You are invited to take part in a trip to see the Philadelphia Flower Show. See attachment for details about the trip. Cost is very reasonable. The Fred Heutte Center is in Norfolk, VA. is where the trip originates and returns. The dates are Sunday, March 4 & Monday, March 5. North Carolina residents would probably need to plan to spend the night in a Norfolk hotel on Saturday, March 3, and Monday, March 5, because of the times the bus leaves and returns. My understanding is that there will only be one bus taken this year so make your reservations early!
Bill Smoot is the President of Landscape Design Consultants in VA and organizes the LDC schools there. He has organized this trip to the Philadelphia Flower Show for years. He is a great guy!
The only conflict for GCNC members is the Davidson Horticultural Symposium is on Tuesday, March 6. It is always an educational and enjoyable day!
I hope you will consider attending one or the other of these events!
Lynne Mabry
Website Chairman, GCNC
The 2012
Philadelphia
Flower Show!
Join Us on An
Overnight Bus Tour visiting Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, PA, and
The Philadelphia
Flower Show!
4 –5 March, 2012
The Fred Heutte Center is sponsoring a bus tour to The Philadelphia
Flower Show. This is the largest
flower show in the USA! We
have a great tour package that can’t be beat! In addition to the Philadelphia Flower Show, we will also be
visiting Longwood Gardens www.longwoodgardens.org/ and shopping in historic Kennett Square, PA.
Join other gardeners at the The Philadelphia Flower
Show! www.philaflowershow.com/home/index.html This year’s theme is “Hawaii: Islands of Aloha!”. The
2012 Flower Show pays tribute to the talents of the Hawaiian people in the
Hawaiian Village, which will offer demonstrations, crafts and merchandise in
the Grand Hall. You will be completely immersed in this authentically Hawaiian,
once-in-a-lifetime presentation. And feel like you are walking across the
beaches, jungles and mountains of the Hawaiian Islands.” Enter beneath dynamic projections of
crashing waves and one of the largest and most exciting displays of white
orchids ever assembled. Towering palms, bamboo, green walls, and a tropical
plant canopy will immerse visitors in the Hawaiian rainforest. A 25-foot-high
waterfall will splash down into Pele’s Garden, an island of exotic flowers and
plants where performers will conjure volcanic flames and the Fire Goddess. The
islands will be celebrated in showcase gardens that highlight their culture
through flowers and landscapes, performances and art. Other major exhibits will
include floral volcanoes, cut-bamboo designs, surf shacks, Hawaiian vistas, and
a tribute to the memorial garden at Pearl Harbor. Shop in the over 300 vendor
market for any and everything pertaining to gardening – plants, books, tools,
decorative items, etc. Attend
lectures and demonstrations from internationally known horticulture experts.
Tour includes deluxe motorcoach transportation,
Continental Breakfast on trip up, overnight lodging with luggage handling at
the Hilton Garden Inn Kennett Square, PA, Welcome Reception, and full hot breakfast:
Dinner at Brandywine Prime; tickets to Longwood Gardens, and The Philadelphia
Flower Show!
Cost is $325.00 per person- based on double room occupancy! Single room supplement is $55.00 extra! Mail reservations to Fred Heutte
Center, 1000 Botetourt Gardens, Norfolk, VA Include Full payment along with your name, address,
telephone number, and e-mail address! Call 441-2513 for additional info. Only one bus will be going – when it’s
filled that’s it! Send in your
reservation/payment promptly so you won’t miss out on this fantastic tour!
ITENIARY: All times approximate! Updated and further information posted at www.fredheutte.org
Sunday- 4 March, 2012
6:00am Bus
leaves Fred Heutte Center –
Brief driver rest stop enroute. Continental Breakfast (included)
11:30am Arrive
Longwood Gardens – lunch on your own.
3:00pm Optional
shopping at Kennett Square, PA
5:30pm Arrive
at the Hilton Garden Inn Kennett
Square, PA – Welcome Reception & Check-In
7:00 pm Bus
leaves for Dinner at Brandywine Prime
Monday- 5 March, 2012
7:30 – 8:30am Full
Hot Breakfast Buffet (included) at hotel
9:00am Bus
leaves for Philadelphia Flower Show
10:00am Arrive
Opening time of The Philadelphia Flower Show – Shop Till You Drop!
Lunch
on your own.
5:00pm Depart
Philadelphia Flower Show for Home
Brief
Bus Driver rest stop
Dinner/snack (on your own)
11:30pm Arrive
at The Fred Heutte Center
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