Are you ready for spring?
To be honest, I'm not!
I want a little more winter weather.
I want to stand at the window with
a cup of hot chocolate
and watch fat snowflakes
accumuplating on the ground.
All that being said, I did enjoy a touch of spring recently.
I went to the Arkansas Garden Show
where spring flowers and garden supplies were plentiful.
The flowers were lovely, but the smells were amazing!
Tulips were one of the most popular flowers at the show. There were so many different colors.
Behind the fence and flowers in the above photo sat this little rustic shed. What a great place to store all those gardening supplies.
There were some pretty fountains displayed. I loved this one with the blue light. The sound of the water was very peaceful even in a building filled with noisy people!
This is a more modern fountain, but what made me smile were the two men on the right. One walking along carrying his wife's bags and the other standing beside a rolling cart his wife is probably filling up. Also notice the enormous hanging planter near the top of the picture. I'm no good a guessing, but I'd say it was at least 6 to 9 feet wide and at least that tall. Like I said . . . enormous!
The most fascinating garden display was designed by P. Allen Smith who is known as one of America's most talented garden designers. The details on the cottage were simply amazing, from the pots hanging on the sides to the flower covered roof.
Inside the cottage was a bench where you could sit and watch these cool chickens.
I hoped to get a better picture of the whole cottage from a high position, but there were just too many displays and too many people. Needless to say, it was pretty impressive!
One of my favorite displays was the garden railroad. At least three trains were running and one delivery truck. It was a large display with several themes. The section shown in the photo below was very different. It had an outer space look to it with flying saucers, twinkle lights, and this strange garden person with a bowl full of flowers for its head.
I loved the vintage car and camper parked near the tracks.
A garden railroad would be such fun! I would love to have one where I could run trains with my grandsons, but I'm afraid that hobby is a little too expensive for me.
I hope you enjoyed going to the garden show with me.
There were a lot of people there, but everyone seemed to be smiling.
Spring is such a happy time!
What a marvellous place to visit, Cathy. I do love that cottage with flowers on the roof! I laughed at your description of the people there!
ReplyDeleteA fabulous set of photos Cathy. Thanks for sharing your adventures to such a neat place.
ReplyDeleteI think that you and I may be the only people who would be happy if winter hung around just a bit longer. That said - I do love all the colorful blooms of Spring! We are headed into a muddy, brown season, so those blooms will be very welcome when they arrive. This was a lovely flower show! I laughed at the two men carrying bags. I think that all those colorful flowers might make me wish for Spring to go ahead and arrive.
ReplyDeleteYou did a good job summing up the whole show. It was so impressive. I liked Smith's display the best. Your pictures sure told a story. Thanks for posting. I want to do a post so I may be calling for your help.
ReplyDeleteSo much spring goodness in this post, Cathy! I loved your tour of the garden show. We are a long way until tulip time here--although I did notice a few poking their heads out of the dirt yesterday (now here's hoping the deer don't devour them!).
ReplyDeleteAnd I think you're right--people do seem to smile more in the spring time! Have a wonderful March ♥