Hi Stephen,

I haven't been to the one in Peterborough but have heard good things about it. As for Canada Blooms, it depends what you're looking for really.

The pros of Canada Blooms are a) that wonderful earthy, flowery smell of spring as you enter the show
b)the beautiful display gardens with masses of spring bulbs, flowering shrubs and trees
c) the marketplace where you can buy all sorts of "stuff" for your garden

But for me, the show has always been kind of disappointing. I'm not into garden design per se. My real love is plants and I'm especially interested in rare and unusual plants. The show does claim to have all the new and exciting plants for the year, but they're all readily available at the garden centres and I'm looking for the hard to get varieties.

Generally, I guess if you're interested in garden design Canada Blooms is great. Otherwise it's kind of ho hum...in my humble opinion..

Debs

Debs,

You're right. I went to it yesterday. Lots of spring flowers that you smell but no too many vendors. I was hoping to find seeds that aren't available in stores yet. I believe the show in Peterborough has more of a selection and more vendors. I'll go to it when it's on since I only live 15 minutes south of it. Plus admission is a lot less.
A lady was doing a survey about Canada Blooms 30 minutes after we arrived there. She asked if there is anything they could change about Canada Blooms. I told her the name, Canada Blooms. I didn't know about the show until a lady was speaking to her husband in Canadian Tire and mentioned it. So I asked her about it to get more info.

Hi I live close to Peterborough also and I think the
Evinrude center show is excellent can't wait for April.