PHILADELPHIA— Flower fanatics and gardening geeks have made the Philadelphia Flower Show the nation’s largest and longest-running horticultural show in the United States. This year the annual show runs March 3–11 with the theme “Wonders of Water,” a celebration of horticulture and water.
An estimated quarter of a million visitors will experience the event over nine days, according to statistics provided by the Pennsylvania Horticulture Society (PHS), the show’s beneficiary. No less than 4,000 plants of more than 165 varieties are part of this year’s entrance garden, making it one of the most diverse displays in its history. And it is a long history; the show launched in 1829.
