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Orchid Photos from the Philly Flower Show

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Each year when we arrive at the PHS Philadelphia Flower Show, Laura scopes out the native plants and I focus on the photography. One of my favorite flowers to capture are the orchids.

This year there were three main exhibit spaces focused on orchids.

A special exhibit this year is from Chadwick & Son, First Ladies and Their Orchids: A Century of Namesake Cattleyas.

A perennial favorite, Waldorf Orchids from New Jersey, created one of their best display’s yet.

Individual specimens displayed in the Horticultural Court deserve a special mention as well.

Here are some more photos from the First Ladies display.

Here are some more photos from the Waldorf display.

All of these spectacular orchids are part of the Horticultural Court.

~ Laura

~ Dave

Ten Students, 1,200 Plants & 1 Exhibit in 4 Days

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Ten undergrads had been prepping for months for the Philadelphia Flower Show (PFS).

This was their big moment. The exhibit was part of a design and build course they were taking at Tyler School of Art and Architecture (TSAA) at Temple University Ambler.

First, a load of materials had been dropped off at the Convention Center a week before the show would open to the public March 1.

Then the clock would start on Monday. The students would have four days, and only four days, to assemble their exhibit and install the plants, more than 1,200 of them.

Judging would begin at 7am on Friday and no exhibitors would be allowed on the floor. From that point forward, their exhibit would be on display to PHS members, the press and, most importantly, the public.

From Sat., March 1, to Sun., March 9, about 250,000 people would see their display.

What could go wrong?

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A Tea Party Takes the Cake

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Whimsy and charm combined in the “Welcoming Wildlife Home” exhibit to capture the public’s hearts and the judges’ eyes at the 2025 Philadelphia Flower Show (PFS).

An oversized squirrel, robin, bee, turtle, butterfly and other creatures attend a mad hatter tea party where they are served a feast of flowers.

Jennifer Reed, her team from Jennifer Designs, and friends created the fantastic scene.  Her 14-year-old daughter, however, came up with the idea for the mad hatter party for pollinators and other wildlife.  

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