Holland. Flowering the World. Strolling to the finish line
OK, I hear what you’re thinking. “Whoa. Not going to that show. Ever!” Before you panic, I’m probably not your average visitor. I mean, I do blog about these things. I tend to take it all in a lot more slowly than the average bear. I wander around. I look at things, take some photos, stare a while, move off, come back, take a few more photos, circle one way and then back the other. Angles are important. I sit. Think. Sip my coffee. Realize I want to check my impressions of something so I’m off again.
You get the point. Which is why it always takes me two or three days. Which is counting the market place. I don’t seem to come away from the vendors without finding a gardening treasure or two. This year it was a handy diamond-embedded file for sharpening serrated blades from the ➤ Wildflower Seed & Tool Company. Useful for the garden and the kitchen. Who knew. The show’s big. Really big. There’s lots to see. The best thing is that you really can take it all in at your own pace. Focus on what you want. But do see it.
Tulipmania!
Tablescapes. Top: After the Royal Feast from the Four Counties Garden Club.
Below: Soesttdijk Palace: Bringing Downstairs Upstairs from the Rose Tree Gardeners. 
Ikebana from Ikebana International Philadelphia Chapter 71 of Sewell, New Jersey.
The Bulb from Flowers by David of Langhorne, Pennsylvania.
Japan Flowers and Plants Export Association of Osaka, Japan.
Windowsills. Collection of Color. Inspired by the Flower Fields of Holland.
Balconies. Flowers Among Towers from the Heatherwood Retirement Communi Garden Club,
The Art of Horticulture from the Huntingdon Valley Garden Club,
Bali Ha’i from Costello Prep / Pinelands,
and Anneke’s New Garden from the Moorsetown Garden Club,
Challenge Class. Impressions: Windmills of the Mind.