Anything really stand out to you this year Steve?

And, what did you buy at Reading Terminal??? ;-))

The orchid displays and competitive classes were the highlights. We bought some fruit, veggies, and chickpea flour at the Reading Market. There are many vendors and a few sit down eateries at the market.

Thanks (I bleed Cheez Wiz and Temple Cherry and White, so I know Reading Terminal Market very well...)!

I'm sad that I won't be able to make it this year. I'm out of town.

Anyone else notice the incredible PNC wall, stuffed with every conceivable small
se*dum, moss, fern, even tiarella and heuchera. . .just a masterful creation,
cascading down a pile of discarded junk - storage boxes, an old bulldozer tread,
two deep pools in corragated tin, broken pipe, crates and barrels - but all of it
gloriously ALIVE! I must have spent half-an-hour poring over every detail,
and even returned at the end of my nine-hour day to marvel at it all over again.

As a gar*dener, those are the displays I relish. . .most of the stuff put up by the increasing numbers of floral designers, party planners and florists can be
highly theatrical - it's the Wow! factor that much of the general public responds to - and while some of them are stunning, they don't really expand
my world as a gardener. C'est la guerre. . .

I spent the day there today - thought I was going to have to miss it but I got a day off. It was a nice show - not the most spectacular one I've seen but I thought the large exhibits were more interesting than they sometimes are.

It didn't seem very crowded for a Sunday in nice weather. Not a good sign.

Was it my imagination or were the horticultural classes a lot bigger this year than they usually are? That's my favorite part, anyway. And I caught the tail end of Dr. Barad giving a little demo on propagating succulents. Very cool.

WW

Oh wow. It's almost like Old Home Week. I miss seeing all your posts. Seems like we mostly get spam now.

I thought it was crowded on Sunday. I had to wait online to get into the exhibits, even at the end of the show. Sometimes I could barely move.
I really enjoyed the PNC display too.

I'm ready to hunt down some old treads.

And any other industrial waste I can find.

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