Northeast Gardening: Another Flower Show is History, 1 by gardenmart

gardenmart wrote:
Hey, folks. I leave DG for a couple of days and you get all excited. The seaport WTC is on Seaport boulevard which is right smack off Exit 25 in the Ted Williams Tunnel. It was so much easier to get to for me from Saugus since the ted entrance is right next to the airport in Revere. My son says this is South Boston. The T only goes to South Station then you would have to hop a Silver Line bus which stops right in front. Parking cost the same, except you had to use lots down the block.
I say interesting because I worked the flower show at the Bayside for 17 years. The Bayside was way larger area wise. They did discuss having it at the Convention Center, but it was way too large for our show. Which even a bayside sized one would have tucked neatly away in a corner of that big cave. It was a smaller show. though the vendors were on either side {I would have liked AmHort and Design in the main hall} they were way trimmed down due to space limitations and there weren't any window salesmen, and other less hortucultural vendors. I did miss some of the old exhibitors.
Also, it only went from Wednesday to Sunday. I miss the extra days. AmHort was smaller as there was only one entry day and a great number of the exhibit classes were not there. However, mine was!!
If there is an opportunity to hold this in a larger venue, I think they should do it. But MassHort is still without a director, and the show was put on by a private company cooperating with MassHort. Though the Flower Show boss was the person who ran it at the bayside for 12 years. All I can say was: it was different.
Here's another picture. This was an apple tree espaliered to the side of the Herb Society exhibit. It was lit just right and in perfect bloom. I thought it was lovely.
Martha