Chestnut Hill Windows Get Flower Show Makeover

While the February cold is still lingering, tropical islands, like those of Hawaii, sound pretty good right now. While we can’t all jet set to Maui, Philadelphia Flower Show participants will be bringing a little of the Aloha spirit to Chestnut Hill.

The Philadelphia Horticultural Society, the driving force behind the international flower show, announced which shops and offices are participating in the annual window decorating contest.

With this year’s theme for the show being “Hawaii: Islands of Aloha,” designers will use tropical flora and other tools to bring the island life to storefronts along Germantown Avenue, beginning Feb. 17.

More than 65 windows around the city will be decorated by flower show designers, and winners will be picked on different categories, including Most Creative and Best Interpretation of Flower Show Theme. The winners will be announced March 2.

In Chestnut Hill, the shops that will be decorated are:

• , 8440 Germantown Ave.
• , 8009 Germantown Ave.
• , 8419 Germantown Ave.
• , 8126 Germantown Ave.
• , 8430 Germantown Ave.
• Earth Garden Home, 8433 Germantown Ave.
• , 8427 Germantown Ave.
• Hill Company, 8615 Germantown Ave.
• HobNob Designs, 7916 Germantown Ave.
• , 8432 Germantown Ave.
• , 8400 Germantown Ave.
• , 8607 Germantown Ave.
• , 8501 Germantown Ave.
• Ten Thousand Villages, 8331 Germantown Ave.
• The Philadelphia Print Shop, Ltd, 8441 Germantown Ave.

The Philadelphia International Flower Show will be running March 4-11 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.