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• 03 / 07 / 2010

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Flowers from around the world will be on display in Philadelphia, orchids in the Bronx will help conjure up Cuba, and the streetscapes of Paris have been reimagined at a garden in St. Louis.

These are a few of the garden and orchid shows taking place now and through the end of March in various parts of the country.

While it's still too cold in many places to enjoy flowers outdoors, these annual events offer visitors excellent resources

for gardening projects. Even if you don't have a green thumb, a garden show can provide an uplifting diversion.

Here are some details:

- New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, N.Y., "The Orchid Show: Cuba in Flower," Feb. 27-April 11, http://www.nybg.org/tos10/.

YouTube video about the installation: http://bit.ly/aygreF.

The garden's eighth annual orchid show is themed on Cuba, showcasing plants amid depictions of Old Havana and the Cuban countryside.

- Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, "Orchid Show," through March 28, http://www.mobot.org. Orchids here are displayed amid a French-inspired temporary streetscape and garden.

The garden's collection of more than 8,000 individual orchid plants is mostly made up of winter-blooming orchids.

The garden's orchid collection dates back to its founding era more than 150 years ago.

- Atlanta Botanical Garden, "Orchid Daze: Towers of Flowers," through April 11,

Source: at http://www.atlantabotanicalgarden.org.