Eight local garden clubs, members of District 1 Garden Club Federation of Pennsylvania, will be presenting a National Garden Club Standard Flower Show, titled, “Inspiration – Longwood” under the auspices of the Visitor Education Department of Longwood Gardens.
The “Inspiration – Longwood” Flower Show will be open to the public with admission to Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square on Saturday, Oct. 5 from 1 to 9 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 6 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
The clubs sponsoring the show are Elverson Garden Club, Four Seasons Garden Club, Garden Club of Springfield, Radley Run Garden Club, Spade and Trowel Club, The Country Gardeners, Uwchlan Garden Club, and Villanova Garden Club.
The clubs hope to introduce the public to new and different horticulture experiences in addition to exciting and beautiful means of displaying horticulture in floral design.
Entries for the show are classified as Horticulture, Design, Education, and Botanical Arts. All entries to the show will be judged following the rules in the National Garden Clubs, Inc. Handbook for Flower Shows. There will be exhibitors at the “Inspiration – Longwood” Flower Show who have previously won Blue Ribbons from the Pennsylvania Horticulture Society’s Philadelphia Flower Show this past year.
The sponsoring garden clubs are members of National Garden Clubs, Inc.; Central Region of State Garden Clubs, Inc.; and the Garden Federation of Pennsylvania District 1.
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