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75,000 Cut Flowers Exploding Overhead

75,000 Cut Flowers Exploding Overhead

A walk through the 195th Philadelphia Flower Show

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Boaz Frankel
Mar 10, 2024
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As soon as I walked into the 195th Philadelphia Flower Show I was immediately delighted and overwhelmed. The entrance garden is massive. An 8,500 gallon pond reflects thousands of planted daffodils and tulips as 75,000 cut flowers explode in pink and purple bursts overhead.

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