In addition to strolling through the exquisite "Fields, Farms and Backyard" displays, the Lehigh Valley Flower and Garden Show showcased some of the BEST experts in their fields giving demonstrations and seminars about a wide variety of topics!
Here is a list of all the activities from the 2018 show!
Here is a list of all the activities from the 2018 show!
• Visit from the Peep mascot, the ambassador of spring, each day 2pm-3pm
• Penn State Master Gardeners on-site to answer gardening questions.
• Seminars on flower arranging and gardening tips.
• Garden Railroaders Train Display all weekend
• Kid’s scavenger hunt – ages 12 and under all weekend
- Follow your Show map and find the hidden icons throughout the show and win a prize!
• 20% more Art & Accessories vendors for your backyard, garden, and yourself.
• Buy the flowers and shrubs directly from the displays
Alice's Table
Flower Arranging Class at Lehigh Valley Flower and Garden Show
Saturday, March 10: 6:00PM
As seen on Shark Tank and Live! With Kelly & Ryan-- Grab your friends and come out for a fun night of floral arranging. We give you all of the supplies you need, plus personal instruction during this hands-on interactive event. Come away from this class with professional tips, plus your very own floral centerpiece, designed by you!
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Cost $65 due when signing up with a 10% discount on fees when groups of 5 or more sign up together
The Wonders of Butterflies - SPECIAL PRESENTATION for kids of all ages
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!
Saturday 3PM
Storytime – "A Vegetable Garden Grows Under the Sun" for ages 2 to 9
A vegetable garden grows under the sun. If you look closely between the stalks, beneath the leaves, and under the soil, you will spot the animals and plants living there. We’ll use sunlight to help reveal a small world of great surprises hidden in and around the vegetable garden!
Friday 2PM and 6PM • Saturday 11AM, 2PM, 6PM • Sunday 2PM
Design with Nine
Emmaus Garden Club shares Design with Nine, how to construct a basic line design with NINE stems of plant materials, giving 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 free make-and-take!
Friday 1PM, 3PM, 5PM • Saturday 11AM, 1PM, 3PM • Sunday 2 PM
Pee Wee the Painting Pig - see the artistic talents of the Oinker
The artistic talents of the oinkers from the Pig Placement Network will amaze you! Come see one-of-a kind artwork, created front of you!
Friday: 2pm, 4pm, 6pm • Saturday: 12pm, 2pm, 4pm, 6pm • 12pm, 2pm
LV Zoo Green Connections Nature Club
Biofacts such as pelts, feathers and skulls
Friday: 2PM
“Pick” the 2019 Flower Show theme
Tell us what you’d like to see. If your theme if chosen you will will special prizes!
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.
Local farms and growers offering fresh goods - plants, flowers, canned goods plus a few surprises!
2018 SEMINAR DESCRIPTIONS
RichMar Florist
Flower Arranging
FRIDAY, MARCH 9: 5:00PM-8:00PM and SATURDAY. MARCH 10: 6:00PM-8PM
Demonstrations and Auctions
Butterfly Gardens
Consuelo Almodovar
FRIDAY, MARCH 9: 1:00PM
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!
"Bringing Nature in Your Home through Home Furnishings"
with Angela Ast
FRIDAY, MARCH 9: 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.
Air Plants
Steve Smith, Lewisberry Gardens
FRIDAY, MARCH 9: 3:00-3:45PM & SATURDAY, MARCH 10: 1:00-1:45PM
Come and explore these exciting plants that grow and even thrive without any soil. Air Plants offer a variety of shapes, colors
and sizes and can be attached to anything or even nothing at all. Air Plants are among the most carefree and care forgiving plants on earth!
Wild Birds
Steve Smith, Lewisberry Gardens
SUNDAY, MARCH 10: 2:00-2:45PM
Attract more birds to your backyard by using more attractive feeders and various kinds of bird food. We will explore the pros and cons of feeders and bird food on the market today. We will discuss Seed Feeders, Bluebirds, Suets and Suet Feeders, Hummingbirds, and discouraging unwanted birds & squirrels.
Lantern Flies
Randy Fey, Master Gardener
FRIDAY, MARCH 9: 4:00-4:45PM • SATURDAY, MARCH 10: 4:00-4:45PM • SUNDAY, MARCH 10: 12:00-12:45PM
Growing Our Local Food Community
Allison Czapp
Director Buy Fresh Buy Local of the Lehigh Valley
SATURDAY, MARCH 10: 11:00-11:45AM
The Wonders of Butterflies
Mari Gruber
SPECIAL PRESENTATION
SATURDAY, MARCH 10: 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!
Snowdrops and Winter Bloomers
Jerry Simcoe
SATURDAY, MARCH 10: 5:00-5:45PM
Growing Dahlias
Joe Veshinfsky, Master Gardener
SUNDAY, MARCH 10: 1:00-1:45PM
Dahlias are one of the most beautiful flowers available as they come in a wide range of colors, are easy to grow and can provide an almost unlimited supply of cut flowers from July until frost. This talk will cover a few simple but necessary steps to insure your dahlias thrive in the garden along with where they can be obtained, how to store tubers over the winter and dividing. Photographs showing the wide range of colors and forms available will be shown to hopefully get everyone excited about growing at least a couple of these fantastic flowers.
Growing a Tomato and Pepper Salsa Garden
Joe Veshinfsky, Master Gardener
SUNDAY, MARCH 10: 3:00-3:45PM
Salsa is perhaps the most popular condiment and it cannot get any better than when made fresh using your own home grown ingredients.
This class will show how easy it is to grow your own tomatoes and peppers to make delicious fresh homemade salsa. Topics to be covered will include deciding whether to grow from seeds or to buy transplants, recommended varieties and sources, planting and care, other salsa ingredients that can be grown, and recipes for both fresh and canned salsa.
