Tickets are on sale now for the 30th annual Newport Flower Show, set for June 19-21 at Rosecliff.
This year’s theme, “Pearls of Newport,” takes its name from the traditional 30th anniversary gemstone and is meant to evoke both the elegance of Newport’s Gilded Age and the city’s coastal and maritime identity.
“The Flower Show is the best way to kick off the summer season in Newport,” said Trudy Coxe, CEO and executive director of the Preservation Society of Newport County, which organizes and hosts the show. “There’s nothing like being in this gorgeous oceanside mansion filled with flowers of all kinds and buzzing with activity inside and out. I can’t wait to see how the ‘Pearls of Newport’ theme inspires floral artists to their best work.”
Displays of floral design and botanical arts will fill the first-floor rooms of Rosecliff, while horticultural specimens will grace the back terrace and attendees browse the Marketplace on the oceanside lawn.
Floral and gardening experts will give presentations throughout the show. Speakers include Sarah Boynton, author of “Botanical Arts: A Guide to Creating Art with Plant Material for Flower Shows” and the 2026 Newport Flower Show Botanical Arts Class consultant; Margot Shaw, founder and editor-in-chief of FLOWER magazine and author of “Flowering Outdoors: Garden & Parties: Inspiring Floral Touches for Outside Spaces and Entertaining”; Jill Brooke, flower historian, founder of FlowerPowerDaily, columnist for Florists’ Review Magazine and author of “The Genius of Flowers”; Elizabeth Brown, author of “The Beginner’s Cut Flower Garden,” a certified therapeutic horticulturist and Maine Master Gardener Volunteer; and Jana Milbocker, author of “Gardens of the Gilded Age” and owner of the landscape design firm Enchanted Gardens.
The presentations are included with Flower Show tickets for the day of the program, and each speaker’s books will be available for purchase.
Bartlett Tree Experts is the presenting sponsor of the show. Whitmores Landscape is the display garden sponsor, and Taste Design Inc. is the education tent sponsor. Additional sponsorship comes from Atria Senior Living, BankNewport, Coca-Cola Northeast, Mottahedeh, Munder-Skiles, National Trust Insurance Services, Sayles Livingston Home and Scalamandré.
The Preservation Society of Newport County is a nonprofit organization accredited by the American Alliance of Museums, dedicated to preserving and interpreting the area’s historic architecture, landscapes, decorative arts and social history. Its 11 historic properties — seven of them National Historic Landmarks — span more than 250 years of American architectural and social development.
Tickets, presentation times and more information are available at newportmansions.org/events/the-newport-flower-show-2026.
