Garden Show Finds

You can tell that spring is just around the corner when the garden shows start popping up. This year, we were lucky enough to get to four. In February, we hit two in Cleveland and one in Akron, and this past Saturday we took a trip down to Columbus for the Central Ohio Home and Garden Show. We made a day of it, starting off at the North Market, which is an emporium of eateries, food purveyors, and a few clothing and household goods vendors. I spotted some Fiestaware, but at the prices they were asking, we decided a trip to the outlet store in Newell W.V. would actually be more economical. But we found a great place to eat breakfast, and Jim took lots of pictures, as usual. Check out his blog in the next couple of days for several in-depth posts about the market, the garden show and the cute restaurant we ate lunch at.

The show was held at the state fairgrounds, in two buildings connected by a tented walkway. The garden “part” was in one and the home-related in the other. We almost missed the “home” section, until someone we were chatting with told us about it. The garden part of the show was different than what we had seen before. The show had an overall theme, art in the garden or something like that, which the display gardens reflected. That made it a little more interesting as we walked through the displays. There weren't as many garden vendors as at other shows we've been to, but I still managed to find a couple of cute items. Oh, and Jim made a new friend.

This will look cute in the sunroom.

More yard art.

Jim and friend.