They lined up early yesterday at the Convention Center, waiting almost an
hour to get into the Flower Show preview.
It’s like this every year, but with the winter we’re having – four major
snowstorms, flurries yesterday, and the possibility of more snow this week – the
search for relief seemed a little more urgent.
“We really need the color and the warmth, more than other years,” said Linda
Wogan, a vegetable gardener from Haddon Township.
The newly named Philadelphia International Flower Show, a tradition in this town
since 1829, opens to the public today and runs through next Sunday. Produced by
the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, whose members had an early look
yesterday, the 2010 show is called “Passport to the World.”
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