Amazing events on an April Saturday in New Orleans

Events from City Park to the French Quarter and the Marigny exploded today. Selecting which event(s) to attend presented quite a conundrum. Randy and I elected to attend the Spring Garden Show at the 1,300 acre City Park. The Pavillion of the Two Sisters is the center of this floral extravaganza. Flowers, plants, art, garden accessories and amazing local gardeners gather at this venue to share their talents, beauty and gifts. In this city ,we all like to get our hands dirty and create beautiful spaces in our homes and yards.
Fabulous creative people made and sale their ideas at this annual event. A potter made special V-shaped wall hangers for coffee filters. Planters, and plants came in so many shapes and sizes that all could not adequately be absorbed. I bought a garden hose stand made out of sturdy non-rusting metal that stands like a sentinel in my yard.
Randy purchased an antique rose bush that his mother has been searching for. I bought a golden orange bougainvillaea off of Gabriell's truck before he could bring it into the show. We were helping him unload his truck after we borrowed his cart to haul our first round of purchases to the car.
Our second round brought us to see the stained glass work of Mr. Fred, and the floor mats and cutting boards next to another new potter.
Many other delightful plants were purchased which we loaded into the back of Randy's SUV. Thank God for inventive Japanese hatch backs with all sorts of detachable options!

Lunching at the Parkway Bakery allowed us to share a very juicy roast beef poor-boy sandwich. If you have never eaten one, it is necessary to have at least 6 napkins to absorb all of the juice. I saved a little snack on the knees of my pants. How I dripped juice there is still a mystery. I guess one has to be totally committed to eating one bite at a time not to carry home a reminder of lunch.
We watched three little girls come in to the restaurant with their Easter dresses and baskets filled. They enjoyed the hunt in the sculpture Garden, also in City Park. I hope that they ate something a little less juicy and were able to keep those pretty pink dresses clean.

While driving home we chatted about the Ferret Street Festival and the Francophone Festivals that were rocking other neighborhoods today.
There was also a tour of gardens and homes on the Marigny that we could have attended. All of this and the WWE 30th tour is in town. There are no hotel rooms to be found. What an amazing city.











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