{"id":52431,"date":"2016-02-23T11:58:48","date_gmt":"2016-02-23T15:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/?p=52431"},"modified":"2016-06-04T14:37:45","modified_gmt":"2016-06-04T18:37:45","slug":"2016-philadelphia-flower-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/52431\/2016-philadelphia-flower-show\/","title":{"rendered":"The 2016 Philadelphia Flower Show Celebrates America&#8217;s National Parks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>What<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/theflowershow.com\/plan-your-visit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Philadelphia Flower Show 2016: <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/theflowershow.com\/plan-your-visit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Explore America<\/a><i><br \/>\n<\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong>Where<\/strong>: Pennsylvania Convention Center, 12th\u00a0&amp; Arch Streets, Philadelphia. PA<\/p>\n<p><strong>When<\/strong>: March 5 \u2013 March 13, 2016<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why<\/strong>: This year\u2019s show celebrates the 100th\u00a0anniversary of America\u2019s National Parks. The extravaganza, presented by The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society and the National Park Service, will feature acres of trails that mirror our national landscape, including a rainbow of wildflowers, desert blooms, coastal flora, fragrant pinelands and ancient redwoods. It\u2019s all enhanced with Native American art, floral totems and a dazzling waterfall.\u00a0Spectacular imagery spanning the breadth of the park system will come to life on multiple overhead screens, as sounds of thundering bison and songbirds transport visitors into the wild. Guests will climb a mountain, ford a stream, hike trails, and pitch camp in the interactive exhibits.\u00a0Kids will marvel at the vast display of model locomotives and rail cars rumbling through the familiar sites of a miniaturized American landscape. A butterfly garden and hands-on activities will keep tots-to-tweens smiling.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cost<\/strong>: $27 for adults when purchased online by March 4 or $34 at the door. Children ages 2-16 pay $15.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stay<\/strong>: Many hotels are offering <a href=\"http:\/\/arestravel.com\/7016_hotel-list_m3177_r451289.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">special rates<\/a>, so enjoy Philly\u2019s multitude of charms when you stay the night.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Get there<\/strong>: Philly is easy to reach without a car. See our <a title=\"Manhattan to Philadelphia Public Transportation Advisor\" href=\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/manhattan-to-philadelphia-public-transportation-advisor\/\" target=\"_blank\">Philadelphia Transportation Guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Learn what&#8217;s happening in Philadelphia when you read\u00a0<a title=\"Five New Reasons To Visit Philadelphia\" href=\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/2015\/12\/09\/new-in-philadelphia\/\" target=\"_blank\">Five\u00a0New Reasons to Visit Philadelphia<\/a>. For additional information, head to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitphilly.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">visitphilly.com\u00a0<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What: Philadelphia Flower Show 2016: Explore America Where: Pennsylvania Convention Center, 12th\u00a0&amp; Arch Streets, Philadelphia. PA When: March 5 \u2013 March 13, 2016 Why: This year\u2019s show celebrates the 100th\u00a0anniversary of America\u2019s National Parks. The extravaganza, presented by The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society and the National Park Service, will feature acres of trails that mirror our [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":52432,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[757,787,829,776,791,770,834,790,969,1614,907,332,748,751],"tags":[116,40,293,143,483,120,125,130,65,204,169],"class_list":{"0":"post-52431","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-activity-2","8":"category-camping-adventure-activity-2","9":"category-culture-2","10":"category-farms-food-drink","11":"category-fishing-adventure-activity-2","12":"category-food-drink","13":"category-gardens-culture-2","14":"category-hiking-adventure-activity-2","15":"category-locations","16":"category-off-the-press","17":"category-pennsylvania-2","18":"category-philadelphia-2","19":"category-train-2","20":"category-walk","21":"tag-amtrak","22":"tag-art","23":"tag-budget-friendly","24":"tag-bus","25":"tag-family-friendly","26":"tag-family-fun","27":"tag-food","28":"tag-green","29":"tag-park","30":"tag-train","31":"tag-weekend-getaway"},"acf":[],"mv":{"thumbnail_id":52432,"thumbnail_uri":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/OLYM_Avalanche_Lilies_edited-e1456243352537-300x159.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/50"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52431"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52431\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}