Garden of delights

We attended the NW Flower & Garden Show, supposedly in its VERY LAST YEAR. I read somewhere the company that puts it on has had 35 inquiries about buying it, but many signs at the show read "last year." Which is sad, because how can you NOT have a garden show in a major city in the Pacific Northwest? It'd be like not selling umbrellas or recycling containers (both of which were for sale at the show).

A definite highlight was a sale by Lucca, the super-swanky garden statuary store (mentioned often in the New York Times). All items were marked down from wholesale. They had a wee booth that was bursting with people. I had to dodge elbows to get to the gargoyles. I was sorely tempted to buy either a gargoyle ($11) or a large St. Francis with bird feeder ($54).
I think I will kick myself now.

I went home with a gift for my mom and a small heather plant, a participant in the Great Experiment that is the barren strip next to the driveway. Stay tuned.