Fall Flower Show: Rhythm and Blooms and New Garden Railroad Open Sat., Oct. 5

For Immediate Release: Mon., Sept. 23
Contact: Joe Reed | Director of Marketing and Communications
412-622-6915, ext. 3801 | jreed@phipps.conservatory.org

Fall Flower Show: Rhythm and Blooms and New Garden Railroad Open Sat., Oct. 5
Enjoy Music-inspired Displays and a New Movie-Themed Garden Railroad

Pittsburgh, PA – Opening Sat., Oct. 5, Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens provides magnificent, music-inspired displays at this year's Fall Flower Show: Rhythm and Blooms. Guests are invited to celebrate an array of musical genres through displays of countless chrysanthemums in marvelous shapes, sizes and colors.

Exhibit Features:

• Take a trip to the jazz club in our Palm Court where a piano flowing with water sits in the center bed
• Listen to your favorite decade of rock and roll while the Victoria Room pond changes color
• Delight at lively bluegrass in our East Room adorned with hay bales and falling leaves
• Gaze at soft pink and cream chrysanthemums as classical music fills the Broderie Room
• Sing-along to upbeat reggae music in the Gallery Room as a 'three little birds' mobile hangs overhead
• Marvel at show-stopping graffiti and neon mums in our hip-hop-themed Serpentine Room

Plus, opening the same day, Garden Railroad: Movie Magic will transform the South Conservatory into a bustling miniature movie lot! With an abundance of fascinating filmmaking features surrounded by a beautiful plant palette, Garden Railroad is sure to bring Hollywood magic to the glasshouse.

Since 1894, Phipps has been creating chrysanthemum-themed seasonal shows! Phipps Fall Flower Show is the longest running in the nation, making it a Pittsburgh tradition that you can't experience anywhere else. 

Fall Flower Show: Rhythm and Blooms, designed by Senior Plant Procurement, Recording and Design Associate Laura Schoch, runs from Oct. 5 – 27. Garden Railroad: Movie Magic, designed by Associate Mary Lou Linton-Morningstar, runs from Oct. 5 – March 9. Hours are 9:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. Saturday through Thursday and 9:30 a.m. – 10 p.m. on Fridays. For more information and to reserve your tickets, visit phipps.conservatory.org/Tickets.

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About Phipps: Founded in 1893, Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens in Pittsburgh, PA is a globally recognized green leader with a mission to inspire and educate all with the beauty and importance of plants; to advance sustainability and promote human and environmental well-being through action and research; and to celebrate its historic glasshouse. Encompassing 15 acres including a historic 14-room glasshouse, 23 distinct indoor and outdoor gardens and industry-leading sustainable architecture and operations, Phipps attracts more than half a million visitors annually from around the world. Learn more at phipps.conservatory.org.

Phipps is proud to be a 2024 recipient of the National Medal for Museum and Library Service, the nation’s highest honor given to museums and libraries that make significant and exceptional contributions to their communities.

Watch TEDx: What We Can Learn From an Old Glasshouse: A look at the evolving way we connect people to nature at Phipps, demonstrate how human and environmental health are inextricably connected, and show that to age gracefully, we must continually reinvent ourselves to evolve with the rest of the world.