Mum Shows and Festivals
Each fall, chrysanthemum shows and mum festivals fill the calendar. Check newspapers and local botanical gardens or contact a branch of the National Chrysanthemum Society to find flower fests and shows near you. Here are just a few:
September 25-26, 2010
Community festival with 20,000 chrysanthemums donated by Aris Horticulture, along with music, canoe races, and water ski shows
Lake Anna Park, Barberton, OH 44203
330/848-6653
www.cityofbarberton.com
Bellingrath Gardens and Home
Cascading Mum Display Bloom Out
November 6-21, 2010
Includes 4-foot-long mum cascades on bridges and balconies Kiku Matsuri -- Chrysanthemum Festival, November 6-7, 2010 Asian-theme activities
12401 Bellingrath Gardens Rd., Theodore, AL 36582
800/247-8420 or 251/973-2217
www.bellingrath.org
Fall Chrysanthemum Show
November 6-21, 2010
15 College Ln., Northampton, MA 01063
413/585-2740
www.smith.edu/garden/home.html
September 24-26, October 2-3 and 9-10, 2010
Community festival with crowning of Miss Mum and Mum Parade More than 80,000 mums bloom in the Bristol area, many developed by Bristol Nurseries until 1986
Bristol, Connecticut
www.bristolmumfestival.org
Japanese Garden Festival and Chrysanthemum Show
November 6-7, 2010
1418 Descanso Dr., La Canada Flintridge, CA 91011
818/949-4200
www.descansogardens.org
October 29-November 7, 2010
More than 75,000 blooms
Gage Park, City of Hamilton, Ontario
905/546-2489
www.hamilton.ca/mumshow
Fall Chrysanthemum Display
October 30-November 21, 2010
Baltimore City Department of Recreation and Parks
3100 Swan Dr. (in Druid Hill Park), Baltimore, MD 21217
410/396-0008
www.baltimoreconservatory.org
Chrysanthemum Festival
November 2-21, 2010
239 NW. Everett St., Portland, OR 97209
503/228-8131
www.lansugarden.org
Chrysanthemum Show
October 2-November 21, 2010
Autumn Ambience Festival
October 2-3, 2010
100 Bancroft St., Omaha, NE 68108
402/346-4002
www.omahabotanicalgardens.org
Chrysanthemum Festival
Mid-October-November 21, 2010
Conservatory with more than 20,000 chrysanthemums trained into unique forms and the largest thousand-bloom chrysanthemum in the United States, with 718 blooms in 2009
1001 Longwood Rd., Kennett Square, PA 19348
610/388-1000
www.longwoodgardens.org
Fall Flower Show
October 16-November 7, 2010
One Schenley Park, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
412/622-6914
www.phippsconservatory.org
Kiku Matsuri, Chrysanthemum Viewing Festival
October 9-17, 2010
Outdoor display of cut and potted fancy mums
Ikebana International Chrysanthemum Exhibition
October 9-10, 2010
611 SW. Kingston, Portland, OR 97205
503/223-1321
www.japanesegarden.com
Community festival with antique cars and a street dance
Tipp City, OH 45371
937/667-8631
www.tippcitymumfestival.org
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