Local College Students to Display at Philadelphia Flower Show

Students at Delaware Valley College are gearing up to show off their display at the annual Philadelphia Flower Show, which opens Saturday.

Each year, Delaware Valley College students build a display for the Pennsylvania Horticulture Society’s show, and this year is no exception. This year’s flower show theme is “Celebrate the Movies” and will feature floral designs and gardens inspired by Hollywood.

Students from DelVal’s Flower Show course, which has four students in it this year, plus other student volunteers, staff, alumni volunteers and faculty work together to create the exhibit. They’ve been working on it for months, according to professors.

“We start right at the beginning of fall semester with the design and really, with the design you’re already starting to think about how to build it,” said Michael Fleishchacker, assistant professor and chair of the Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Sciences. “We drove the first nail in October.”

DelVal’s exhibit is called “2139: The Rising Tide of Urbanism.” The display shows Philadelphia in the year 2139 and imagines how people might adapt to living in the city after the polar ice caps have melted, according to information from the college.

The 2015 flower show will feature the following highlights:

• A red carpet will lead visitors through an Art Deco theater facade with a 29-foot high marquee of flowers and more than neon 200 lights
• An Entrance Garden inspired by the interiors of 1920s movie palaces, with towering juniper and palm trees and grand chandeliers dripping with blossoms, moss, jewels and fabrics
• Sweeps of 800 hostas will surround the planters of the a rose garden
• An 8-foot centerpiece of cut roses and other blossoms—the largest arrangement ever created for a Flower Show entrance.
• 1,500 calla lilies in yellow, lavender, peach-orange and plum
• 1,400 ferns
• A sculpture of a deconstructed film projector by Chris Kanienberg of Wish Painting and Sculpture
• Popcorn and other movie theater treats available for purchase in the garden concession stand

Tickets for the Philadelphia Flower Show are $27 for adults if purchased by Feb. 27. Purchase tickets online at theflowershow.com.

Click here for more information about the 2015 Philadelphia Flower Show.

The Pennsylvania Convention Center is located at 1101 Arch St, Philadelphia.

(Photo: The Philadelphia Flower Show Facebook page)