As you enter this year's show, you're instantly transported to the future, fitting perfectly with this year's theme, "Gardens of Tomorrow." The entrance garden, "Future Florentia," was designed by PHS artists, and as Flower Show creative director Seth Pearsoll explains, the show "is a celebration of innovation, resilience, and creativity in gardening."
Some of my favorites from the show:
Tomorrow's Eden is a collaboration between Japanese garden designers Kazuyuki Ishihara and Iftikhar Ahmed of Treeline Designz. It's a two-tiered garden with waterfall and other natural features, and the designers say it's a landscape that "embodies two powerful truths: the boundless resilience of nature and the fragile responsibility humanity holds in preserving it." You'll definitely want to take a good look at this garden from both the front and the back to appreciate all of its elements.
One of the most popular exhibits, Welcoming Wildlife Home by Jennifer Designs, explores the role of wildlife in a thriving ecosystem. The animals seated at the table represent human interaction with nature, and the surrounding plants are those that particularly support various species.
I was also struck by the Signature of Time by Mark Cook Landscaping, whose exhibit represents "a life of journeys and experiences shared through architecture, color, texture, and plants from multiple time zones.
There is, of course, much more to the show than landscape exhibits, so head over to Philadelphia for an experience you won't want to miss.
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