elaborate landscapes, and over-the-top floral creations.
Not only a flower show, visitors experience live shows and entertainment, culinary demonstrations, DIY workshops and lectures. I did a demo on Fairy gardens meets the movies called “Tinkerbell and Beyond” and showed everyone how to arrange a miniature landscape.  Tinkerbell, The Hobbit, and Fern Gully gardens complete with animals and fairies were put together on the demo stage and I had a great helper who was eager to play in the dirt. 
I had an assistant to help me with my demo on miniature gardens.
The aisles were thronged with people trying to get a good view of the very inventive interpretations of movies.
Four season containers were on display to demonstrate that you can have containers planted all year long.
- Four season containers
But the movie exhibits were so interesting that I kept going back to them to check them out.
Chicken coop made out of an old car for “Cars” movie!
- Ratatouille was so cute!
The miniatures were wonderful as usual and I am doing another post on just the miniature gardens and scenes. Stay tuned for part 2.
Thank you, Claire for showing the Philadelphia Garden Show on your Blog….I did not go this year….and would have missed all together if it were not for your beautiful photographs…thank you for sharing them with your friends….
You can still go!
Looks like a really great show.
It was and I saved the miniature scenes for my next post. They were awesome!
I loved the car themed gardens. Fairy gardens will always be my favorite. Thanks for sharing all the wonderful photos.
I made it last year, and have been looking for someone to post some photos from this year. Thanks for sharing.
I would like a little more direction on the beautiful four season containers. The are beautiful! Oh how I’d love to make designs like that!