Macy's Flower Show set to dazzle visitors with more than 15,000 flowers
NEW YORK - The Macy's Flower Show kicks off this weekend.
CBS2's Cindy Hsu gives us a sneak peek at this beautiful sign of spring.
Spring has sprung at Macy's Herald Square. Outside, the windows along Broadway are filled with bursts of color, and the message of love.
"This year you can expect to be just overwhelmed by color and fragrance and just the overwhelming sense of springtime. It's going to be so impactful as soon as you enter the doors," said Kathleen Wright, Macy's production director.
This year, the flower designs focus on energy and bold modernism, so you'll see lots of colorful geometric shapes and mirrors. Once the show kicks-off and is fully installed, you'll see designs created by students from FIT, the Fashion Institute of Technology.
"We have five incredibly talented students who have fashioned fashion designs based off of, and inspired by, this year's flower show," Wright said.
Everywhere you look you'll find flowers and plants.
Will Coss is the executive director of the Macy's Flower Show, and pointed out some of the surprise elements, like beautiful red roses tucked into a star of a giant size Macy's bag.
It takes nearly a year to plan the Flower Show, and the team has been working for the last week and half and through the night, installing every gorgeous element.
"Over 15,000 flowers. Over 2,000 hours to get us to this point," Coss said. "Our floral designers, horticulturalists, landscape designers - it's really a team effort."
You'll find more than 60 species of flowers and lots of spots to take fun pictures.
The Macy's Flower Show opens to the public on Sunday March 27th and runs for two weeks through April 10th.
