ENTER THE FLOWER SHOW!
Competition is open to any amateur gardener or designer. There is no fee to enter. All Design Division entries require pre-registration. Consult the Flower Show Schedule, available online at coronadoflowershow.com or pick up a printed copy at the library, any Coronado Florist or the more…
Our family tree… Out on a Limb
April 8 and 9, 2017
The Coronado Flower Show – founded in 1922 – is the nation’s largest flower show “under one tent” and for two days in April will offer colorful and fragrant fun in the center of town at Spreckels Park. A popular part of the Flower Show is the Marketplace. A host of vendors provide flower and garden-related merchandise and donate a portion of their sales to the Coronado Floral Association. They include more…
Educational Exhibits
The 92nd Coronado Flower Show will feature a number of exhibits that provide education on horticulture and design, as well as Coronado nonprofit organizations. Here is a sampling:
The Wildflower Gang: Each year flower show volunteers are given a special permit to visit the Anza Borrego desert and pick wildflowers. They are then displayed in separate containers by species name, with the help of professional botanist. “With the record-breaking rains we’ve had recently, the flowers should be outstanding,” Drummey said.
Children’s Make-It Workshop: The Coronado Junior Woman’s Club with help from more…
Music from the Bandstand
The Flower Show will open with the Coronado High School JROTC color guard posting the colors. Erica Trevino, an administrative clerk with the Coronado Police Department will sing the Star Spangled Banner.
FOUR musical groups will perform at this year’s Coronado Flower Show.
Coronado’s Big Band will play at 1 p.m. The band was formed in 1997 as a local big band originally intended to give Coronado high school students a jazz band to play in that was unavailable at the school level. With 16 musicians playing trumpets, trombones, saxophone, piano, base and drums, the band’s repertoire includes charts written, performed and/or recorded by Gordon Goodwin, Doc Severinsen & the Tonight Show Band, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Steve Lawrence, Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Stan Kenton, Charlie Parker, Buddy Rich, Lennie Neihaus, Tommy Newsom more…