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Begun in 1829, the annual Philadelphia event is the country’s longest-running flower show. This year organizers partnered with Disney and asked participants to use the company’s films for inspiration. Here, an exhibit inspired by *Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time,*designed by Lim In Chong of Inchscape in Malaysia.
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Although many northern parts of the U.S. are still in a deep freeze, plant lovers can take heart as the annual round of horticulture exhibitions begins sprouting up around the country. This week the 2015 Philadelphia Flower Show welcomes visitors with a “celebrate the movies” theme. The entrance garden, seen here, is inspired by the Art Deco movie palaces of the 1920s and was designed by Sam Lemheney of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society and Gary Radin of GMR Design.
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This exhibit, winner of Best in Show in the landscape category, was designed by Leon Kluge of South Africa and inspired by Maleficent .
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U.K.-based designer Paul Hervey-Brookes’s garden is an ode to The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
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Hunter Hayes Landscape Design of Ardmore, Pennsylvania, constructed an exhibit inspired by The Parent Trap.
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Pennsylvania firm Michael Petrie’s Handmade Gardens used John Ford’s The Quiet Man for inspiration for its exhibit.
