Over the weekend I visited the Southeastern Flower Show in Atlanta. This year, 2013, marked the 25th anniversary of the show. I’ve never been to a flower show before so I didn’t really know what to expect.
The Good: It was so cool to see lots of landscape designs with so many different plants. They were all labeled so you could figure out how to replicate these designs in your own garden. It was also fantastic to see several vendors in one location. I bought a variety of neato products.
The Bad: No signage directing folks where to park. It was way too crowded. The space felt too tight for the number of people squeezed into it. Many of the plants in the display gardens where decidedly worse for wear.
Coral bark Japanese Maple
The Ugly: I simply couldn’t get past the fact that the Best in Show display garden had a misspelling in the title: It’s Zen, Ya’ll. Really? Must we Georgians show our ignorance? Just plugging this phrase into Google would have shown the error. The gentleman I spoke with put the blame for the misspelling squarely on the shoulders of the show organizers. That’s one side of the story I suppose. Y’all is a contraction between the words you and all. Ya’ll is inaccurate.
Overall, I’m glad I went to the show so I could discover what it was all about. But I won’t be going back again. It was simply too crowded. I will find my garden products online if necessary and derive inspiration from garden tours.
I was totally mad for a group of cool garden posters. Check the out here.
By far my most favorite display garden was designed by Terranova Landscape: "Old Dog, New Tricks".
There was a moss kitty cat and kitty box as well but the photos were too blurry to post. This puppy has great taste in art!
Vegetable raised bed.
Loved this water bucket flower holder.
Isn't this rustic fountain delightful?
Over in the vendor section I really loved these french flower buckets.
This was by far my favorite booth. She has such great style!
Another shot of the same booth.
This was an awesome booth too.
Great talent for display!
Did you visit the Southeastern Flower Show?
Great review! I'm glad you like our water bucket planter and the rustic fountain that Carl built. Sorry to hear that you thought that, overall, it was just too crowded to be enjoyable. Later in the day, around 4pm - 8pm, is less busy.
If you're interested, we put together a bunch of photos of our display, our design plan and a complete plant list: http://bit.ly/SEFlowerShow
We really hope to see you next year!
Posted by: Bloomngardens | March 22, 2013 at 11:02 AM