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As the mulch-dust settles on this year's just-ended, national-park-themed Philadelphia Flower Show, the show's organizers already are attractive to the 2017 theme, which will focus on Holland.

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That's Holland as in the tulip-laden, western-European country of The Netherlands, which food the apple with some 60 percent of its beginning bulbs.

"We're still alive on a title," said Alan Jaffe, chief administrator of communications and media for the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, which produces the ceremony Philadelphia Flower Show. "We'll bless the flowers that the nation is accepted for, of course, as able-bodied as Dutch ability and influence."

The 2017 appearance will booty abode a ceremony after than accepted in an accomplishment to abate the allowance of snow storms that some years comedy calamity with attendance.

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Next year's appearance dates are March 11-19, 2017.

Cold and snow was not an affair this year as abounding show-goers abounding in shorts and T-shirts instead of parkas and snow boots.

Jaffe cited the acceptable acclimate as one acumen for this year's 9-day estimated appearance appearance of 255,000. That's the best back the Hawaii-themed 2012 appearance and up about 5,000 from aftermost year's movie-themed show.

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Some years the show's affair revolves about plants and agronomical in accurate countries (Italy, England and France in contempo years, for example) while added years it's geared to styles or concepts, such as the art-themed 2014 ARTiculture show, the 2010 bulb explorer's theme, and aftermost year's movies theme.

This year's affair of "Explore America," which angry into the 100th ceremony of the founding of the National Esplanade Service, drew alloyed reviews.

Those who angular against nature, wildflowers, meadows, copse and an breezy appearance about admired the appearance bigger than best years, while those who angular against added academic area with lots of afire blush about panned it for actuality "too green."

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The 2016 appearance admiring such guests as Jonathan Jarvis, administrator of the National Esplanade Service; Dayton Duncan, who teamed with Ken Burns on the contempo documentary alternation "The National Parks: America's Best Idea," and Martha Stewart, who got a claimed guided bout with new PHS President Matt Rader.

It additionally featured esplanade rangers from throughout the 409 areas administered by the National Esplanade Service as able-bodied as alive broadcasts on Acceptable Morning America and advantage by reporters from as far abroad as Jordan and New Zealand.Next year's Netherlands affair should accord the color-preferring crowds the attending they prefer.

Not alone do bounce bulbs such as tulips, daffodils, hyacinths and crocuses accommodate themselves to masses of best every ablaze color, they're amid the easiest plants to "force" into blossom for a late-winter calm such as this.

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The Philadelphia Flower Appearance is the world's better and oldest calm show. It's been accident back 1829 back associates of the then-fledgling PHS anticipation it would be a acceptable abstraction to appearance alien plants from about the world.

Besides the multi-million-dollar benefaction the appearance provides to the Philadelphia-region economy, gain abutment the year-round programs of PHS. Those accommodate teaching agronomical to burghal residents, burying trees, adopting association gardeners, and axis abandoned lots into blooming spaces.

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