Embark on a botanical journey at the Arboretum's Spring Flower Show, where you’ll marvel at more than a dozen breathtaking displays, crafted by our talented staff and community partners. This year's installations will transport you to Enchanted Spring Gardens that explore the interconnectedness of plant life and how each phase from bud to fallen leaves sustains future generations and creates wonder in the beauty of nature.

Features

Visitors will find four main areas to visit during the show - including floor-to-ceiling vignettes and gardens in the Oswald Visitor Center Great Hall; displays throughout the balcony and Rootstock cafe; more eye candy in the Snyder Building and Andersen Horticultural Library and the finale with tropical plants in the balmy Conservatory! Special features include...

- An ever-changing display of floral exhibits by a different local florist or designer every week of the show.

- Birds and Botanicals: Spot birds in sculptural form among the blooms as part of a special art exhibit that intertwines the elegance of avian life with the lushness of plant forms. Featured artists are Fawzia Khan, Mindy Sisk and Patty Carmody Smith.

- Herb garden: Touch and smell plants in this aromatic garden to lift your spirits and calm your system.

- Mushrooms: Learn how to follow sustainable harvesting and foraging practices, see mushrooms in all their stages of growth, and experience the wonder of nature’s recyclers breaking down plant matter into its most basic building blocks.

- Botanical Weavings of branches, grasses and other plants collected from the Arboretum grounds will hang from the beams of Oswald Visitor Center.

- Enchanted Woodland Village: Imagine a world where elves and gnomes cavort featuring fairy houses - small and a new human-sized creation.

- Woodland Friends Hunt: Join the quest to find our woodland friends! Five mischievous enchanted creatures have wandered out of the forest and are now hiding among the Flower Show blooms. Pick up your guide at the Information Desk and uncover their hiding spots — if you can! They love to explore, so check back each week to see where their adventures take them.

- Uncover the hidden layers of plants: Terrariums reveal the layers of healthy soil and roots in plain sight, giving you a chance to slow down and see the smallest details.

- Rootstock: Enjoy a meal or snack from the delicious variety of house-made soups, salads and sandwiches at Rootstock, open from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. daily. Round out your meal or snack with a fresh pastry, muffin or cookie. Wine and beer are available as well.
 
Location: Oswald Visitor Center and Snyder Building

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