Can’t wait until Spring? The sights and scents of that season will be on full display at the “44th Connecticut Flower & Garden Show” starting Thursday, February 19 through Sunday, February 22, 2026, at the Connecticut Convention Center, 100 Columbus Blvd. in Hartford, Conn. 2026 Dates/Hours: Thursday, Feb. 19 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Friday, Feb. 20 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Saturday, Feb. 21 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; and Sunday, Feb. 22 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Discounted admission tickets can be purchased now at www.CTFlowerShow.com, $17 for Adults and Seniors (same prices as last year).
This prestigious annual event will be New England’s ONLY 2026 major flower exhibition and show, and its theme is “A Storybook Garden”. Featured will be 150,000 square feet of expansive live gardens, nonstop seminars and demonstrations, the Federated Garden Clubs of Connecticut’s annual Standard Flower Show, and hundreds of exhibitors displaying and selling all types of items and gifts. This annual event offers ideas for house, apartment, and condo-dwellers alike and is for gardening beginners to experts, and everything in between.
- As soon as attendees enter the Exhibition Hall: Over 20 colorful live garden and landscape exhibits in full bloomby professional landscape designers and nonprofit organizations, including naturalistic, low-maintenance, native, containers, vegetables, organic, herb, and pollinator gardens.
- Over 80 hours of different seminars and demonstrations by more than 20 expert horticulturalists, landscapers, and industry professionals who include renowned entomologist and conservationist Doug Tallamy, co-founder of Homegrown National Park and author of the book, “How Can I Help?”, and Nancy DeBrule Clemente, organic gardener and founder of NatureWorks. All sessions are Free with admission (Full schedule online now at www.CTFlowerShow.com
- TheFederated Garden Clubs of Connecticut’s annual Standard Flower Show with a 12,500-square-foot design, horticulture, botanical arts, and photography competition with hundreds of entries from members across the state –themed, “A Storybook Garden”.
- Close to 400booths with displays, activities, shopping: artisans, handcrafted gifts, fresh flowers, live plants, garden ornaments, metalwork sculptures, herbs, bulbs, seeds, fertilizers, soils, books, patio furniture, and lawn/garden tools and equipment, patio furniture, and more. Bring 1/2 cup of soil for Free testing to UConn Home & Garden Education Center booth.
►Admission for February 19-22, 2026, Show (same prices as last year):
Discounted Tickets Can be Purchased Now: $17 for Adults & Seniors at www.CTFlowerShow.com and can be purchased online through the final day of the show.
Tickets at the Door: $20 Adults & Seniors; $5 Children 5-12; Free for Children Under Age 5.
►For information about the “44th Connecticut Flower & Garden Show”, including discounted advance ticket purchase or to register as an exhibitor, visit www.CTFlowerShow.com or Facebook, or call 860-844-8461.