Essex Jct. VT – Spring in Vermont is all mud and maple and every other year, the Vermont Flower Show. Cascading plants, lively booths, and whimsical exhibits cover the Champlain Valley Exposition in Essex Jct. Over 80 landscape designers and architects, nurseries, florists, greenhouses, growers, garden centers, garden accessories, and other floral related businesses will display their products and services at the show.
Celebrated landscape designer and author of Home Outside: Creating the Landscape You Love, Julie Moir Messervy, will provide a keynote Saturday, March 5th at noon. A variety of local chefs will provide a series of cooking demos throughout the three days. Workshops and a live auction are also popular features over the weekend.
A complete schedule is available at www.greenworksvermont.org.
The Vermont Flower Show runs Friday, March 4th and Saturday, March 5th from 10 am – 6 pm. Sunday, March 6th is 10 am – 4 pm at which time many of the decorations and plants are available at deeply discounted rates. Tickets and pricing available at www.greenworksvermont.org or www.flynntix.org.
The Vermont Flower Show is presented by Green Works, the Vermont Nursery & Landscape Association (VNLA), a non-profit statewide organization dedicated to educating and increasing awareness in the growing horticulture industry.
Slideshow of the 2009 show:
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