708 Texas St.
Shreveport
LA
As part of its 25th Anniversary celebration, Shreveport Garden Study Club is partnering with
Shreveport Regional Arts Council to host a nationally recognized flower show March 22 and 23
at artspace, 708 Texas Street, in Shreveport.
“Celebrate & Pollinate” — free and open to the public — will feature competitive exhibits in
floral design, botanical arts, and horticulture. The show will be open Wednesday, March 22,
from noon to 5:00 p.m., and on Thursday, March 23, from 10:00 a.m. until 7:30 p.m. Open the
same hours, The Bee Hive Garden Shop will feature garden and pollinator-themed decorative
items, garden gadgets and supplies, books, and more.
“One of the many civic goals of our garden club is to focus attention on and provide for the
health of pollinators in our community,” said Clare Nelson, flower show chair. “The exhibit
shines a light on the vital importance of pollinators and encourages the inclusion of plants that
support pollinators in both public and private gardens.”
The show will feature four types of floral design; 100 classes of horticulture specimens, and
three classes of botanical arts. The purpose of the flower show is threefold: to set a standard of
artistic and horticultural excellence; to broaden knowledge of horticulture, floral design,
conservation, and other related areas, and to share the beauty of a flower show with fellow club
members and the public.
A Pollinator Victory Garden exhibit will spotlight the importance of pollinators to our food
supply and for the reproduction of most of all flowering plants on the planet. Pollinators include
not only bees and butterflies, but also beetles, flies, bats, birds, and moths, to name a few. Many
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pollinators are in trouble, and the reality is that most of our landscapes have little to offer them.
With thoughtful planning and making small changes to their gardens, homeowners can easily
transform their landscapes into pollinator havens.