Wichita Garden Show - first day

I went to the Wichita Garden Show on opening day during lunch. I learned two things right away:

1) Don't be the first one in the door on opening day because a lot of the booths are not 100% setup.

2) Be the first one in the door on opening day because a lot of the vendors have specials for the first x many customers.

Of course, it took all of 10 minutes to run into the booth with the gizmo I could not live without.


Here are some pictures from their website ( I will be posting my own as soon as I open the box):

























I also saw these two really cool Bonsai trees made from Bougainvillea plants at the Wichita Bonsai Club's booth:

This one is an actual bonsai tree:


This one is a Bougainvillea supported by a rigid metal coil. If you look closely you can see the metal coil that wraps around the trunk of the plant. Being rigid , it props the plant up:



I bought a pass for all 4 days because I want to come back on Saturday and really take time to look around.

Correction - It is the Wichita GARDEN show

I just had to post this quick correction. It is NOT the Wichita Home and Garden Show, it is the Wichita GARDEN show and it is primarily about gardens.
The theme this year is The GIVING Garden. I can't wait to see what that means.
It starts today and since it is practically next door to my job, I am going there during lunch. Wohoo!