One of the top flower festivals in the United States blooms in Upstate New York.
That’s the homegrown consensus from two separate rankings that crowned the Rochester Lilac Festival one of America’s best flower festivals.
The Rochester Lilac Festival, the beloved 10-day spring festival that blossoms every May in the historic Highland Park in Rochester and draws over 500,000 visitors, has earned a spot on two lists spotlighting the nation’s premier flower festivals: one by USA Today’s 10Best and one by Time Out magazine.
On 10Best’s list, the Rochester Lilac Festival was named the No. 2 flower festival in America, only bested by the Daffodil Festival at Gibbs Gardens in Georgia…