Florissimo is an international

flower show Flower shows are horticultural exhibitions with an emphasis on flowers. For flower festival A garden festival is a festival and exposition held to celebrate the arts of gardening, garden design, landscaping and landscape architecture. There ...

held in the city of

Dijon Dijon (, , ) (dated) * it, Digione * la, Diviō or * lmo, Digion is the prefecture of the Côte-d'Or department and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in northeastern France. the commune had a population of 156,920. The earlies ...

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

. It features exhibits from French and non-French cities,

botanical gardens A botanical garden or botanic gardenThe terms ''botanic'' and ''botanical'' and ''garden'' or ''gardens'' are used more-or-less interchangeably, although the word ''botanic'' is generally reserved for the earlier, more traditional gardens, an ...

, agricultural schools, and private corporations. Florissimo is normally held every three years (though the 2003 issue was postponed to 2005 (and then recognised by the

AIPH The International Association of Horticultural Producers (AIPH / IAHP) is a trade association dedicated to promoting horticultural producers and held the international garden / flora festivals or expositions. AIPH aims to put flower, plant and l ...

) in order to coincide with an event on

orchid Orchids are plants that belong to the family Orchidaceae (), a diverse and widespread group of flowering plants with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant. Along with the Asteraceae, they are one of the two largest families of flowering ...

s). The latest event was held between 11 and 21 March 2010 and the next will be in March 2015.

Florissimo 2010

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Florissimo 2015

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References

External links

Official site
Flower shows Tourist attractions in Dijon Exhibitions in France Garden festivals in France {{festival-stub