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·New! Virginia Department of Game & Inland Fisheries ... naturalized landscape ideas with wildlife in mind Visit Maymont Show Page The Southeastern Flower Show- "Garden Treasures" Definitely an Atlanta event, this show is pushing spring in the Georgia clime and is packed with features. Dates and Times: Wednesday, Feb. 20 - Saturday Feb. 23 - 9:30 AM to 8:30 PM Sunday, Feb. 24 - 9:30 AM - 6:00 PM Ticket Info: General Admission - $15, Advance- $12, 2-day - $20, Youth - $5. Show Features Life-size professional gardens, educational discovery gardens, floral arrangements and prize-winning horticultural specimens, dining and shopping, demonstrations and workshops. Special activities include a Family Frolic with hands on activities, Flower Power Party with a silent auction, Make and Take Design workshops, hourly speakers program through out the show, an Opening Night Party and Daily Teas, Rare Plant and Treasures Auction, and competitions in a variety of categories and age classes. Go to Atlanta for the Southeastern Flower Show Connecticut Flower and Garden Show - "Wide, Wide World" This Show includes The Federated Garden Clubs of Connecticut design and horticulture competitions. Dates and Times: Thursday February 21 - 12 Noon - 9 PM Friday Feb. 22 & Saturday Feb 24 - 10 AM - 9 PM Sunday Feb. 25 - 10 AM - 5 PM Ticket Info: Adults- $10, Seniors- $9.00, Children 7-12 - $4 Discount tickets available for groups of 15 or more. Features: In addition to the design and horticulture competition, there will be a slate of gardening seminars by experts, 21 landscaped gardens, a market place with houseplants and fresh flowers, and vendors of many garden related products. Roger Swain of The Victory Garden will be a featured speaker. Bring your soil samples for free soil pH testing. Visit the Connecticut Expo Center in Hartford to see the Connecticut Flower and Garden Show. Rhode Island Spring Flower and Garden Show: 'The Secret Garden" This will be the 9th edition of the Rhode Island show and will offer a "mystical journey through beautiful flora and magically created landscapes". The show will benefit the proposed Roger Williams Park Botanical Center. Dates and Times: February 21 thru 24 Ticket Info: Adults - weekdays - $13, weekends - $14 Children 6 to 12 - $7 Seniors/students- weekdays - $12, weekends - $13 Advanced tickets $11 Groups of 20 or more- $10 good any day Features: The RI federation of Garden Clubs will feature their flower show entitled "Rhode Island Treasures" A slate of speakers and presentations by nationally acclaimed spokespersons, gardeners, and designers, Wine samplings, educational café, and a Garden Designer's Forum.
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