The 2019 Maine Flower Show

Last Friday, my buddy Heather From Massachusetts and I attended the Maine Flower Show in Portland, Maine. But before we even made it to the flower show, we hit up 2 bakeries and 2 antique stores along the way because you know, we could do that type of thing because we had both left our husbands at home. 😉

Also, Heather likes to stop at random places and is really good at making u-turns which are both excellent qualities to have in a friend if you ask me. I mean really, if one of our husbands were driving, there’s no way we would have been able to stop at so many random places along the way. You know, the places you don’t even know that exist until you drive past them and want to turn around and go for a look.

Plus, she doesn’t mind eating sticky pastries in the car. {This would NEVER happen if either of our husbands were in control of the vehicle}. Bahahaaaa. 😉

Heather also collects lip balm. {There wasn’t a dental pick in sight though}.

And doesn’t mind taking rides from strangers.

So! About that garden show…. Hobbit Holes. I think Lucy needs one!

And take a look at this walk-in coop! Wowza! It’s perfect for New England winters with it’s covered top and little bunk house for the hens. The lady from Champion Coops gave us a quick tour {why didn’t I take pictures of the inside of the coop! Gaaaa. Sorry about that}.

Tickets for the Maine Flower Show were $20 a pop. And you know what? Those tickets were worth every.single.penny. We got to the show about 30 minutes after the doors opened on the first day and let me tell you Bob, the place was hopping.

The venue was much smaller than the Connecticut Garden Show but the quality of garden displays was top notch and totally worth the ticket price.

Heather and I both thought this rock and wired planter was pretty cool {and it would be so easy to duplicate!}.

Pallet garden planter. I’ve made these before and they are super easy and fun to create.

Just look at those mushroom stone sculptures! How fun.

In addition to all the garden displays {and there were a ton, with all sorts of forced plantings} there were some garden related vendors and landscape companies there to promote their businesses as well.

Nice patio furniture… at a garden show. It’s exactly what you’d expect to see, right?

Face masks, not so much.

Fudge?

The peeps from the Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village were there with a wonderful collection of garden products, herbs, books, handmade brooms, lavender sachets and other fun stuff. I had to fight the urge to buy a redware platter and one of their handmade brooms.

The Shaker Village was on our list of places to visit last summer but we didn’t get around to it and I thought that if I bought something I might not get around to going there this summer. And well, I really want to take a broom making class and what do you know…. The Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village is offering a broom making class this summer. 🙂

Look at this sweet little Heidi Boyd kit. If only I had a 10 year old!!

The line for the ice cream was crazy and all the grannies were lined up waiting to get a scoop. If Heather and I hadn’t filled up with pastries right before we went inside, we probably would have been in that line too. What is it with New Englanders and ice cream anyway?

There were a lot of sedums for sale at the garden show. Several booths were offering them.

Vistabule Teardrop Trailers. Oh my word they are cute.

The 2019 Maine Flower Show. It was a huge hit and there was so much to see and something for everyone, including the kids. Heather and I are already looking forward to going back next year. This garden show was hands down, worth the admission price.

Have you been to any good garden shows this year {or maybe one in the past that you still find yourself talking about} do tell because if someone hadn’t mentioned the Maine flower show here on the blog, I would have totally missed it.

Have an awesome day everyone, enjoy the sunshine. 🙂

~Mavis