Georgia Flower Festival Named No. 1 Best in the Country
Spring is the official start of festival season, and the country, including Georgia, has some great flower festivals. There’s something so refreshing about enjoying the beauty and scents of flowers when they first bloom after a cold winter. Since much of the U.S. has experienced a very cold winter this season, we’re more ready than ever to take in the views and smells of blooming flowers and plants. So, if you’ve never been to a flower festival, maybe this is the year you should try it. Now, one Georgia flower festival has been named one of the best in the country.
Georgia Flower Festival Named One of the Best
The experts at USA Today have released their roster of the best beer festivals in America, as part of their 10 Best series. This series has experts picking spots for which to vote, and then readers voting for their favorites. “What better way is there to enjoy a bounty of blossoms than by visiting some of the most amazing flower festivals in the country?” they ask in the story. It’s true, that there’s really no better way to enjoy blossoms. Then, then highlighted 10 of the best in America, which “allow attendees to enjoy fragrant, colorful blooms and learn about flowers and plants.”
Georgia actually has the very best on the tally. Coming in at No. 1 is the Daffodil Festival at Gibbs Gardens in Ball Ground, Georgia. Of the event, USA Today notes, “Spring begins at Gibbs Gardens as 20-plus million daffodil blooms adorn 50 acres of valleys, hillsides, and fields across its 376 acres.” The gardens also offer “more than 60 daffodil varieties for six weeks of blooms in shades of yellow, orange, white, peach, and deep gold.” How lovely.
So, there you have it. Flower festivals have been around for a long time, and looking at the history of general festivals, they actually date “back thousands of years and varies across different cultures and regions,” according to Vocal Media, and have “been an integral part of human civilization, serving various purposes and evolving over time.” They add that there have been a range of fests over the years, including religious, seasonal, cultural and more.
