Bucks Floral Design Program Wins Again At Philadelphia Flower Show

NEWTOWN, PA — Bucks County Community College’s floral design program has once again taken home a prize in only its second year participating in the Philadelphia Flower Show.

Students, alumni, and instructors earned a bronze medal for “Rooted in Art,” reflecting the college’s origins of being founded on the Newtown estate of artist and educational
philanthropist Stella Elkins Tyler.

The exhibit features Tyler’s sculpture “Joan of Arc at
Orleans,” donated to the college by Carol Tyler, who visited the show with the college President & CEO Dr. Patrick M. Jones.

The exhibit features seven original floral designs, each interpreting the connection between nature, art, and education, alongside six selected student works from the college’s School of Arts and Communication.

The Philadelphia Flower Show is open through Sunday, March 8, at the Philadelphia Convention Center, 1101 Arch Street, Philadelphia. Hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. through Saturday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday. Click here for details and tickets.

Amparito Arriaga, a Certified Floral Designer from Exton and a student in Bucks County Community College’s floral design program, installs part of the “Rooted in Art” exhibit at the Philadelphia Flower Show.

A team of 20 students, alumni, and instructors from Bucks County Community College’s floral design program helped install “Rooted in Art” at the Philadelphia Flower Show,
which reflects the college’s origins of being founded on the Newtown estate of artist and educational philanthropist Stella Elkins Tyler. The exhibit features one of Tyler’s original bronze sculptures, “Joan of Arc at Orleans,” pictured in the background.

Dr. Partrick M. Jones, left, President & CEO of Bucks County Community College, and Carol Tyler admire the college’s floral design program’s exhibit at the Philadelphia Flower Show featuring “Joan of Arc at Orleans” by Stella Elkins Tyler. The sculpture, donated to the college by the Tyler family, is the centerpiece of the college’s award-winning “Rooted in Art” exhibit. The college was founded on the Tyler estate in Newtown more than 60 years ago.