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Memphis Flower Show: Masquerade
Apr 11, 2026 - Apr 12, 2026
Organized by: Memphis Garden Club with Dixon Gallery and Gardens
A Garden Club of America Major Flower Show
Presented biennially by the Memphis Garden Club, the Memphis Flower Show is one of only five major flower shows sanctioned by the Garden Club of America. Over the past forty years, it has come to be known as both the most cutting-edge and the most hospitable of all GCA major shows. Flower shows combine horticultural mastery, artistic vision, engineering, and sophisticated craftsmanship to create a brief but brilliant display of beauty.
The 2026 Memphis Flower Show, Masquerade, will feature five divisions of exhibits inspired by Mary Sims: A Retrospective. Floral designers will come to Memphis from across the country to interpret Sims’s fantastical paintings into avant-garde floral arrangements. The Horticulture division includes specimens of plants and flowers classed into categories of cut flowers, cut branches and foliage, and container-grown plants. The Photography division delights visitors with artistic snapshots of the natural world. Inspired by the whimsical elements found in Mary Sims’s still lifes, Botanical Arts invites participants to embellish vessels and create a mask using only plant materials. The Conservation and Education division will encourage visitors of all ages to embrace the enchantment of backyard “secret gardens.” Masquerade will also feature a special division devoted to Needle Arts. The Garden Club of America judges from across the nation will assess each division.
The Dixon is grateful to Emily McEwan and Muffy Turley, co-chairs of the 2026 Memphis Flower Show, and Elizabeth Coors, president of the Memphis Garden Club, for this exciting and beloved collaboration.
Ticketed Events
Preview Party
Friday, April 10 | 7:00PM
Purchase Preview Party Tickets Here
May Snowden Todd Lecture Series
Featuring Aerin Lauder
Saturday, April 11, 2026 | 2:00pm
Free + Open to the Public
Flower Show + Vendor Marketplace
Saturday, April 11 | 9AM–6PM
Flower Show
Sunday, April 12 | 11AM–5PM
Sponsored by:
- The Scheidt Family Foundation
- Anonymous | Susan and Damon Arney | Debbie and Richard Binswanger | Kathy and Jack Blair | Kate and Michael Buttarazzi | Holly and Paul T. Combs | William B. “Billy” Dunavant, Jr. Foundation | Theodore W. and Betty J. Eckels Foundation | Andrea and Doug Edwards | Marylon Rogers Glass | Amanda and Nick Goetze | Julie and Rob Hussey | Anne and Mike Keeney | Mark Lavender and Guy Sellars | Debbie and Chip Marston | Mabel and Phil McNeill | Betty and Jack Moore | Snow and Henry Morgan | Nancy and Steve Morrow | Irene Orgill | Linda Pelts | Lyn and Bill Reed | Chris and Dan Richards | Irene and Fred Smith | Kaki and Vince Smith | Susan Adler Thorp | Ainslie and Hardy Todd | Adele Wellford | Neville and Warfield Williams