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I missed Canada Blooms

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Can you believe that I missed the biggest Horticultural event in Canada?

The “Canada Blooms” garden show happens every year in Toronto’s Convention center. It’s so big that if you really want to see all of the different landscapes that the show creators have put together, and stop at every single booth you need at least two days to see the show. Not to mention the fact that you could also attend speeches by TV gardening show celebs, master gardeners, and book authors.


You know when the show was? It was last weekend – March 7th through the 11th.

I had been keeping my eye out for news of the show but I guess I got too busy and forgot about it just when I should have been paying closer attention.

If I’d managed to attend the show I would have brought my camera so I could show you just how large the show really is. I would have also been able to show you through photos some of the new trends in gardening that are expected to be big hits this year.

I bet I would have had a whole week of articles to write about the show.

Ok, well, if you are still reading this blog next February can you remind me to go to the show next year? Believe me, with the wealth of information that I’d get at the show it’d be in your best interest to remind me to attend so that I can pass all that great info on to you, my regular readers.






The Gardening shows will be upon us soon

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Now that the active gardening season in this area is dying down – well other than all the work we still have to do to put our gardens to bed I mean – I started thinking about all the Home and Garden shows that will occur over the next 6 months.

Do you like going to those kinds of shows? There’s a huge one called Garden Blooms that’s held here in Toronto each March. I love attending that one, even though the cost of getting in is a bit expensive. If you’re really savvy when you go to these shows you can take advantage of some of the cheap promotional advertising that the various booths do to get you to buy more expensive products. You know – buy a plant and get a couple of free seed packages (often carrot seeds for some reason), Buy two plants get a third for free. Yes that kind of thing. I’ve found that if you pick some plants that are a little bit past their prime sometimes they’ll give you an extra one free or give you a little bit of a discount.

The home and Garden shows often have seminars and lectures that you can attend while you are there, free of charge. I’ve seen some of my favorite HGTV gardening personalities at some of these lectures. Next year, depending upon how I’m feeling I might get busy and grow a number of plants in the spring that I can sell to others – perhaps online. I’m hoping that while I’m attending one of these shows or one of the lectures that I might pick up some advertising tips from others that have created small businesses out of their gardening hobby.

If you go to the gardening shows what kinds of things do you buy there? I often get garden ornaments made by metal work artists, pottery figurines, a few plants or bulbs, and often some seed packages. Occasionally I’ve found items that make fun office gifts for my co-workers or friends too. The figurines, table top water falls or soothing music machines work well for those kind of gifts.

I’d love to know if you attend Home and Gardening shows? If you do, do you purchase items there, listen to lectures or just look around and get ideas for your own garden?

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