In addition to strolling through the exquisite flowerscape displays, the Lehigh Valley Flower and Garden Show showcases some of the BEST experts in their fields giving demonstrations and seminars about a wide variety of topics!
Scroll down for a list of the current 2019 activities
or print the schedule, below. updated 2.19.19
Scroll down for a list of the current 2019 activities
or print the schedule, below. updated 2.19.19
- Penn State Master Gardeners on-site to answer gardening questions
- Seminars on flower arranging and gardening tips
- Visits from the Peeps Mascot in the Peepmobile
- Great Art & Accessories vendors for your backyard, garden, and yourself
- Lehigh Valley Garden Railroaders Display
- Buy the flowers and shrubs directly from the displays
Design with Nine
Allentown & Emmaus Garden Clubs share Design with Nine, how to construct a basic line design using nine stems of plant materials. They'll also share ideas about how to stage NGC creative and traditional designs as well as tips that can be used for home entertaining. All are welcome at this affordable make-and-take!
$2 on-site - Friday: 2pm & 5pm, Saturday: 11am, 2pm & 5pm, Sunday: 12pm & 2pm
Each class size limited to 20ppl.
Flower Arranging Class
The talented Rich Mar Florists will guide you, step by step, as you create a personally designed floral arrangement. No experience necessary. All plant materials, container, instruction AND Show Admission is included in the price.
$30.00 - Friday 6:30pm - 8pm Click Here to Purchase Tickets
Kids Slug Slime
Join the 4H club and make your own slime...Slug Style! Age 12 & under
Free While supplies last
Hand Lettered Flower Pot Demonstration
Join Tanya Levandoski of Hand Lettered and Loved, a professional hand lettering artist from the Lehigh Valley, as she demonstrates her skills creating custom and personalized garden gifts. You’ll be amazed as she free-hands beautiful customized messages, creating one-of-a-kind flower pots. She also has completed hand lettered flower pots, garden rocks and wood slices available for purchase.
Free - Friday 1pm, Saturday 1pm, Sunday 1pm
Join Tanya Levandoski of Hand Lettered and Loved, a professional hand lettering artist from the Lehigh Valley, as she demonstrates her skills creating custom and personalized garden gifts. You’ll be amazed as she free-hands beautiful customized messages, creating one-of-a-kind flower pots. She also has completed hand lettered flower pots, garden rocks and wood slices available for purchase.
Free - Friday 1pm, Saturday 1pm, Sunday 1pm
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Miniature Fairy Garden Workshop
Bring your imagination & create your very own miniature fairy garden with Wee Folk Gardens. Each participant will make a 7” dish garden which includes two small plants, potting soil, wee folk fairy, a cute critter, a park bench, and colorful stones to create an enchanted garden.
Purchase tickets in advance
Admission to the Lehigh Valley Flower & Garden Show PLUS All Materials are included in the workshop. Bring a pair of rubber gloves to use in class.
$25.00 - Saturday 2pm
Click Here to Purchase Tickets (must purchase by February 25 to participate)
Miniature Fairy Garden Workshop
Bring your imagination & create your very own miniature fairy garden with Wee Folk Gardens. Each participant will make a 7” dish garden which includes two small plants, potting soil, wee folk fairy, a cute critter, a park bench, and colorful stones to create an enchanted garden.
Purchase tickets in advance
Admission to the Lehigh Valley Flower & Garden Show PLUS All Materials are included in the workshop. Bring a pair of rubber gloves to use in class.
$25.00 - Saturday 2pm
Click Here to Purchase Tickets (must purchase by February 25 to participate)
Paint & Sip
Bring a bit of Spring to your home with a bold bloom! Join local artist, Stephanie Tyrell, as she walks you through painting a beautiful Gerbera Flower. You’ll look forward to hanging this 11x14 canvas on your wall, or giving it as a gift to someone special in your life. This Paint & Sip event will be enhanced with complimentary beverages from Stonekeep Meadery & Wine Cellars. Tickets must be purchased in advance
Ticket includes Show Admission, Art instruction & supplies, 11x14 canvas, and complimentary wine (ages 21+). Age 13+ only
$25.00 - Saturday 4pm
Click Here to Purchase Tickets
Paint and Sip brought to you By Masking Faces, Bringing Imaginations to Life
Stephanie Tyrell is a mom of three who resides right here in the Lehigh Valley. She has been bringing kids’ imaginations to life for the past 5 years through her experience in face painting. She has just recently delved into the art of canvas painting and loves to share what she has learned through tutorials. Her goal is to help empower others to create a piece of art they can be proud of.
Bring a bit of Spring to your home with a bold bloom! Join local artist, Stephanie Tyrell, as she walks you through painting a beautiful Gerbera Flower. You’ll look forward to hanging this 11x14 canvas on your wall, or giving it as a gift to someone special in your life. This Paint & Sip event will be enhanced with complimentary beverages from Stonekeep Meadery & Wine Cellars. Tickets must be purchased in advance
Ticket includes Show Admission, Art instruction & supplies, 11x14 canvas, and complimentary wine (ages 21+). Age 13+ only
$25.00 - Saturday 4pm
Click Here to Purchase Tickets
Paint and Sip brought to you By Masking Faces, Bringing Imaginations to Life
Stephanie Tyrell is a mom of three who resides right here in the Lehigh Valley. She has been bringing kids’ imaginations to life for the past 5 years through her experience in face painting. She has just recently delved into the art of canvas painting and loves to share what she has learned through tutorials. Her goal is to help empower others to create a piece of art they can be proud of.
Paint your own Wooden Frog
Create a one-of-a-kind frog that's also a musical instrument!
While supplies last
Create a one-of-a-kind frog that's also a musical instrument!
While supplies last
Peep Mascot and Peepmobile
The Lehigh Valley's 'Ambassador of Spring' brings goodies for all!
Saturday: 12pm- 1pm Sunday: 12pm-1pm
Free
“Pick” the 2020 Flower Show theme
Tell us what you’d like to see. If your theme if chosen you'll win special prizes!
Free
Seed Planting
The Yard Farmer starts your spring planting with a tiny seed...what will it bloom into?!
Free
She Sheds
Get inspired as some of the Valley's best interior designers put their talents & style into these darling retreats on display inside the Lehigh Valley Flower and Garden Show. An emerging trend, the She Shed is the female version of the Man Cave. A She Shed is the perfect place destination for you to enjoy your hobbies or to get away from it all.
Free
Tell us what you’d like to see. If your theme if chosen you'll win special prizes!
Free
Seed Planting
The Yard Farmer starts your spring planting with a tiny seed...what will it bloom into?!
Free
She Sheds
Get inspired as some of the Valley's best interior designers put their talents & style into these darling retreats on display inside the Lehigh Valley Flower and Garden Show. An emerging trend, the She Shed is the female version of the Man Cave. A She Shed is the perfect place destination for you to enjoy your hobbies or to get away from it all.
Free
Storytime - "Too Many Tomatoes"
“Grandfather’s garden is popping with peas. It’s buzzing with blossoms and bumbly bees. It’s bursting with berries and beans and potatoes and tall, twining vines of too many tomatoes!” This story will have kids tapping their toes (and digging dirt, and sowing seeds) as they count the too-many tomatoes overgrowing the garden, the building, the block … and more!
Friday: 12pm, 3pm. Saturday: 12pm, 6pm. Sunday: 12pm, 3pm.
Free - Children 12 & under
“Grandfather’s garden is popping with peas. It’s buzzing with blossoms and bumbly bees. It’s bursting with berries and beans and potatoes and tall, twining vines of too many tomatoes!” This story will have kids tapping their toes (and digging dirt, and sowing seeds) as they count the too-many tomatoes overgrowing the garden, the building, the block … and more!
Friday: 12pm, 3pm. Saturday: 12pm, 6pm. Sunday: 12pm, 3pm.
Free - Children 12 & under
The Wonders of Butterflies - SPECIAL PRESENTATION for kids of all ages
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The Butterfly Lady, Mari Gruber, brings the wonders of Bear Mountain Butterfly Sanctuary, a Monarch way-station, hatchery & education center, to the Lehigh Valley Flower & Garden Show. Come learn about different species, the difference between moths and butterflies, hold a cocoon, and more in this hands-on learning experience. Bring this kids to this one! They'll delight in assisting the Butterfly lady with puppets, a fun skit, and viewing the world from a butterfly's perspective! All attendees get a special gift!
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Local farms and growers offering fresh goods, plants, flowers, plus a few surprises!
Scroll down for a list of the current 2019 seminars
or print the schedule, below. updated 2.19.19
or print the schedule, below. updated 2.19.19
2019 FREE SEMINARS (...MORE SEMINARS TO BE ANNOUNCED)
Basic Shrub and Perennial Care
Lori Metz, Carriage House Landscape Design
FRIDAY, MARCH 8: 1:00-1:45PM • SATURDAY, MARCH 9: 1:00-1:45PM • SUNDAY, MARCH 10: 1:00-1:45PM
Explains how, why, and when to care for, deadhead and divide perennials and proper pruning methods for landscape shrubs. Includes tips on choosing the proper tools for each job and how to keep them clean and sharp
Basic Shrub and Perennial Care
Lori Metz, Carriage House Landscape Design
FRIDAY, MARCH 8: 1:00-1:45PM • SATURDAY, MARCH 9: 1:00-1:45PM • SUNDAY, MARCH 10: 1:00-1:45PM
Explains how, why, and when to care for, deadhead and divide perennials and proper pruning methods for landscape shrubs. Includes tips on choosing the proper tools for each job and how to keep them clean and sharp
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Bringing Nature in Your Home through Home Furnishings
with Angela Ast FRIDAY, MARCH 8: 2:00-2:45PM • SATURDAY, MARCH 10: 2:00-2:45PM From lighting, furniture, fabrics, accessories and wall coverings, there is growing interest in how we can bring the outside into our homes. Join interior designer, Angela Carroll Ast of ABCA Design, LLC, to learn about the latest hot environmental trends in home furnishing, how manufactures are using nature and natural products and how an increased awareness of the environment has impacted the design industry |
Flower Arranging Demonstration & Auction
Rich Mar Florists
FRIDAY, MARCH 8: 7:00-8:00pm • SATURDAY, MARCH 9: 5:00-6:00PM • SUNDAY, MARCH 10: 3:00-4:00PM
Join the incredible florists from Rich Mar as they demonstrate flower arranging techniques, then stay for the live auction!
Gardening For Butterflies
with Consuelo Almodovar
FRIDAY, MARCH 8: 6:00-6:45pm
Do you know what a caterpillar and a butterfly have in common? Come learn about the life cycle of a butterfly and what you can do to attract them into your garden!
Rich Mar Florists
FRIDAY, MARCH 8: 7:00-8:00pm • SATURDAY, MARCH 9: 5:00-6:00PM • SUNDAY, MARCH 10: 3:00-4:00PM
Join the incredible florists from Rich Mar as they demonstrate flower arranging techniques, then stay for the live auction!
Gardening For Butterflies
with Consuelo Almodovar
FRIDAY, MARCH 8: 6:00-6:45pm
Do you know what a caterpillar and a butterfly have in common? Come learn about the life cycle of a butterfly and what you can do to attract them into your garden!
Living Local: Navigating Your Meaningful Role in the Local Foods Economy with Ellen Underwood
FRIDAY, MARCH 8: 5:00-5:45pm
Learn about the Greater Lehigh Valley’s vibrant local food system and how to navigate your meaningful role within it! Ellen, Outreach Coordinator for Buy Fresh Buy Local of the Greater Lehigh Valley, will show you where to connect with the freshest produce this season, how to easily be a local foods supporter, and introduce the powerful impacts of your food dollars. Plus, get some tips on how to support local through your home garden, learn about delicious heirloom varieties, and more! Be sure to pick up a Local Food Guide at the Buy Fresh Buy Local-GLV table when you visit the Lehigh Valley Flower and Garden Show!
FRIDAY, MARCH 8: 5:00-5:45pm
Learn about the Greater Lehigh Valley’s vibrant local food system and how to navigate your meaningful role within it! Ellen, Outreach Coordinator for Buy Fresh Buy Local of the Greater Lehigh Valley, will show you where to connect with the freshest produce this season, how to easily be a local foods supporter, and introduce the powerful impacts of your food dollars. Plus, get some tips on how to support local through your home garden, learn about delicious heirloom varieties, and more! Be sure to pick up a Local Food Guide at the Buy Fresh Buy Local-GLV table when you visit the Lehigh Valley Flower and Garden Show!
Plant Juice
with Lori Humphrey
SATURDAY, MARCH 9: 12:00- 12:45pm
Essential oil, or “Plant Juice”, has been used for thousands of years by different cultures as traditional remedies to enhance wellness. The ability of a real fragrance to affect one's mood or change the atmosphere is pretty powerful. This discussion will be explain these little gems, the importance of quality sourcing, and how essential oils can be amazing tools in your personal wellness box.
Pollinator Gardening/ Certify Your Pollinator Garden
with Consuelo Almodovar
SUNDAY, MARCH 10: 2:00-2:45pm
Learn about the importance of pollinators, how you can help reverse pollinator decline, and how you can certify your pollinator garden.
Soil Testing for Home Gardeners
Clint Walker, Master Gardener
FRIDAY, MARCH 8: 3:00-3:45PM
Soil Testing for Home Gardeners
Well nourished crops are more resistant to pests, disease, and bad weather. Give your garden the best chance to succeed: learn why and how to test your garden soil for essential plant nutrients and how to remedy any deficiencies it may have. Just as important, testing helps you avoid the cost and possible harm of over-fertilization. Make friends with your soil; don't guess, soil test.
with Lori Humphrey
SATURDAY, MARCH 9: 12:00- 12:45pm
Essential oil, or “Plant Juice”, has been used for thousands of years by different cultures as traditional remedies to enhance wellness. The ability of a real fragrance to affect one's mood or change the atmosphere is pretty powerful. This discussion will be explain these little gems, the importance of quality sourcing, and how essential oils can be amazing tools in your personal wellness box.
Pollinator Gardening/ Certify Your Pollinator Garden
with Consuelo Almodovar
SUNDAY, MARCH 10: 2:00-2:45pm
Learn about the importance of pollinators, how you can help reverse pollinator decline, and how you can certify your pollinator garden.
Soil Testing for Home Gardeners
Clint Walker, Master Gardener
FRIDAY, MARCH 8: 3:00-3:45PM
Soil Testing for Home Gardeners
Well nourished crops are more resistant to pests, disease, and bad weather. Give your garden the best chance to succeed: learn why and how to test your garden soil for essential plant nutrients and how to remedy any deficiencies it may have. Just as important, testing helps you avoid the cost and possible harm of over-fertilization. Make friends with your soil; don't guess, soil test.
Spotted Lantern Flies
Randy Fey, Master Gardener
FRIDAY, MARCH 8: 4:00-4:45PM
SATURDAY, MARCH 9: 6:00-6:45PM
SUNDAY, MARCH 10: 12:00-12:45PM
The Spotted Lantern Fly is coming, or should we say it is already here!!! Learn more about this menace with expert, Randy Fey.
Randy Fey, Master Gardener
FRIDAY, MARCH 8: 4:00-4:45PM
SATURDAY, MARCH 9: 6:00-6:45PM
SUNDAY, MARCH 10: 12:00-12:45PM
The Spotted Lantern Fly is coming, or should we say it is already here!!! Learn more about this menace with expert, Randy Fey.
The Wonders of Butterflies
Mari Gruber
SPECIAL PRESENTATION
SATURDAY, MARCH 9: 3:00-3:45PM
The Butterfly Lady, Mari Gruber, brings the wonders of Bear Mountain Butterfly Sanctuary, a Monarch way-station, hatchery & education center, to the Lehigh Valley Flower & Garden Show. Come learn about different species, the difference between moths and butterflies, hold a cocoon, and more in this hands-on learning experience. Bring this kids to this one! They'll delight in assisting the Butterfly lady with puppets, a fun skit, and viewing the world from a butterfly's perspective! All attendees get a special gift!
Mari Gruber
SPECIAL PRESENTATION
SATURDAY, MARCH 9: 3:00-3:45PM
The Butterfly Lady, Mari Gruber, brings the wonders of Bear Mountain Butterfly Sanctuary, a Monarch way-station, hatchery & education center, to the Lehigh Valley Flower & Garden Show. Come learn about different species, the difference between moths and butterflies, hold a cocoon, and more in this hands-on learning experience. Bring this kids to this one! They'll delight in assisting the Butterfly lady with puppets, a fun skit, and viewing the world from a butterfly's perspective! All attendees get a special gift!
….MORE SEMINARS TO BE ANNOUNCED!
