February 2017
Despite living in the Philadelphia area my entire life, I've never gone to the annual Philadelphia Flower Show. I'm not necessarily a flower enthusiast, but I'm a photographer and have spent plenty of time photographing flowers at places like Longwood Gardens, the Macy's Flower Show in Chicago and others. This year's theme was Holland and tulips are my favorite flowers to photograph so how could I resist? Despite it being a damp rainy day, we hopped on the train to Center City and spent the day indoors enjoying the sights and sounds (Dutch techno light show, anyone? See the video below.). It's truly amazing to see what the Philadelphia Horticultural Society builds inside the convention center. Besides flowers, the amount of stuff they load in there, trees, landscaping, tons of dirt and mulch, art exhibits, etc. is beyond impressive. It made for a fun (and colorful) day.
Every so often the 2017 Philadelphia Flower Show, whose theme was Holland this year, was briefly transformed into a Dutch dance party and light show.