Summer Flower Show: Jungle Quest




Enjoy a summer safari bursting with terrific topiary animals, tropical foliage and beautiful blooms.
Summer Flower Show: Jungle Quest invites you on an unforgettable exploration! With wonderfully whimsical displays straight from the wild, Phipps provides an amazing experience for all.
This spectacular show features room after room of carefully crafted topiary animals, beautiful blooms, lush greenery and exciting interactive features. Prepare to be wowed as you explore a stunning safari all summer long!
Exhibit Features
- Upon arrival, you’ll be welcomed by a friendly topiary toucan, the mascot of the show, perching on a photo op wall of pink and orange tropical foliage
- View a larger-than-life orangutan sitting in Palm Court beneath a lush green jungle canopy
- Watch okapi, or forest giraffes, stroll through the Sunken Garden as an African python slithers its way over a log
- Journey through a swamp-like-setting complete with crocodiles swimming in the Victoria Room Pond
- Marvel at a jaguar wandering among flora in rich purple, vibrant orange and striking red in the East Room
- Gaze at topiary elephants spraying water from their trunks amid a stunning scene of flourishing bamboo in the South Conservatory
- See a flock of flamingos constructed from pink flowering begonias sunbathing in the Serpentine Room
Summer Flower Show: Jungle Quest, designed by Associate Director of Exhibits Jordyn Melino, runs May 10 – Sept. 21.
Photos © Paul Vladuchick
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