Step into the Future of Gardening

In 2025, the PHS Philadelphia Flower Show exhibits will take you into a new world of imaginative designs and boundless inspiration. The theme, Gardens of Tomorrow, invites you to explore the future through the eyes of visionary designers, expert gardeners, and passionate green enthusiasts as they merge nature's brilliance with human ingenuity.

Alongside all the Flower Show elements you know and love, like the world's biggest plant competition, unique shopping experiences, and activities for all ages, you'll see and hear what the most innovative plant experts from around world think the future of gardening will be through their exhibits at our Know to Grow speaker series. 

Join us in creating a future where gardening plays a central role in enriching our lives and sustaining our planet. Whether you enjoy gardening for the many health and wellness benefits, you plant for your community and the connections it fosters, or you garden with sustainability in mind to strengthen our planet’s ecosystem – every act of gardening is an act of hope that can improve our outcomes.

"Futura Florentia": The 2025 Flower Show Entrance Garden

The 2025 PHS-designed Flower Show Entrance Garden, "Futura Florentia", embodies the vision of flowers as symbols of the future. This breathtaking design celebrates growth, beauty, and vitality with a natural, poetic style that sets the tone for the Show’s inspiring experience.

The name "Futura Florentia" draws from Latin roots:

• Futura: Derived from futurus, meaning "the future."
• Florentia: From florens, signifying "flowers," "blooming," or "flourishing."

Together, "Futura Florentia" represents a flourishing future, connecting the timeless elegance of flowers with the endless possibilities ahead. This garden offers a glimpse into a world at its brightest—vivid, intentional, and full of life. Twenty-one white Okami cherry trees form a soft, architectural canopy, their delicate blossoms setting the tone for what unfolds below.

Visitors enter through a tunnel of custom lighting, emerging into a space defined by water, light, and texture. On one side, a four-sided water feature releases gentle streams that catch the light in quiet flashes. On the opposite side, a rain bar lets water fall slowly, creating a subtle soundscape that brings calm and focus to the space. Beneath these elements, vibrant perennial beds surround them, bringing bursts of color that anchor the garden in the present.

"Future Florentia" balances the organic and the contemporary, creating a space that feels both alive and intentional—a reminder of what’s possible when we care for the world we’re growing.

The Show welcomes back a number of past exhibitors, and we are excited for guests to see the latest designs from talented and renowned exhibitors based around the world. The promenade continues, winding through dozens of displays, showcasing all of the ways we build community with one another!

More Show Floor Sights, Sounds, and Scents 

Additional areas for guests to explore on the Show floor include the Hamilton Horticourt, where hundreds of unique and exquisitely tended plants are on display for admiration and the coveted Blue Ribbon from our judges. The Competitive Class categories are also located on the Show floor, including categories such as miniatures, pressed flowers, specialty plants, and more. Within the Marketplace section of the Show floor, there are more than 200 vendors with wares ranging from garden tools and equipment to seeds and live flowers, home goods, wearables, and other gardening-focused items. 

Activities and Events on the Show Floor 

Guests can sign up to become PHS members at the handful of information booths located on the Show floor, and they can bring home Flower Show-branded and other PHS merchandise from the PHS Shop. Current PHS members can enjoy our Members' Lounge, with beverages, a calm place to relax, and daily programming. 

Potting Parties will again be held on the Show floor, with several parties taking place per Show day. Check out the Bloom Bar or our roaming Bloom Bar Cart with pre-made floral crowns. Be sure to take a moment to relax with plentiful seating throughout the Show floor before continuing on to discover even more Show excitement! 

Family Frolic returns on Sunday, March 2, packed with family-friendly activities and programming. New this year is Blossom & Breathe, an evening that combines the beauty of the Flower Show and wellness-focused activites on Friday, March 7. Flowers After Hours, “OUT OF THIS WORLD,” will be on Saturday, March 8. All these events taking place on the Show floor. 

Center Concourse Area and Bloom City 

Outside of the Show floor space, there are even more activities and special happenings to delight guests! The concourse walkway will feature various sponsors with giveaways throughout the day, including the return of the gardening speaker series, Know to Grow, with sessions happening up to four times a day. 

The Bloom City area, located in the Grand Concourse of the Convention Center, will feature curated Philadelphia-area vendors with even more shopping opportunities. The Kids Cocoon area offers daily kid-friendly programming -- all free. Also nearby is our always-popular Butterflies Live! exhibit, with butterflies aloft in soft natural light within a large netted area as guests mingle quietly with them. 

History of the Flower Show

Now in its 196th year, the award-winning PHS Philadelphia Flower Show is a one-of-a-kind, marquee event known the globe over for its exquisite and immersive floral exhibits, world-class plant competitions, family-friendly activities, educational offerings, and shopping.

The PHS Philadelphia Flower Show is  produced by the nonprofit Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS) and is a fundraiser to support its mission to use horticulture to improve the health and well-being of the Greater Philadelphia region. PHS harnesses the power of gardening to advance it's four impact priorities: creating healthy living environments; increasing access to fresh food; expanding economic opportunity; and building meaningful social connections.