Date: 19-27 April 2008
Venue: Lake Como at historic Coney Island, Cincinnati, USA

After a long cold winter, the famous Cincinnati Flower Show marks the return of spring. Thus, this April Flower Show, which originated in 1990, is a tribute to spring, and to the flowers that make our lives much more colorful.

This annual festival had been staged at the picturesque Ault Park, in Cincinnati, for 11 years until it was moved to historic Coney Island in 2003. In this new venue, the Show was inspired to go forward to be a pleasurable visit not just for gardeners, but for the families and children as well.

Since the beginning of the show, the Cincinnati Flower Show has been endorsed by the Royal Horticultural Society, honored as a “King of All Flower Shows” by Better Homes and Gardens, named as one of the “Top 100 Places in USA” by American Bus Association, and included in a book 1,000 Places to See in USA and Canada Before You Die by Patricia Schultz.

Today, this show becomes one of the great local events that contribute to the improvement of the environment and the community. The exhibits in this show are extravagant and feature a wide range of flowers from African violets to exotic wild flowers, hydrangeas, roses, ferns, Wordsworth’s Golden Daffodils to fragrant Hyacinths, and Hippocrates “Food for The Soul”.

Over the years, the show has received support from private gardens and local community in providing exceptional educational opportunities regarding horticulture. One of the most successful programs is the Children’s Potting Program, which aims to educate children about flowers and nature and the contribution they can make to keep our planet green. This program has attracted over 7,000 children.

Nowadays, the Show is considered a forerunner in the green industry. At the 17th annual Show, the Cincinnati Park Department put up the centerpiece garden, which highlighted the use of clean renewable fuel including a car made of corn and soybeans. In 2007, the Show’s first “A Greener Future” exhibit made us realize the importance of our environment and what each of us can do to help. The Green House exhibit offered simple and practical things we can do to help nature, such as planting native plants in your garden, growing your own herbs and edible flowers, or having a vertical garden in urban areas to control water consumption.

Visit The Cincinnati Flower Show’s official website at http://www.cincyflowershow.com/index.asp