Garden Show

The Flower and Garden Show is on again and today was a beautiful day for it:

Blue skies, warm sunshine, and lovely things to look at everywhere. I didn't see anything outstandingly new or unusual this year, but that didn't matter. I bumped into a couple of friends (Hi Mary!), and looked at all the display gardens. There seemed to be larger gaps between the booths this year (fewer participants perhaps), but I was glad to be able to go on a less crowded weekday this year, instead of the weekend as I have the last couple of times.

The floristry displays aren't usually my favourite section, but this year a couple of them caught my eye. This rainbow of origami cranes was quite striking, although the flowers seem more like an afterthought:

I was not alone in choosing this as my favourite display:

Gold prize winner by North St Flowers, "Floral Design & Event Stylists". It is streets ahead of the competition! One photo can't show all the delightful details, so if you are at the show, go inside and check it out.