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  • Thursday, February 24 – Sunday, February 27 – Connecticut Flower & Garden Show

    Capture the Magic is the theme for the 30th Annual Connecticut Flower & Garden Show.  Explore over 250 booths overflowing with fresh flowers, plants, herbs, bulbs, seeds, gardening books and more.  The Convention Center in Hartford, Connecticut will be transformed into a breathtaking event for floral and garden enthusiasts.  This year the exhibits will cover nearly three acres.  You may attend over 80 hours of seminars and demonstrations, and all seminars are included with your general admission ticket.  For complete schedule and details, log on to www.ctflowershow.com.  Below is the StoneBridge Craftsmen Exhibit from 2009.

  • Thursday, February 18 – Sunday, February 21 – Connecticut Flower & Garden Show

    The Spice of Life is the theme for the 29th Annual Connecticut Flower & Garden Show, taking place at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford, Connecticut beginning Thursday, February 18 through Sunday, February 21.  Hours Thursday through Saturday are 10 am – 8 pm, and on Sunday, 10 am – 6 pm.  Explore over 250 booths overflowing with fresh flowers, plants, herbs, bulbs, seeds and garden accessories plus more.  Stroll through beautifully landscaped, amazing gardens.  Visit the Federated Garden Clubs of Connecticut design and horticulture competition, and attend over 80 hours of seminars and demonstrations.  All seminars are included with your general admission ticket. Adults $14, Seniors (Thursday and Friday only) $12, Children seven to fourteen $2.  Cash only.  For directions, complete list of seminar speakers, and more information, log on to www.ctflowershow.com.

  • Friday, June 19 – Sunday, June 21 – Rose Weekend

    Rose Weekend has been held annually for more than a century in Hartford, Connecticut’s Elizabeth Park, the nation’s oldest municipal  rose garden. It is a two and one half acre garden  which has about 800 varieties of roses that amount to 15,000 plants .  Rambling roses cover arched walkways in the garden and the beds are filled with roses of every shape and color.  Along the border, fences of climbing and shrub roses provide a colorful background for the bedding plants.  The Rose Garden is one of only 22 public All America Test Gardens in the country.  This test program evaluates new roses before they are introduced to the general public.  While the main rose garden shows off the more modern roses, the Heritage Rose Garden is the home to more historical varieties.  A number of unusual and interesting roses are found here.  During its peak bloom time of early to mid June, it is the most fragrant place to be in the park.For more information, call 860-231-9443, or log on to www.elizabethpark.org.