
Marquee should read: abandon hope, all ye who enter here
I hate the Philadelphia Flower Show. There, I said it. It's heresy, I know. The Philadelphia Flower Show, which bills itself as "the world's longest-running and largest indoor Flower Show", is certainly one of the best-known and best-loved flower shows in the entire country, with a practically cult-like following built around it. I managed to avoid it for over 20 years, having found it just too damn crowded the last time I went. This time around, I was already in Philadelphia for another event on the first weekend of the show and decided what the heck, I'll give it another chance. I arrived at the show at 10 am on Sunday morning, and fled at noon.