Since the other blogger in the family (the one who actually pays the bills) writes about cars, there’s a small portion of my brain that was keeping a lookout for them among all the plants at the NW Flower & Garden show.
One of the show gardens, “A Garden I Love” (designed by Adam Gorski), is a whimsical story of a granny who obsessively tinkers with her cherry-red ‘67 Mustang, and whose garden echoes the bold color of the car. I believe that is a coral-bark maple in the background.
The kids’ area of the show was partially sponsored by Dream Turf, a somewhat frighteningly lifelike-looking faux grass product. A huge area of the convention center was covered in the turf, as well as this promotional VW Bug.
A segment of the children’s area was devoted to little dioramas and other miniature gardens kids had fashioned. This was one of the larger examples, a golf cart partially covered in soil and plants.
The world-famous Butchart Gardens in Victoria, BC is launching a new carousel exhibit. They brought the zebra down to Seattle for a brief visit. My daughter is a big carousel fan, so we may need to make a trip up there this summer.
These dolls (Priscilla and Elvis??) got a witty mod makeover and were seated in their very own miniature terrace garden. Nice Vespa, man!
Finally, I wasn’t sure whether this particular “Show Special” was for real or not. Anyone need a bulldozer?
Cute!
And ONLY 33,999.99. Sure I’ll take one! Nice pictures and prose. Sounds like you had a great time. Buy any plants?
Some clever & creative displays! I love the VW bug covered in fescue (?). Talk about a green car. lol
I think my favorite is the zebra! I’m hoping we’ll make it to Butchart Gardens this summer too. I wonder if they will actually sell the bulldozer?
My little guy loved the bug and tried to take golf balls from around the cart.
It sounds like the show was a blast. I like the “granny car display” best, I think…
It was pretty wacky. Overwhelming, at times! Helps me to break it down into little pieces to process it. That Mustang really was a beauty!
She is real, pearl smith lives in Langley Washington
Thanks for the correction! I changed it in the post. Guess I interpreted the show brochure copy wrong, sorry!
I must say that the bug and golf cart are so Berkeley.
Yeah, lots of great “art cars” there!
What a fun post! My high school boyfriend had a candy apple red mustang that looked just like that one in the top photo!
Have you been to the carousel museum in Sandusky Ohio? A fun place to visit for merry-go-round enthusiasts.
Never been there, nor to Ohio at all. Maybe one for the future travel file, thanks for the tip!
So fun to see the pics of the show! If this is indeed the last NWFGS I’m going to be bummed that we missed it. But I remember last year feeling torn that we were indoors at the show when it was a gloriously sunny day outside. This year we were actually out in our garden on Fri. & Sat. Peas are going in today! Of course, next week we’ll probably get another Snopocalypse!
Curmudgeon – Eh, you guys did the right thing. You can just look at the pretty pics and skip the crowds, plus you did REAL gardening when we were all stuck inside on a sunny day! That really was ironic for those of us who attended. Hooray for peas!