Three million flowers and one hungry plant
Israel’s largest flower exhibition features both Israeli and internationally grown flowers beautifully shaped and nurtured into animals, landscapes, planets and even a village.
Australians take their flowers seriously.
In Melbourne, more than 100,000 people descend on the Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens for the Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show, inspecting elaborate show gardens and floral installations with the concentration normally reserved for property auctions and football finals.
Sydney has its own floral obsessions: the venerable Sydney Royal Flower & Garden Show, a Show tradition since 1929, with horticultural competitions dating back to 1869, and, at the time of writing, the Sydney Cherry Blossom Festival, running from 22–30 August, when Auburn Botanic Gardens turns pink and Sydneysiders discover a sudden and urgent need to photograph themselves beneath a tree.
So, arriving in Tel Aviv, I thought I understood flower shows. I did not.
FLOWERS: A Journey Between Worlds, currently occupying Expo Tel Aviv, contains more than three million flowers arranged across five themed worlds: Water, Galaxy, Mirrors, Fairy Tales and Amusement.
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