The 27th annual Pennsylvania Garden Show of York (PAGSY), themed "Flowers on Parade," will take place in Memorial Hall at the York Expo Center, 334 Carlisle Ave., York. The event will run from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday, March 1, and Saturday, March 2, and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday, March 3.
The event will include walk-through landscape display gardens and a garden market with flowers, unusual plants, and garden lifestyle items, as well as "Minhwa - Reflections of Traditional Korean Art With Modern Interpretation," an art exhibit by Jin Young Jeong, an artist from South Korea. She uses traditional paints with mulberry and rice paper as she works in heritage Korean style with a modern interpretation.
"Here Comes the Parade," a Standard Flower Show within PAGSY by Federated Garden Club (FGC) of Pennsylvania District IV, will take place within the Garden Market Hall and will be evaluated by certified judges from all over the country. FGC includes clubs in York, Lancaster, Lebanon, Cumberland, Dauphin, Fulton, Franklin, Perry, and Adams counties.
Free seminars by experts will be offered daily on the WITF Stage in the Hall of Gardens. Visitors can speak firsthand with garden experts including Mark Viette, Jack Hubley, Carolyn Bupp, Chef Tim, Vince Butera, and George Weigle. Viette will broadcast live "In the Garden" on March 2 from 8 to 11 a.m. Viette will speak on dealing with changing weather and easy perennial color design on March 1 at 5:30 p.m. and his favorite plants for all-season color on March 2 at 2 p.m. He will bring a limited quantity of daylily roots for attendees.
Butera, York's international garden speaker, will demonstrate the latest trends in floral art. Garden blogger Weigle will share his knowledge of Zone 6 gardening and will sign copies of his book, "Pennsylvania Month-by-Month Gardening." Penn State Master Gardeners will share about current pest threats, attracting butterflies, the importance of indigenous plants, and growing blooms. Bupp will present new ways to garden smart.
This year's event will include 80 different exhibitors. Also, PAGSY named the Veterans Memorial Gold Star Healing and Peace Garden in York's Memorial Park 2019 Charity of the Year. Gold Star Garden is a 501(c)(3) veterans' service organization that installed a living memorial that is dedicated to all veterans and names the Pennsylvania fallen in the Global War on Terrorism. It is located at 1000 Vander Ave., York. The garden will have an information booth and plant sale in the garden market. Proceeds will benefit Gold Star Garden. For more information, readers may visit http://www.goldstargarden.com.
The Hall of Gardens will feature landscape companies vying for top honors. Attendees will have the opportunity to view practical landscape ideas and plantings in the gardens and ask designers about the features in the display gardens.
In the garden market, visitors will find flowering plants, herbs, native and unusual plants, water feature specialists, lawn ornaments, art, herbal soaps, fairy garden accessories, and more.
Ryan the Bug Man will bring an educational display of insects. Attendees may also register for a high tea by a Red Lion bakery.
Separate admission fees have been set for adults and for seniors age 62 and up and students. Children under age 12 will be admitted for free. For more information or to purchase tickets, readers may visit http://www.pagsy.com or http://www.facebook.com/PaGardenShowOfYork or contact Richard Jacobus at 717-578-9029 or mvgardens@live.com.
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