3/27 to 4/10, Macy's Flower Show, Macy's Herald Square

Event Title:
3/27 to 4/10, Macy's Flower Show, Macy's Herald Square

Event Web Page:
http://www1.macys.com/campaign/flowershow/newyork/index.jsp

With blooms from around the world, enjoy a day of shopping, if you can take your eyes off the flowers.

Take a Guided Tour!

Experience Macy's Flower Show to the fullest by taking a 20-minute guided tour. Learn how the show was installed, plus get incredible details on this year's flowers and plants.
Tours are complimentary and available every half hour between 11 am and 4 pm at Macy's 35^th and Broadway entrance.

Featured Gardens

Main Floor

Antebellum Garden

Featured along the main aisle, this new garden is inspired by the flora of the American Southeast. Transport yourself to the gardens of Charleston, Savannah and Atlanta as you take in the palmetto palms, dogwoods, gardenias, magnolias and camellias.

Japanese Garden

Presented by Carnegie Hall's Japan NYC Festival, the Japanese garden, located along the 35th street aisle, is a quiet, peaceful space featuring plants, materials and design from the Far East. Look forward to seeing different kinds of bamboo, heavenly palms, azaleas, pines, cypress and mums. Presented by Carnegie Hall Japan NYC.

Tropical Garden

A celebration of the earth's bounty to humanity, the Tropical Garden features trees and shrubs that grow in equatorial areas around the world and produce everyday delicacies such as cacao (chocolate), coffee, kumquats, mangos, sugar cane, citrus, papayas and bananas.

Hydrangea Garden

One of the most beloved flowers of spring, the beautifully big and colorful hydrangea gets its very own garden in the 34th street aisle. Enjoy a gorgeous variety of this crowd favorite including hydrangea trees, oak leaf hydrangeas, lacecap hydrangeas, viburnums opulus, nikko blue and endless summer hydrangeas.

Desert Garden

If you can stand the heat, head over to our cactus and succulent garden. An array of unusual beauties from hot, dry and arid regions, this garden features barrel cactus, euphorbia, kalanchoe, air plants, saguaro cactus and more.

3/17/2012, Saturday, St. Patrick's Day Parade, Fifth Ave. from 44th St. to 86th St.

Event Title:
3/17/2012, Saturday, St. Patrick's Day Parade, Fifth Ave. from 44th St. to 86th St.

Event Web Page:
http://nycstpatricksparade.org/

PARADE INFORMATION
PARADE ROUTE

The Parade starts at 44th Street at 11:00 am and is held every March 17th, except when March 17th falls on a Sunday, it is celebrated the day before, Saturday the 16th due to religious observances.

The parade marches up Fifth Avenue past St. Patrick's Cathedral at 50th Street all the way up past the American Irish Historical Society at 83rd and the Metropolitan Museum of Art at 83rd Street to 86th Street, where the parade finishes at around 4:30 - 5:00 pm.

3/12/2012, Making Brooklyn Bloom 2012, Brooklyn Botanical Gardens

Event title:
3/12/2012, Making Brooklyn Bloom 2012, Brooklyn Botanical Gardens

Event web site:
http://www.bbg.org/visit/event/mbb_2012/

Event Info:
For gardening experts and novices, and those with an environmental bent, this day of lectures and exhibitions focused on how to make gardening more sustainable.