Hi, everyone! I have a post-pandemic treat t o share with you all today.
This year the big spring flower show has resumed after two years of Covid. This is the big nursery about 45 minutes away on the ''North Shore", made famous by writer Nelson deMille in his thriller/ bestseller "Gold Coast". [bad guy cute-meets good guy buying lawn fertilizer, lol.] I went with friends, a special spring tradition for us all
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I'll mostly just let you walk through the displays, photo heavy post. This year's theme was Summer Gardens in NYC and surrounding areas. "Manhattan to Montauk"
The Brooklyn roof or courtyard garden was beautiful!
Tropicals and succulents as you enter:
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Rooms/ deck design. This is my dream furniture.
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So comfy yet chic for sewing hour, for me and Mo!
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Hamptons?
Montauk. Blue flowers are so rare.
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Tempting seed selection, huge choice:
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I always love the water features and ponds:
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This was interesting, though I never found out what the petals are that create the obelisk. This is the water tower/ lighthouse/ obelisk that is located on one of the great large public beaches here. A 1930s WPA project. I actually made it as a quilt block for my sporadically sewed on Lighthouses quilt project.
Driving north to head east it's the landmark of the rotary to go to the big flea, or thrift shops, biggest malls, etc. In the Google images you can see my bridges I often mention, winding off to the ocean's shoreline.
Easter and spring have their own big greenhouse display:
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The photos don't really show it but the venue was very crowded, a bit disorienting as I have not been out much in recent years. Some masks, some not. This wonderful show is FREE!
I hope you enjoyed our outing!
love
lizzy
gone to the beach...
back home, are those forsythia buds I see?
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Thanks so much for bringing us all along on your flower show jaunt!! A wonderful preview of spring;))
ReplyDeleteI loved those stone bunnies..I could almost smell the lovely flowers...hugs for a great weekend, Julierose
What a fun day for you thanks for sharing all those beautiful blooms.
ReplyDeleteWow, the flower show was beautiful! I'm not surprised it was busy, I'm sure EVERYONE is tired of staying home and the show was very attractive. LOL, I would have loved to see Mo "meet" the pug statue, that could have been funny...and the stature was really cute. I love water features, too! Long ago I taught a free class a few times at the library about making fountains from flower pots, which is fun if you have an electric outlet outside. Our house doesn't. :(
ReplyDeleteThe obelisk is really interesting! Makes a good landmark! The one at the flower show was impressive, too, very good likeness and like you I'd love to know what petals they used.
No fairy gardens this year? Or maybe just too much to see and you didn't get to them, lol.
Thanks so much for sharing!! And I'm glad you got to go!
A lovely outing to your flower show. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteThe clever combination of blue and white flowers work so well, as do the 'Gone to the Beach'star cushions. Perfect.
Energy and beauty in that flower show for sure. Thank you for sharing your photos - looked like a really fun outing!
ReplyDeleteSo exciting to get back to some traditions! What a lovely show with so many great ideas!
ReplyDeleteThis was a delightful post, Lizzy. Spring is definitely in the air, most specifically at your beautiful nursery. There is a nursery near the grocery store where we shop. I don't visit often but this post reminds me that I should stop by one of these days. I have no green thumb and often get rashes on my hands from plants so I tend to mostly avoid planting and gardening. But I enjoy your photos!
ReplyDeleteWow! How fun was that?! So pretty, and such interesting displays. The obelisk is really cool, the display, and the real one. You all must have had a wonderful day. Thanks so much for sharing with us.
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