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IvanStarokapustin t1_javzvje wrote

The flower show was on a downward slide before Covid. My wife was a very loyal attendee but we stopped going after a while. More and more of the show was taken up by vendors than exhibits over the years. And not even plant vendors.

If you haven’t seen the show other than the outdoor thing, might as well give it a go and judge for yourself. But I’ll pass.

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RowdySuperBigGulp t1_jaw4zh5 wrote

I haven’t been in over a decade what are the vendors trying to sell?

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IvanStarokapustin t1_jawaaq5 wrote

Sometimes plant stuff, flower food, etc. other stuff is Shamwows, cleaning solutions. Same crap you see at other shows. A lot of the exhibits are landscapers so “flower show” in some ways is a bit of a misnomer anyway.

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RowdySuperBigGulp t1_jawany1 wrote

Okay at least it’s flower related, I’m not sure what I was thinking , I was thinking like Knick Knacks and stuff.

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IvanStarokapustin t1_jawb3u5 wrote

It’s fine if that’s what you’re going for. But if they’re asking people to drop some meaningful $$$ for a flower show and a third of the floor is people selling crap from Billy Mays infomercials, I’m sort of passing.

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RowdySuperBigGulp t1_jawcxq1 wrote

It’s been a long time since I was there, the last time they had a bunch of those bushes that were cut up to look like dragons and animals and other stuff. I thought that was pretty cool . I’m probably not going to be buying anything , maybe a house plant or something if I found ow that was cheap and looked cool.

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calebnf t1_jaxf83x wrote

Yeah I went when they had it at FDR park in the summer. Besides being hot as fuck, I also thought that way too much of the space was being taken up by vendors. I had never been before, but that was very disappointing.

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riotincandyland t1_jaxa038 wrote

Do the vendors sell flowers? Or can you buy actual flowers there?

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IvanStarokapustin t1_jaxavxg wrote

They sells seeds and bulbs. Or at least they did. Probably a couple of flowers around. They have some flower pots. My wife got inspired to do a banzai tree some years ago and bought some various supplies for that.

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