Cheddar News' correspondent Shannon LaNier gets a first look at the 48th annual Macy's Flower Show. 

Cheddar News' correspondent Shannon LaNier gets a first look at the 48th annual Macy's Flower Show.&nbsp;

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A First Look at the 48th Annual Macy's Flower Show

Welcome back, everyone. Spring has officially sprung. I mean, look at these gorgeous flowers in our studios really to mark the occasion. And for all us New Yorkers out there, the annual Macy's Flower show signals the return of the warm weather again. Despite the 30° outside this morning, I wrote on and checked it out for us. I'm here at Macy's 48 th annual flower show. I mean, can you tell this is their flagship location right in the heart of New York City, come inside and join me into this whimsical world where they have floral scents and colors, a little bit of everything for all your senses. And now I'm joined by Kathleen Director of production here at Macy's. This show is pretty amazing. There seems to be flowers everywhere. Talk to me about how many flowers you guys pull for the show. So there are over 16,000 individual plants featured in this year's flower show. And of those 16,000 there's over 60 varieties. So you're going to see a ton of different flowers from, you know, trees to actual flowers to plant material, house plants. There's just all different kinds of flowers that you can experience when you come. Well, they're all so beautiful and colorful. How did you go about picking which ones we're going to be able to make it into the show? So our team of floral designers are so experienced and wonderful, you know, they come up with designs that are going to go with our beautiful theme of Big Dreams blooming here at Macy's so a lot of different things that you'll see and everything is kind of color coordinated and just perfectly well done. I love that Big Dreams bloom and I can see it in the sea. So what will people experience when they come here for those who have never been? And is, is it the entire store filled with flowers? So our main floor here at Macy's is full of flowers and as well as on our mezzanine level. So this year on the mezzanine, we're also featuring a partnership with Dior and there's beautiful lush gardens up there that will be flowers that are coming from their floral scents. So you'll learn a lot about, you know, Misty or savage and learn about what florals are in those scents and really get to know the perfumes that you could be purchasing. So a really cool and interesting experience up there and I love that you're also educating people at the same time. Now tell us about this cherry blossom, why I know they have a big cherry blossom festival in DC every year. Yes. OK. So this is the cherry blossom and it is originally from Japan and in the early 19 hundreds, these cherry trees were gifted to our capital. So these are the same cherry blossom trees that you do see at that famed cherry blossom festival down in DC. Wow, that's so cool. OK, so you guys definitely have to come check out this show. When can they come and see the show? How do they do it? Give me all the details. So it is open now through April 10th. It is free and open to the public during Macy's store hours. So anyone can come in and enjoy it. We do have some guided tours that are also taking place from 10 AM to one PM every single day. So you come into the store at 35th and Broadway, you'll be greeted by our tour guides who can take you through and teach you all about the flowers in the show this year. Well, you said the magic word free. So there's no excuse not to come out and enjoy the flowers.