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1st Annual Virginia Garden, Flower Shaw March 18 thru 23
^Enchantment and spectacular .beauty, with a purposeful theme ' for better gardening, will make the First Annual Virginia Garden and Flower Show an exciting, new •experience for thousands of beauty conscious Virginians.
Timed to catch the Spring enthusiasm of all garden lovers, idle •exhibtiion will be lurid March; 18 thru 23rd at Richmond’s new Arena—a multiple purpose facility that for the first time provides a proper setting for a show of this scope. j t
The exhibition is intended as an annual event on the Old pominion’s Springtime calendar, giving the gardener a cross-section view of gardening—the old and the new, the decorative and jthe functional.
Eighty three exhibits, featuring every phase of gardening ftom seeds to spades and from garden clothes to garden crafts, will keep the gardener in step with the latest developments in popular outdoor home beautification. j
Id addition, a magnificent garden | and flower display of niore than 10,000 plants covering thousands of square feet will provide a thrilling sight of bursting color. Sixteen full sized cedars, 1,000 blooming azaleas, hundreds of Tulips, and almost 500 shrubs of various types will blend urider
fascinating lighting effects. j '
T|he focal point of the exhibition will be a spectacular water pool with shooting water sprays, riiuticolored under water lights, land brilliant floral support. Planning alone for all of the Show’s declarative effects took more than; six months and the cost of consthic1>
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