The 2023 PHS Philadelphia Flower Show

2023 Highlights

In its return indoors to the Pennsylvania Convention Center, the 2023 PHS Philadelphia Flower Show features a brand-new layout, inviting guests to view and interact with gardens and flowers up close as they stroll through a winding promenade.

This year’s event also features some of the largest gardens in its history, with several creators designing immersive, 360-degree floral scapes that range in size from 2,200 to 2,900 square feet.

In addition, visitors can expect:

• a mini-music festival, with daily performances from local artists curated by Philly brass band SNACKTIME
• a sprawling marketplace with more than 100 vendors offering gardening tools and accessories, live plants, hand-crafted items, and
• all-ages learning and crafting activities, including floral-arranging classes and flower crown-making.

Tours & Experiences

A leisurely stroll through the elaborate Flower Show is always a memorable experience.

— Photo courtesy Pennsylvania Horticultural Society

Visitors looking for a little more can put the (ahem) petal to the metal with a number of special tours and interactive experiences:

• Get an intimate, behind-the-scenes look at the Flower Show before other guests arrive during an exclusive early morning tour (available March 5-12, 2023).
• Check out Butterflies Live! , a welcoming habitat for native butterfly species where visitors can safely interact with the beautiful winged creatures and learn how to attract fluttery friends to their home gardens (available every day).
• Get crafty during hands-on elevated crafting classes led by horticultural artisans along Artisan Row (available every day).
• Explore the show with leashed four-legged friends during Fido Friday from 5 to 8 p.m. (Friday, March 10, 2023).
• Let loose at the 21-plus Flowers After Hours event, where the lights go down and the music goes up. Embrace the Garden Noir theme by dressing in your best black outfit and a masquerade-style mask. Enjoy live music, cabaret performances, food and drink tastings and exciting giveaways (Saturday, March 11, 2023).

For more details on the exhibits, experiences and events at the 2023 Flower Show, click the button below.

Getting There & Tickets

— Photo courtesy Pennsylvania Horticultural Society

Tickets for the 2023 Philadelphia Flower Show can be purchased online or at the door. Any-day tickets cost $43.50 for adults, $30 for students (ages 18-24 with valid student ID) and $20 for children (ages 5-17). There are also a number of special ticket packages for families.

For those coming in from the suburbs, the Pennsylvania Convention Center is easily accessible via the connected Jefferson Station. Take any SEPTA regional rail line to the station and follow signs for the Convention Center, then take the escalator up to the Grand Hall entrance on the second floor.

— Photo courtesy Pennsylvania Horticultural Society

SEPTA’s Market-Frankford Line drops commuters one block south of the Convention Center’s Arch Street entrances via the 11th Street or 13th Street stations. Riders on the Broad Street Line can get off at City Hall and walk two blocks east on Market Street to enter the Convention Center between 11th and 12th streets.

Plenty of parking is available in garages around the Convention Center too.