I have on occasion attended this show for about twenty five years. I have a blue spruce tree in my front yard that was a seedling given to one of my children the first time I went with a friend. It is taller than a house now, I think. It is amazing how a concrete coliseum can be converted into spring gardens in just a few days.
This year the theme was movies and various exhibitors did themed gardens to go along with them. We saw Mr. Myagi's patio from Karate Kid, and a garden from UP, and The Secret Garden. Jurassic Park and Avatar had gardens and walk through areas as well. Kansas State Extension wants us to get into the gardening Hobbit, and they had a Hobbit home and raised garden. See the round green door in my photo?
Our senses were filled with the sounds of water and the smells of soil and flowers. Our eyes were delighted with greenery and beautiful colors. It was a spring vacation in one day.
Like everything else, this show has become expensive, and also very commercial. Exhibitors do not just want to show you their wares, they want to sell them to you, today, right now!
I have a lot of pictures and many business cards to sort through. I have websites I would love to visit. Meanwhile, we are expecting rain, freezing rain and possibly snow in the next day or two, then warm weather by Friday.
In an act of hope I sprinkled grass seed on bare spots in my yard and got peat pellets to put tomato seeds in.
I am looking forward to Spring.
Have a wonderful week.
Oooo, memories! Lovely smells, warm and humid, lots of growing things, places to play :) Thanks, mom, for letting us do things like that. Since the end of February we've gotten warm (for MN), melted away most of the snow...then got cold and dumped on again :( I saw some leaves of spearmint and the lemon balm you gave me, and was expecting to see crocuses soon before it snowed on us again. Sigh. We'll get there eventually; how are the grass and tomatoes?
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