The 92nd Flower Mart will take place Friday and Saturday, May 1 and 2.

The Flower Mart, a Baltimore tradition, began May 4,1911. There was much going on in Baltimore that day. In the crowded Lyric Theater, President Taft was opening the third annual Peace Conference and sharing the speaker's platform with Andrew Carnegie and Cardinal Gibbons. The Orioles stood fourth in the Eastern League and fans throughout the city were still talking about the game the day before when the team trounced Montreal 22-13. In his downtown office, James H. Preston was receiving congratulations on his election as the city's mayor. And at bunting-draped Mount Vernon Place, the ladies of the Civic League and the Home and Garden Club were wondering how people would react to the city's first Flower Mart.

They didn't have long to wait for their answer. By 10 a.m., Baltimoreans by the dozens were streaming into Mount Vernon Place to begin one of the city's most treasured traditions.

The Flower Mart is special and brings people together to smell and purchase the flowers and eat crab cakes, to see colorful hats and spring fashions, suck on lemon sticks and just enjoy the spring weather. I have put together a photo gallery of past Flower Marts for you to enjoy. You can also get more information on the Flower Mart homepage and Susan Reimer's gardening blog.