Welcome, travelers!
Our Garden Shows return in 2026 with a brand-new global adventure, Adams Around the World! This year, we invite you to travel the globe without leaving your neighborhood as each store features four unique displays, showcasing a variety of landscapes, climates, and garden inspiration from across the world. From lush tropical escapes to sun-soaked, arid landscapes filled with striking succulents, every display is designed to spark your wanderlust and ignite your creativity. Be sure to join our fun new photo contest, too! Snap a picture in front of the Passport Station at each store’s Garden Show to be entered to win a special travel-themed gift basket, details below. Explore, experience, and enjoy the journey with us!
DATES
Poughkeepsie: February 20 – March 1
Newburgh: February 20 – March 1
Kingston: February 27 – March 8
Middletown: February 27 – March 8
Wappinger: February 27 – March 8
PASSPORT PHOTO GIFT BASKET GIVEAWAY
This year we’ve added something a little different, and a lot of fun! Follow the steps below to entry to win a custom, one-of-a-kind travel-themed Adams Gift Basket valued at over $200.
Each store will have a ‘Passport Station’ photo op at the entrance of their Garden Show. Visit at least 3 of the 5 Garden Shows, take your photo at the Passport Station of each location, and sumbit your photos online to earn 1 entry in the Gift Basket Giveaway. Visiting more than 3 stores? Submitting photos from 4 or 5 Garden Shows will give you extra entries!
Details:
• Photos from AT LEAST 3 stores in front of the Passport Photo backdrop
• Submit all photos in ONE entry
• Show the same person in every photo
• Full passport backdrop should be visible in every photo
This contest has not yet started. Please check back starting February 27th to enter.
GIFT CARD GIVEAWAY
This year we are giving away five, $100 gift cards, one per store. Click your store below to enter to win.
Poughkeepsie & Newburgh – February 20 – March 1, 2026. Winner selected March 2, 2026
Kingston, Wappinger, & Middletown – Enter between February 27 – March 8, 2026. Winner selected March 9, 2026
THEME SUGGESTIONS
Do you have an idea for the next great theme of a future Garden Show? Enter it below, and you might see your vision come to life one day!
GARDEN SHOW FUN FACTS
Did You Know?
- Over 550 cubic yards of mulch were used in the shows this year.
- The Kingston store alone has 1,200 tulips in its show!
- The post and rail fencing featured in all shows is available through Adams Fences.
- Across all of the shows, there are approximately 800 decorative hand-painted ceramic tiles in the courtyard patios.
- There are over 20 animals in total throughout all of the shows, how many did you see?
- The first Annual Garden Show was held in 1983. That was 43 years ago!
- It would take 101 miles to travel to all of the stores consecutively.
- These shows would not be possible without the combined effort of all of our departments.