Get your poinsettia fix in downtown Toronto
Poinsettias seem to me the ultimate decoration plant: you buy one or several for a month or so and then chuck them out soon after December 25. I suppose one could nurse them along the rest of the year (I've seen a few very forlorn-looking examples occasionally behind the windows of barber shops, convenience stores, etc.) but the logic escapes me.
Better to enjoy them, en masse, within the cozy confines of the Allan Gardens Conservatory during its seasonal Christmas Flower Show.
I made a visit just after the place opened at 10 this morning. Nice and quiet, as usual.
Here are some highlights if you can't make the trek downtown to Jarvis and Carlton (poor excuse if you live in Toronto!)
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| Allan Gardens Conservatory Christmas Flower Show 2013 piano |
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| Allan Gardens Conservatory Christmas Flower Show 2013 tree topiary |
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| Allan Gardens Conservatory Christmas Flower Show 2013 green piano |
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| Allan Gardens Conservatory Christmas Flower Show 2013 Leda and Zeus Fountain |
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| Allan Gardens Conservatory Christmas Flower Show 2013 paperwhites |
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| Allan Gardens Conservatory Christmas Flower Show 2013 people topiary |
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| Allan Gardens Conservatory Christmas Flower Show 2013 pink cyclamen |
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| Allan Gardens Conservatory Christmas Flower Show 2013 red cyclamen |
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| Allan Gardens Conservatory Christmas Flower Show 2013 pink and red poinsettias |
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| Allan Gardens Conservatory Christmas Flower Show 2013 poinsettias and tropical plants |
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| Allan Gardens Conservatory Christmas Flower Show 2013 red cyclamen |
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| Allan Gardens Conservatory Christmas Flower Show 2013 red poinsettias |
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| Allan Gardens Conservatory Christmas Flower Show 2013 red white poinsettias tropical plants |
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| Allan Gardens Conservatory Christmas Flower Show 2013 red and white poinsettias |
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| Allan Gardens Conservatory Christmas Flower Show 2013 seasonal container |
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Sarah and I went today and will be posting on it soon, too. We agree that en masse is the best way to see poinsettias. Now if we could just figure out a way to do that at home! Still, the show is a colourful respite from wintery weather.
ReplyDeleteI'll likely get a few poinsettias for the house, there are so many new varieties, thankfully there were none spray painted with that glitter stuff at the Conservatory, ugh!
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