The Cincinnati Flower Show launches its second decade today with even more elements to attract kids and sports fans and others outside the flower-freak category. John Angelo and Maeve Schulz prepare for the Garden Show. Last year's life-size football players are this year's baseball players, eight of them, covered in plants and flowers. The plot is brightly accented with a checkerboard arrangement of green and yellow square patio stones.
Plastic lids imitate lily pads.
On the more sophisticated end of the spectrum, Delhi designed a lush rose garden packed with multiple varieties and colors in full bloom. This year's Cincinnati Flower Show, running through Sunday at Ault Park in Mount Lookout, features a glass-enclosed orchid exhibit in a back corner of the main tent. The Cincinnati Enquirer , a Gannett Co. Inc. newspaper.