The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS) announced the award winners for its 2021 Philadelphia Flower Show, “Habitat: Nature’s Masterpiece.” Located in South Philadelphia’s FDR Park, the Flower Show was held outdoors for the first time in its 193-year history from June 5-13, 2021. Garnering inspiration from the Show’s alfresco location, designers created exhibits utilizing the historical district’s stunning natural beauty as its backdrop.
Categories for the 2021 awards included “Best in Show,” “The Governor’s Trophy,” and “The Philadelphia Trophy”, among others. To judge this year’s landscape creations, The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society handpicked a group of horticultural experts consisting of Flower Show Committee members and gardening professionals. This year featured the most designers, gardens, and floral displays in the Show’s history, with over 75 unique installations spanning the Show’s 15-acre outdoor footprint for guests to see and interact with.
The “PHS Philadelphia Flower Show Cup – Best in Show” award was presented to East African horticulturalist and landscape designer Wambui Ippolito. Ippolito’s design won by combining color, horticulture, and unique design elements. Influenced by her upbringing in the Great Rift Valley in Africa and lifelong travels, Ippolito’s show garden “Etherea” was a contemporary re-interpretation of the moorlands where humanity’s earliest ancestors lived. The creation evoked light, air, and peace in nature.
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