nashville lawn and garden extravaganza

what a weekend!  the lawn and garden show was a lot of fun to both attend and to work.  so many friendly people that like us, are garden happy.  darry volunteered to give a talk on cultivating mushrooms on sunday and i went along as photographer.  a small group turned out to hear what he had to say, but never the less, he had a great time of it.  it's too bad that the mushroom kit he started had not yet begun to sprout mushrooms  but if it should do so this week, we will bring it to thursdays monthly meeting.

darry showing off the spore print from a portobello and explaining the importance of taking spore prints in identifying mushrooms as well as how to actually make one.

darry chatting with more enthusiastic mushroom fans.

on his way back to the main lecture hall, jeff poppen stopped by and let me take darry's picture with him.  what a nice guy, the lecture was fun and we enjoyed the chance to listen to his garden wisdom and answer any questions the audience threw at him!

many members of the davidson county master gardeners banded together to create the beautiful displays.  from building fences, laying bricks and beds to painting the murals. they did a wonderful job, it was an impressive sight.

the theme was yards of flavor and each part of the display had a theme.  there were 4 displays to look at and each contained items that were part of a silent auction.

one of my favorite things, a lasagna garden!

yet another beautiful display by the dcmg!

is it any wonder that the dcmg was awarded the best show theme award?  congratulations to all of the members who worked hard to make this show possible.  your hard work payed off!