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January is the very month for the breathtaking winter flower- CAMELLIA! Be sure, Aiken Mall will be full of the flowers as the Aiken Camellia Society sets up the 56th  Annual Camellia Show this Saturday and Sunday. Event co-chairman Lee Poe says that about 3,500 blossoms can be exhibited in the performance. By the way the ... Full story

The 27th Annual International Cherry Blossoms Festival will take place in Downtown Macon (city of Macon, Georgia).  This year it will be held from March 20, 2009 up to March 29, 2009. The visitors will be delighted by the glorious beauty of 300,000 flowering Yoshino cherry trees.  The Cherry Blossom Festival ... Full story

Homeless people are involved into planting tulip bulbs to make a show garden for Chelsea Flower Show that will take place in 2009. The Eden project bears the name of The Key and is financially supplied by the Communities and Local Government department. Seeds and bulbs have been planted in homeless hostels round ... Full story

The arrival of Chinese New Year caused immense flower sales in China. Chinese people get an abundance of flowers for decorating their houses and sending their dear ones. In Southwest China's Yunnan Province- the country's largest flower market- flower sales are up 20% compared to usual ones. Up to 12 million flowers are bought ... Full story

In 2009 Keukenhof in the Netherlands - the world's biggest flower garden with a spread over 32 ha and about 7 million flower bulbs of tulips, daffodils, hyacinths and others- marks its 60th anniversary. This year Keukenhof will welcome its quests every day from March 19 to May 21 between 8 am and 7.30 pm. Among the major attractions are a mosaic of over 25,000 flowers ... Full story

To make more beautiful the city, Winston-Salem is going to give away over 300,000 flower bulbs presented by K. Van Bourgondien & Sons Inc., Virginia Beach. The bulbs can be got beginning from Monday. Any groups and humans, who are ready to plant them in public places ... Full story

Inspired by an immense success of "Chandigarh Carnival" and "Chrysanthemum Show," the Utah administrators and Municipal Corporation are going to set up "Rose Festival-2009" in the winter month of February, namely 20, 21 and 22. The following week there will be organized a meeting for engineering, tourist and many other ... Full story

If you are searching for some special sweets and cookies this Chinese New Year, you are welcome to Jasmine Tea House.  Anyone is free to select creative cookies with the flower flavor and containing no preservatives. The owner of the Tea House Gao Li Chai states the idea to make different festive cookies came to her mind ... Full story

Despite of the fact the economic crisis can be noticeable almost in all spheres of the economical activities all over the world, it has had a restricted effect on Dutch flower and plant producers. However according to the world's biggest flower auction house FloraHolland, the year 2008 didn’t come true its expectations. The global malaise in economics ... Full story