Comments on: the philadelphia flower show: favorites http://www.designsponge.com/2010/03/the-philadelphia-flower-show-favorites.html Your home for all things Design. Home Tours, DIY Project, City Guides, Shopping Guides, Before & Afters and much more Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:57:59 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: grace http://www.designsponge.com/2010/03/the-philadelphia-flower-show-favorites.html/comment-page-1#comment-138793 grace Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:46:55 +0000 http://www.designspongeonline.com/?p=45219#comment-138793 jodi it's clear you're a fan of their booth. i'm afraid i'm not. the whole thing just read tacky to me. however, i'm very glad to hear the flowers weren't fake. that said, the whole show felt pretty dated to me. i was hoping for something fresh and innovative and really only got that from the shipping container booth. yes, it's great to see that many plants under one roof, but when 3/4 of it failed to move me, i left feeling pretty disappointed. grace jodi

it’s clear you’re a fan of their booth. i’m afraid i’m not. the whole thing just read tacky to me. however, i’m very glad to hear the flowers weren’t fake. that said, the whole show felt pretty dated to me. i was hoping for something fresh and innovative and really only got that from the shipping container booth. yes, it’s great to see that many plants under one roof, but when 3/4 of it failed to move me, i left feeling pretty disappointed.

grace

]]> By: Jodi Duncan http://www.designsponge.com/2010/03/the-philadelphia-flower-show-favorites.html/comment-page-1#comment-138791 Jodi Duncan Mon, 22 Mar 2010 10:30:09 +0000 http://www.designspongeonline.com/?p=45219#comment-138791 There were NO fake flowers in that Polar Fantasy exhibit, so wrong. It actually won 2 awards from the PHS. Every flower was absolutely fresh. PHS would have never ever given them a single award if it was not. Whoever the lady in the booth was, she misinformed you and did not know what she was talking about. I can guarantee you she was not affiliated with the company that produced it or she would have never said such a thing. Kris Kratt and Bill Schaffer were the designers who produced it. All of the show rocks, even interpretations of traditional gardens. (yawn...) Why? Where else in the world can you see living plants and flowers on that scale under one roof? Artistic merit varies, but the effort and scale of the endeavor at PHS rocks. I stand by my statement, and by the endeavor of Schaffer Designs (very fresh and very real) There were NO fake flowers in that Polar Fantasy exhibit, so wrong.

It actually won 2 awards from the PHS. Every flower was absolutely fresh. PHS would have never ever given them a single award if it was not. Whoever the lady in the booth was, she misinformed you and did not know what she was talking about. I can guarantee you she was not affiliated with the company that produced it or she would have never said such a thing.

Kris Kratt and Bill Schaffer were the designers who produced it.

All of the show rocks, even interpretations of traditional gardens. (yawn…) Why? Where else in the world can you see living plants and flowers on that scale under one roof?

Artistic merit varies, but the effort and scale of the endeavor at PHS rocks. I stand by my statement, and by the endeavor of Schaffer Designs (very fresh and very real)

]]> By: grace http://www.designsponge.com/2010/03/the-philadelphia-flower-show-favorites.html/comment-page-1#comment-138710 grace Sat, 20 Mar 2010 20:30:46 +0000 http://www.designspongeonline.com/?p=45219#comment-138710 jodi i certainly have to disagree that the show rocked- especially all of it. i thought that polar fantasy exhibit was <strong>sad</strong>- there were fake flowers in there, right? at least that's what the lady in the booth said. it looked like a can of white spray paint exploded inside the section. blech. grace jodi

i certainly have to disagree that the show rocked- especially all of it. i thought that polar fantasy exhibit was sad- there were fake flowers in there, right? at least that’s what the lady in the booth said. it looked like a can of white spray paint exploded inside the section. blech.

grace

]]> By: Jodi Duncan http://www.designsponge.com/2010/03/the-philadelphia-flower-show-favorites.html/comment-page-1#comment-138709 Jodi Duncan Sat, 20 Mar 2010 20:18:21 +0000 http://www.designspongeonline.com/?p=45219#comment-138709 The flower show was awesome. It was great to see the shots. The Polar Fantasy exhibit (not shown here..sniff) got picked up by Fusion Flowers magazine out of Europe, so it could not have been THAT 90's. Fusion does not feature floral design unless its cutting edge. The Philly Flower Show rocks, all of it. The flower show was awesome. It was great to see the shots. The Polar Fantasy exhibit (not shown here..sniff) got picked up by Fusion Flowers magazine out of Europe, so it could not have been THAT 90′s. Fusion does not feature floral design unless its cutting edge. The Philly Flower Show rocks, all of it.

]]> By: Jennie http://www.designsponge.com/2010/03/the-philadelphia-flower-show-favorites.html/comment-page-1#comment-137506 Jennie Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:29:36 +0000 http://www.designspongeonline.com/?p=45219#comment-137506 I know the show can be overwhelming but if you ever have the chance to go early in the morning on a week day, especially the Monday, you'll have a lot less people to contend with and you can start to appreciate some of the details. I actually thought the show was really good this year but I got to see it without any crowds. My favorite part is always the "HortCourt" where people bring specimum plants in for judging so you get to see some really unusual and cool plants all in one place. I did really love the Moda shipping containers display. I stood in front of if for nearly 15 minutes, just taking it all in. If anyone wants to see more pictures (including a not-blury one of the nested succulent boxes with blue charis :-) ), feel free to check out some of mine: http://pgjennielove.wordpress.com/2010/03/06/philadelphia-flower-show/ I know the show can be overwhelming but if you ever have the chance to go early in the morning on a week day, especially the Monday, you’ll have a lot less people to contend with and you can start to appreciate some of the details. I actually thought the show was really good this year but I got to see it without any crowds. My favorite part is always the “HortCourt” where people bring specimum plants in for judging so you get to see some really unusual and cool plants all in one place. I did really love the Moda shipping containers display. I stood in front of if for nearly 15 minutes, just taking it all in.

If anyone wants to see more pictures (including a not-blury one of the nested succulent boxes with blue charis :-) ), feel free to check out some of mine: http://pgjennielove.wordpress.com/2010/03/06/philadelphia-flower-show/

]]> By: laurel http://www.designsponge.com/2010/03/the-philadelphia-flower-show-favorites.html/comment-page-1#comment-136893 laurel Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:10:55 +0000 http://www.designspongeonline.com/?p=45219#comment-136893 wow! these are so inspiring! what beautiful booths. wow! these are so inspiring! what beautiful booths.

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