Episode description
The 2025 Philadelphia Flower Show is themed “Gardens of Tomorrow.” Seth Pearsoll, President and Creative Director of the flower show says they wanted the event to be timeless. The event is set to take place from March 1-9 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.
“We like all of the different people who create something with us There's thousands of them. We want them to have something they can get excited about and do their thing at the show And then we also want the show to be kind of slightly referencing something that's happening in the world in this case We wanted to remind people that If you're a gardener if you're a plant lover if you like botanicals You're kind of in a field that's helping to make the world a better place to give you something to look forward to So gardens of tomorrow.”
The Entrance Garden, “Futura Florentia” sets the tone for visitors. It’s divided more into three giant beds and each has a custom water feature inside of it.
“We modified the rain bars from car washes Because we were looking for a really specific Like sound and pattern so we have these really cool kind of Custom rain bars in each of the garden and then on the inside of these Custom water elements this insane floral display. So you've got you know, these incredible flowers You've got the sound that gentle kind of dripping of water. You've got kind of that crystalline rivulet, you know of water falling And then we've also got 24 cherry trees up above up high So whole thing is surrounded by beautiful blossoming trees. We also custom -made 12 of these concrete printed Kind of vases these giant containers and then our floral partner will Do a really modern kind of horizontal floral arrangement over the top of that? And then of course every garden has incredible horticulture and incredible garden beds So you've got custom lighting elements. You've got these kind of really nice sonic element with the water You've got flowers everywhere got trees overhead.”
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