each year when the state fair comes to nashville, the master gardeners maintain a booth. this year was no different except that it will be the last time we do it in nashville. the mayor announced last week that the city of nashville will no longer host the fair. talk around town is that the land will be sold for development, the city needs the revenue and the fair and auto racing as well as other events held there do not produce enough revenue so the land must go. too bad, it will be missed by many. although we had stopped attending because the quality had suffered in recent years and the prices had skyrocketed as well, we walked around this year and saw a definite improvement that made this a decision a slightly bitter one to swallow.
the booth for the master gardeners was well done, thanks to mike lannom and sue mcginnis. there was also a friendly competition between members to see who could make the best container garden with 4 catagories to choose from and everyone who visited the booth was invited to fill out a ballot.
the front of the booth
a large container that was actually a wheel barrow
one of my favorites
this one was placed by the entrance to the booth and it was very well done
another cute arrangement in a miniature wheel barrow
this one was very unique
how can you not like gnomes?
clever use of old shoes
the big draw for the booth, a display of carniverous plants. we had a lot of traffic due to this display, many came in just to see them and ended up seeing a whole lot more!
across from our booth was the nashville area beekeepers association. here you see fellow master gardener jim miles, who is also a naba member, encouraging this group to taste some different honey samples. jim is one of our faithful demo garden volunteers and he maintains the bee nectar garden all by himself. 
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