{"id":87048,"date":"2026-01-15T01:09:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T01:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/87048\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T01:09:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T01:09:08","slug":"horticultural-society-teases-the-next-philly-flower-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/87048\/","title":{"rendered":"Horticultural Society teases the next Philly Flower Show"},"content":{"rendered":"

As reliable as a groundhog, the 197th Philadelphia Flower Show is now six weeks away, appearing, as it always does, the first week of March at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.\n<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s theme ties into 2026 as the year of America\u2019s 250th birthday<\/a>, with \u201cRooted: The Origins of American Gardening.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

At the preview event Tuesday, show designer Seth Pearsoll unveiled renderings of what visitors can expect, including the centerpiece display of a fantasy forest floor comprised of moss, stone and sculptural plantings, evoking timelessness and permanence.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cOverhead, there\u2019s big, giant, sweeping root-like forms adorned with tons of fresh flowers, taking guests into a space and reminding them that gardening is part of a larger thing, bigger than a season, bigger than a trend,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s meant to feel permanent, grounded, calm, intentional.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

Another element of the show will be the American Landscape Showcase, a quad of four tableaus designed by four designers representing different regions of the U.S.: California, Iowa, Maryland and Rhode Island.\n<\/p>\n

There will also be an International Floral Showcase with designers from places like Hungary, Belgium, Spain and New Zealand. And, as always, a botanical competition section with prize-winning plants from local professional and amateur gardeners.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat excites me most about this year\u2019s show is how personal it\u2019s going to feel,\u201d Pearsoll said. \u201cEvery exhibitor has approached the theme differently. A lot are drawing from childhood memories. Others are exploring history of plant travel, of nurseries, horticultural origin stories.\u201d\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As reliable as a groundhog, the 197th Philadelphia Flower Show is now six weeks away, appearing, as it…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":87049,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[69,4001,43303,71,70],"class_list":["post-87048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-250","tag-philadelphia-flower-show","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87048"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87048\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}