The Chicago Flower & Garden Show – Part 1

That was the longest I’ve ever gone between blogs, and I don’t like it. I’ve been super busy. I still need to tell you part 2 of Blue and Peggy’s big adventure at the Nashville Lawn and Garden Show, but that deserves a little extra time, so instead I’ll tell you about what I’ve been doing these last few weeks. My lovely and witty daughter Monica and I went to the Chicago Flower & Garden Show.

My favorite thing was this 14 feet tall, glass Agapanthus from last year’s Chelsey flower show. It was placed at the entrance to the show.

Monica took pictures for me, and I bought her this pretty pot of mixed succulents as a thank you.

The smiling lady who sold it to me worked for City Scents, and she gave me a great tip: use cactus soil when repotting succulents.

One of Monica’s favorite displays was this huge container tipping over and spilling succulents onto the ground. She took several pictures.

Watch out. The worlds of fashion and horticulture are colliding.

The theme of the show was ‘Flowers, fashion & fun: where the world of fashion and horticulture collide’. There were some spectacular table settings and home decorating ideas in addition to elaborate gardens. There is no way to show you everything in one blog, so I’ll focus on some things I thought were cool ideas in this blog, and show more pictures very soon. (I really need to post a little more frequently so I can get you caught up.)

Jesse would say, "Bangin!"

I love this combination of fragrant, blue hyacinths with spiky sweet flag.

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Cool mirror

I'm excited about getting chickens in 2013.

I already have a water lily, but I think I need another. Mike at Keystone Hatcheries told me this is Nymphaea ‘Evelyn Randig’.

Mr. Fantastic

Another thing I’ve been doing these last two weeks was writing an article on herbs for Alabama Gardener Magazine. Luckily for me, while I was at the Chicago show I stopped by the booth of Ted’s Greenhouse, and spoke to Ted’s friend Mr. Fantastic. (Some people call him Mel Zaloudek, but I prefer what was written on his name tag.) Mr. Fantastic helped me with my article and gave me his list of underused herbs: parsley, scented geraniums, the many flavors of mint, cilantro, yarrow, lemon grass and bay.

The day after getting back from Chicago, I left for the first of four 2012 girls’ weekends.

When people ask us, “What do you do on girls’ weekend?” we don’t know how to answer.

I hope you had a nice St. Patty’s day.