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Final week I shared the primary in a collection of posts in regards to the 2025 Philadelphia Flower Present that I attended this 12 months with Superb Gardening. If you happen to missed that, you’ll want to test it out to get extra data on this unbelievable annual gathering of flower and backyard fans: Philadelphia Flower Present Entry Show. As I discussed in that submit, there isn’t a means I can cowl each exhibit and show I noticed throughout my go to however I couldn’t assist sharing a few of my highlights. A type of highlights was undeniably the unbelievable (and award-winning!) show created by Jennifer Reed and her workforce at Jennifer Designs, a floral design firm based mostly in Mullica Hill, New Jersey.
Earlier than I had arrived within the “Metropolis of Brotherly Love,” I had already heard buzz about their exhibit titled: Welcoming Wildlife House. Even my non-gardening mates who stay within the space and attended the present instructed me it was a “must-see.” So once I did arrive, I used to be not stunned to seek out that this exhibit had gained a number of awards within the ‘Floral’ class, together with however not restricted to: the Society of American Florists Flower Present Award, Gardening for the Larger Good Award, a Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Gold Steel, and Greatest in Present. This whimsical and fantastical show was a marvel to behold and completely captured the eye of everybody who caught a glimpse, however managed to do all of this whereas presenting and representing an important and significant trigger. Right here is the outline that accompanied the exhibit:
“Welcoming Wildlife House showcases the important position of wildlife in sustaining a wholesome, thriving ecosystem grounded in biodiversity. A welcoming house symbolizes human interplay with nature, whereas past the home windows, the backyard involves life with a wealthy tapestry of crops. This immersive show highlights how considerate plant decisions and habitat creation assist the intricate stability of wildlife.”
Alice in Wonderland will get a sustainability rebrand! There isn’t any Mad Hatter or March Hare at this tea celebration, however a bee, butterfly, turtle, frog, squirrel, and robin all rigorously crafted with an intricate melding of plant materials, blooms, and plumes sit round a desk with a floral centerpiece that might put essentially the most elaborate wedding ceremony centerpieces to disgrace.
One among my private favourite options of the exhibit was the huge cool-toned association that hung above the chandelier. The numerous delicate, fluffy textures of the crops chosen for this element actually leant to the whimsical however naturalistic feeling within the design. It additionally contrasted properly with lots of the brighter, bolder colours and types that had been discovered within the desk association and among the improbable wildlife sculptures.
The perfect shot I might get of one of many superb floral sculptures, an unbelievably detailed monarch butterfly.
The opposite half of the pollinator illustration on the desk was this lovable bumblebee product of an assortment of attractive yellow blooms and ethereal twig “wings.” There was a lot to soak up on this exhibit that it wasn’t till I regarded again at this image that I seen the military of ants marching in to affix the festivities!
One other function of the design that I actually beloved was using decorative grass plumes to create an precisely fluffy squirrel tail. It’d seem to be an apparent alternative, but it surely takes an artist to carry that concept to life and execute in such a beautiful means.
Simply “outdoors” that great tablescape are backyard beds full of colourful flowers which might be densely planted to function habitats for wildlife. As many gardens featured on Backyard Photograph of the Day have confirmed, there isn’t a have to sacrifice magnificence and curiosity when constructing beds that advantage of our ecosystem.
Apart from the cool pollinator homes—which might be very trendy in their very own proper—the common backyard visitor would do not know that this plantings was designed with wildlife in thoughts. A mixture of colours, textures, and plant varieties are woven collectively in an enthralling and classically lovely means, but every plant alternative was additionally made with consideration to its useful impression.
Lastly, the fake home facade that anchored the 2 completely different facets of this design, and, I feel, represented the skinny veil between our houses and the better ecosystem. Whereas so usually thought-about the separate worlds of “indoors” and “outside,” the fact is our house is one we share with the wildlife and nature that we typically work laborious to regulate or maintain out. Slightly than working to construct greater obstacles, we are able to really create extra magnificence by interacting with nature and supporting the wildlife our gardens entice. But when we simply wish to speak practicality, the eruptions of attractive flowers out of the open window frames are impressed designs worthy of their very own fanfare!
To see extra photos of this unbelievable murals in addition to different superb creations from Jennifer Designs, you’ll want to verify them out on Instagram: @jenniferdesignsevents. You can too take a look at the part of their web site that highlights the entire reveals they’ve constructed for the Philly Flower Present through the years: jenniferdesignsevents.com/philadelphia-flower-show
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