What year did the Flower Show move to the Pennsylvania Convention Center and where was it held before that?

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What year did the Flower Show move to the Pennsylvania Convention Center and where was it held before that?

I’m interested in learning about the Philadelphia Flower Show and its venues in the 20th Century.

Answer

The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society’s first flower show was the first public flower show in America, and it was held in 1829 and we’ve been holding flower shows since that time.

20^th Century venues:

2023 and future years: Pennsylvania Convention Center

2021 - 2022: FDR Park, South Philadelphia

1996 - 2020: Pennsylvania Convention Center

1966-1995: Civic Center in West Philadelphia

1965: Armory of the First City Troop, 22 South 23^rd Street, Philadelphia

mid1920s -1964: Commercial Museum, 34^th and Spruce, West Philadelphia

Shows (both Spring and Fall) were held at various locations before that time, including PHS’s three Horticultural Halls, located just south of the Academy of Music on Broad Street (near Broad and Spruce).

See historic images in our online digital repository

For more flower show history information, click on this topic:

“PHS Philadelphia Flower Show – history”

Some of this information is from

Boyd, James. A history of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, 1827-1927, Philadelphia, Printed for the Society, 1929.

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