World Floral Expo

The World Floral Expo is the result of it's founding members through their love of flowers creating a medium to encourage cultural exchange through the language of flowers. The World Expo has no permanent location and instead rotates its location. The World Floral Expo is the world's largest Flower Exhibition in the world with few exhibitions capable of meeting the size and spectacular offerings that is the World Floral Expo. The Exhibition is held from Monday to Sunday in the second week April coinciding with the day of the passing Le. The Exhibition features show gardens, floral marquees and pavilions, talks and demonstration, music, flower contests and not to forget food. There’s so much more than flowers on display here – though there are of course, thousands of beautiful blooms to behold. The event is somewhat of an important pastime in it hosts, covered extensively on television in Iere and attracts many from the Archipelago. Members of the Tavaluda royal family are also known to regularly visit the Expo each year.

Highlights to the exhibition include the avant-garde show gardens designed by leading names with Floral Marquee at the centerpiece. Lectures by world renowned Botanists. The Auction and Market.

History
The founding of the World Floral Expo was the result of the conglomeration and organization of several local floral festivals throughout Avalonia, largely funded by the Tavaludan Royal Family in the mid-1930s after the premature death of Le, the son of Prince, and later King, Veki III.

Le was known to have attended and enjoyed the local festivals throughout much of his life, often attending whenever in the local countries while the family was there either on diplomatic or ceremonial business or on vacation. On his early death, his father Veki III decided to organize the events into an international event, and, with the support of King Veki II and the Tavaludan government, eventually facilitated the creation of the World Floral Exposition in ####.

Veki III is also accredited with the formation of the Horticultural Society of Anterra which members constitutes various Horticultural and Gardening societies/organizations, people and businesses that deal with Horticulture and Gardening. Horticultural Society of Anterra is the main body responsible for the administration of the World Floral Expo and other affiliate Expos in conjunction to societies within the host territory.

The present-day territories of Iere and Arbenz were the first to join Expo and have their own local societies join the Horticultural Society of Anterra in #### and #### respectively.

The decision to permanently host the Expo on a shift system in with being hosted in a different territory each year was made in honor of the fact that the little Prince traveled to many territories and visited Floral Festivals across Avalonia at first the Expo had moved between the Iere, Arbenz and Tavaluda. The membership of the Confederate States of Northern Avalonia and Baileneu Ma had led to these countries also becoming hosts and increases the amount of years a country has to wait to host the Expo from three years to five a move that some protested against.

The founding member's territories are also each home to a exquisite statue made of Golf and Silver accurately modeled after the Little Prince his clothing following the same design of XXXX clothing in Tavaluda with the only difference between the statues being the flower held in his right hand which is a endemic flower to each territory an XXX flower for Tavaluda ,an XXX flower for Arbenz, and an XXX flower for Iere. All three statues are placed in the middle of a flower shaped miniature lake with local fish species inhabiting its waters. It is a custom that a crown of lowers is placed on the statues head whenever a Flower show, Market or exposition is held around the statue.

World Floral Expo Today
The World Floral Expo receives a lot of publicity. Over the past 5 years it was attended by a average of 570,000 visitors. The highest recorded number of visitors was 876,100 visitors in (insert country) in ####, and tickets to the Expo can be sold out very quickly depending on the host which has led many to purchasing tickets in advanced online. From 1999 the show was increased from five days to seven and open 24/7 to meet growing demand, with the first day only open to RSA and local societies members. The show is extensively covered on television and online by various media outlets. Several important important dignitaries attend a preview of the show of note the Tavaluda Royal Family Members, the Prime Minister of Iere, Arbenzans leaders to name a few. The area of land devoted to the Expo increased steadily between #### and #### and the expo has become an important venue for watching trends. New plants are often launched at the show and the popularity of older varieties revived under the focus of the horticultural world. It is the garden design equivalent of a catwalk at a fashion show. The Expo is undeniably the largest flower market in the world though many have chosen however due though among and is the largest it is also carries the title of being the shortest opened Market.

Expo has changed to also celebrate the arts of gardening, garden design, landscaping and landscape architecture emphasis is also placed on having nature coexist with Urban environments.

The #### show also saw the introduction of the Artisan garden category, which was created for designers who use natural materials.

Awards
For many in the horticulture and Gardening world gaining a award at the World Floral Expo is a life long dream and goal. There are four grades of award presented in the forms of flower shaped medals and a monetary prize – gold, silver-gilt, silver and Shakudo bronze – in each of the categories listed below.

Award Categories
Gardens and floral exhibits

Forest Exhibits of trees

Farmers Exhibits of vegetables, including herbs

Moriat Exhibits of special educational or scientific interest

Frozen in Time Exhibits of pictures and photographs

Hummingbird floral arrangements and floristry

Harmony with Concrete and Steel gardens in the concrete jungle

Artisan Garden

Special Awards
Best Grower's Award

Best Horticulture Company Award

Best Show Garden Award

Best Courtyard Garden Award

Best Chic Garden Award

Best City Garden Award

HSA Sundries Bowl

HSA Junior Display Trophy

HSA Floral Arrangement Trophies

HSA Floristry Trophies

HSA Best Trade shop Award

New Discovery Award

Show Certificates of Merit

Certificates for Junior Displays

Best Breeder Award