{"id":21097,"date":"2026-01-11T22:39:24","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T03:39:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/?post_type=wfsu-news&#038;p=21097"},"modified":"2026-01-11T22:42:46","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T03:42:46","slug":"tallahassees-annual-camelia-show-attracts-flower-fanciers-from-all-over-the-southeast","status":"publish","type":"wfsu-news","link":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wfsu-news\/tallahassees-annual-camelia-show-attracts-flower-fanciers-from-all-over-the-southeast\/","title":{"rendered":"Tallahassee&#8217;s annual Camelia show attracts flower fanciers from all over the southeast"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-21097-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/cpa.ds.npr.org\/s390\/audio\/2026\/01\/cameliashow0112full.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cpa.ds.npr.org\/s390\/audio\/2026\/01\/cameliashow0112full.mp3\">https:\/\/cpa.ds.npr.org\/s390\/audio\/2026\/01\/cameliashow0112full.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>The Tallahassee Camelia Society held its 72nd Annual Camelia Show over the weekend. The event brings in lovers of the iconic southern blossoms from all over.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services&#8217; Doyle Connor Center was filled with flowers and their fanciers on Saturday and Sunday. Event Co-chair Stewart Tomlinson said this has been a major happening for nearly three-quarters of a century.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We regularly have one of the largest shows in the southeast. Today, we have 1,535 blooms from about 30 different exhibitors.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And it&#8217;s not about simply admiring the flowers. Exhibitors were eager to share their tools and techniques for growing ever larger and more spectacular Camelia blooms. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2026 WFSU<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","wds_primary_category":0},"categories":[],"tags":[1136,1135],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Tallahassee&#039;s annual Camelia show attracts flower fanciers from all over the southeast - WFSU Local Routes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wfsu-news\/tallahassees-annual-camelia-show-attracts-flower-fanciers-from-all-over-the-southeast\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tallahassee&#039;s annual Camelia show attracts flower fanciers from all over the southeast - 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