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Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Flower show lockdown

Colleagues in the newsroom can hardly find me these days. I'm in flower show lockdown, hidden behind piles of press releases, reporter's notebooks, reference books and other papers in preparation for the Inquirer's annual flower show mania. I mean coverage plan. The good news is, each time I become immersed in a story, I learn a great deal. The bad news is, it's a mountain of information and deadlines, and it causes not a little anxiety and overload. Although I've been gathering string on flower show stories for some time, even interviewing the show's designer Sam Lemheney back in December, today was the official kickoff of flower show season. It took place at World Cafe Live in West Philly, a fitting setting for the show's global theme this year ("Passport to the World"). We were treated to some sultry Brazilian samba music from Minas, the Philadelphia-based, Brazilian duo that will be performing at the show, a couple of amazing tropical birds from the zoo, and samples of some of the exhibits we'll see. Such as: African masks made of seeds (mustard, poppy), dried crushed and whole peppers, mullet, leaves and feathers;  Indian flower garlands, and a bucketful of tulips from the Netherlands. The show will highlight the flora of Brazil, India, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Singapore and South Africa, and it's looking pretty good. Especially on a cold February morning with snow on the ground. 
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About Virginia A. Smith
Ginny Smith, a Philadelphia native, worked as a reporter at newspapers in New York, Connecticut and Ohio – with six short months at the end of the Bulletin tossed in – before returning to Philadelphia in 1985 to join the Inquirer. Her favorite beats here have included Center City, roving around Pennsylvania (and getting paid for it!) and alternative medicine. She’s also been City Editor and Pennsylvania Editor. Ginny has been happily writing – and learning - about gardening fulltime since 2006. She’s won two silver medals of achievement from the national Garden Writers Association and in 2011, Bartram’s Garden honored her with its Green Exemplar award for her stories about “the region’s deeply rooted horticultural history, cultural attractions and bountiful gardens.”
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