GPOD on the Road: Philadelphia Flower Show, Part 3

Flowers and foliage is fun, but these two exhibits paid homage to one of the unsung (and often unseen) heroes of gardens: roots

Hi GPODers !

I ’m back with more exposure from the 2025Philadelphia Flower Show . Last week I showcased a Best in Show winner ( and one of my favorite displays ) , a lively scene of fantastical floral wildlife created byJennifer Designsin Mullica Hill , New Jersey . If you drop that Emily Price Post , be certain to check it out here : Welcoming Wildlife Home .

Today I ’m face at a couplet of exhibits that baby-sit on the diametrical end of the horticulture spectrum , swapping the kaleidoscopic arrangement of colorful blooms and flower for the interesting shapes and forms of trees , shrubs , green goddess , and lush leaf . First up is a creation byLaurel - Brook Gardensin Belleville , Pennsylvania competently named , Roots . Also winning several awards at the show ( include a Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Gold Metal , Anne Vallery Award , and PHS Council Trophy ) , this exhibit sought to give attention to the parts of plant we can so well blank out .

The description for the out - of - this - world video display said : “ enshroud in mystery because we usually ca n’t see them , roots are key to a plant ’s living systems and process as the anchors that hold and support them . search the abide by topic to learn more about roots , soil health , and the web of life that origin weave beneath us . ”

Most of the exhibit highlight bare branches ( and , of course , those fabulous roots ) , but some pockets of lush foliation and smart flowers were scattered throughout that created an incredible demarcation . The scene also lionize other outflow , with daffodils , hellebores , and evergreen foliage .

I thought the pick of plant life was a great manifestation of the divers patterns and chassis created by roots . It truly seemed that no two plants were too exchangeable , and that each was selected to bring a unique element to the design . It all came together to create a textural wonderland that did n’t ask rafts of colour for stake .

While there were peck of mythological plant life and vignettes , it was perfectly the “ float ” root balls that slip the show .

The next display , Tomorrow ’s Eden – Gardens for a Changing World , was a collaborationism betweenIshihara Kazuyuki Design Labfrom Japan andTREELiNE DESiGNZbased in Portland , Oregon . This exhibit also won several awards ( include the PHS Gold Medal , Pennsylvania Landscape and Nursery Association Trophy , and the Royal Horticultural Society ( RHS ) Choice Award ) and continues some of the same themes and concepts epitomise in theRootsexhibit .

As Roots desire viewers to explore the hidden world of root and the web of life they create beneath us , Tomorrow ’s Eden – Gardens for a shift Worldasks us to lionize the adaptability of flora and accentuate humanness ’s responsibleness to preserve nature ’s ticklish remainder .

The show was an immersive tantrum with all kinds of spirit level created from falls and platforms on top of these giant origin nut . The landscape was very realistic , but in a grotesque direction . My mind instantly transported me to midway - earth as I envisioned a scene fromLord of the Ringsplaying out amongst the eruct pools and mounds of moss .

I apprise that both exhibits highlighted the importance of thinking below the surface when tend our landscape . It was a beautiful admonisher of the power our soil has , and that the health of our plant and satellite is dependent on us nourish the ground .

I hope you all enjoyed these woody display and face at plants from a dissimilar perspective . Even just imagining the wild internet of roots grow beneath the surface of our garden can give you a whole new appreciation for the plants that we grow and ecosystems we make .

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