Did I do enough complaining on the previous page? The one about the
big city Flower and Patio Shows?
The next day after the $24 disaster that was the Indianapolis Flower and
Patio Show we were coming back from Saturday grocery shopping.
There was a little sign on the road that said, "Garden Fest - National Guard Armory".
We looked at each other and just burst out laughing. "How's the temper?",
says he. "How's the blood pressure?", ask I.
We concluded and agreed that absolutely NOTHING could be as bad as the
previous day's bust up bad citified garden show so we turned in.
The National Guard Armory in Martinsville, Indiana is more than a
concrete block building with trucks, equipment and darned cute soldiers with
short hair cuts and good posture. It is a favorite meeting place for
community events and we were delighted with last weekend's garden show.
I can tell you right now that the little garden show in Martinsville was
the nicest I've been to and the most fun we've had in a great long time.
For those who like antique-ish garden decor, they had the real thing.
None of that 'faux aged patina' thing. You know what I'm talking about?
The stuff some guy hits with a log chain to batter it up and then spills
several layers of paint to make it look more really old?
They had the real thing! Broken up twisted metal, old wooden doors
and raw wood bluebird houses (I got one of these). One vendor even had a
small green-house made entirely of old windows put together.
Talk about COOL!!!
There was a young girl selling day lilies freshly dug from her mother's
garden. She had them all labeled, named and even had photos to go with each
tuber category. She looked young, I'd say about 14 at best.
Obviously home schooled, polite, charming, knowledgeable. I'll tell
you how much she delighted me. I have about oh, maybe thousands of day
lilies on my property. Many of them begging to be dug up and spread about.
I kid you not, I was so charmed by this girlI bought several of hers for $5
each.
There was another booth with daffodils that looked like they had been dug
up the same morning. They got $2 each for them and I was calculating how
many hundreds of dollars in daffodils I had given away two days earlier.
The Purdue Extension Master Gardeners were on hand to answer questions and the one lecture
going on was standing room only! The food wasn't that expensive but they
still didn't have corn dogs.
See more of the Morgan County Master Gardener's Association, Inc at
www.mcmastergardeners.org
Saving the best for last. We found our one fun new thing at the
little garden show down the road a piece. And YOU won't believe your
eyes........Tea Cups On A Stick HERE
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