Brasil: Gardens in Paradise
Paradise Found! Macy’s Flower Show Gardens Celebrates the Spirit of Brasil With this Year’s Show
Welcome to the (concrete) jungle! Spring arrives in blooming color in New York City as the 38th annual Macy’s Flower Show® turns the streets of New York City into a veritable urban jungle as the spring t i me event moves f rom it s home inside the world-famous flagship store at Herald Square to the outside — on Broadway Plaza. Brasil: Gardens in Paradise, presented in a tented display, will open to the public beginning Sunday, March 25 through Saturday, April 7, 2012.
The following is a list of what’s blossoming at this year’s Flower Show Salvador da Bahia Garden: Designed by Peter Hogarty and Richard Lambert
The first garden guests will encounter upon entering the tent at the 35th street entrance is the “Salvador da Bahia Garden”. Featuring a restrained, Old World sensibility, this garden makes w ide use of palm trees and other plants, along with a working wall fountain and clay pots that capture a gilded bygone era.
A Garden in Bahia: Designed by Peter Hogarty and Rich Lambert
“A Garden in the Bahia District” has a rural architectural feel reminiscent of a colonial Brazilian neighborhood and is home to the grand toucan centerpiece, the darling of this year’s flower show. Our featured feathered friend stands over eight feet tall and covered with thousands of dried Brazilian button flowers with black magnolia leaves forming the wings and body. Countless colorful tropical plants and flowers feather the “nest” below. This garden is accented by hundreds of tropical colored and green plants.
Amazon Garden: Designed by Brian Robinson
The Amazon is Brazil’s largest natural feature so it is fitting that “Amazon Garden” is the largest garden in the show this year. A waterfall will provide a soothing backdrop to a wild kaleidoscope of color that is found in this collection of authentic tropical plants and flowers. Specimen plants include rare palms, chocolate, coffee, papaya and citrus trees, as well as highly unusual examples of tropical plants and flowers, including native vines, moss, logs and tree trunks. Guests will able to move along a charming and picturesque raised
walkway through the widest part of the garden, the perfect vantage point at which to admire the beauty below.
Brasilia Garden: Designed by Craig Dwyer
Named for Brazil’s capital city, “Brasilia Garden” highlights elements of the artist Roberto Burle Marx and his vast contributions to Brazil’s culture. A more architectural and stark space when compared to the other gardens, this garden includes i conic sculptures, walls and scenery. Paying tribute to Brasilia’s design, solid swaths of bright colors figure prominently, along with a wide variety of traditional and tropical plants.
Rio Rooftop Garden: Designed by Sandra Waddacor and Nicola Stone-chang
The “Rio Rooftop Garden” transports guests to a fanciful rooftop patio overlooking the famous harbor of Rio. A charming tiered fountain is accentuated by a terracotta floor purposefully decorated with timeworn pots and furniture. A rustic “lean-to” roof area lush with grass, sedum, moss, bromeliads and tropical plants completes the idyllic scene.
Jardim Botanico/conservatory Garden: Designed by James Morgan
Observing t he “Conservatory Garden” is al--most as if one is secretly admiring a private collection of exotic plants, flowers and bromeliads lovingly planted and tended in individual pots and containers.
Broadway Windows: Designed by Paul Olszewski. Planting designed by Ken Muellers
This year, the six legendary Broadway windows play host to a “Carnival” as the six windows come alive with mannequins awash in a fantasy of tropical f lower s a nd plants, with each window corresponding to a different color theme. In addition to the magnificent gardens presented in the tent on Broadway Plaza, visitors to this year’s flower show will have the unique opportunity to view a number of specialty garden-themed visual displays inside Macy’s Herald Square. Butterf ly Meadow Bloom by Lenox is the perfect solution for the ultimate springtime tabletop setting offering a garden of delightful florals and colorful butterflies that bring a fresh breath of spring to the table… all year round!
Tabletop gets the red carpet treatment from Lenox’s new couture collection by Georgina Chapman and Keren Craig of Marchesa. The design house best known for elegant eveningwear and exquisite bridal gowns has launched a charming assortment of dinner ware, stemware and giftware pieces featuring signature Marchesa details and delicate embellishments. Empire Pearl brings Marchesa’s opulent beaded accents to life on a tailored fine bone dinner ware that is handdecorated with raised enamel dots and finished with a gleaming platinum rim.
K ate Spade New York also celebrates spring with a new dinnerware pattern, Grace Avenue, in celebration of the spring season. This collection adds polish and panache to any table, and is perfect for hosting a formal feast for eight or a romantic dinner a deux. The collection is craf ted from fine bone china, accented with a platinum grosgrain trim and finished with a pristine bow.
Style icon Rachel Bilson adds houseware designer to her resume with her feminine and fresh tabletop line Edie Rose Home. Ref lecting Rachel’s personal style, this collection adds a fresh t w ist on traditional tabletop collections with the Hydrangea dinnerware collection mixing whimsical garden scenes with intricate florals in a variety of shapes and shades.
T he Botanic Garden dinner ware pattern by Portmeirion is based on botanical drawings of f lowers, and is a re-interpretation of vintage elegance. Botanic Hummingbird by Portmeirion is a fresh take on the Botanic Garden dinnerware and giftware, with layers of colorful wildlife and muted blooms on modern silhouettes and can stand alone or be mixed together to create a fresh and vibrant table perfect for welcoming spring.
It ’s show t i me at Mac y ’s Herald Square! Jeremy Irons returns as the r ut h less patriarch Pope Alexander VI in the explosive new season of the Showtime Original Series The Borgias. After exacting vicious punishment on all those who opposed them, the Borgias are at the apex of their power and influence. With the world around them embroiled in war and turmoil, the original crime family will continue to exploit allies, silence critics, and solidify legacies. But this time, the seemingly unbreakable bonds of blood will be tested like never before, as the house notoriously united against the world… becomes divided against itself. Don’t miss the scandalously seductive and visually stunning drama The Borgias, premiering Sunday April 8, 10 p.m. (ET/PT) — only on Showtime®.
Hours and events
Always free, fresh and i n season, Macy’s Flower Show will be open during regular store hours. Guests w ill also have the opportunity to participate in a variety of floral-themed special events and festivities taking place in-store throughout the two-week long show i ncluding cooking demonstrations and floral arrangement presentations, just to name a few.
Macy’s Flower Show is made possible in part through partnerships with NYC & Co. For additional i nformation, contact the Macy’s Flower Show Hotline at (212) 494 - 4 495, or visit www.macys.com/flowershow.