It is hard to believe that Saturday was such a nice day, because it is freezing this morning, 37 degrees when we woke up, and there is snow to the west of us in the Blue Ridge mountains. This is why you don't plant annuals before May 1! Gillian and I went to the Leesburg Garden Fair on Saturday and it was a beautiful sunny day. We love this fair--we have gone for many years and always find some good garden goodies. There are lots of plants for sale and people walk around with their wagons and fill them up with plants. It was pretty crowded, probably because it was a beautiful day and rain was forecast for Sunday. The main streets of Leesburg are closed off, and vendors set up along the streets, along with landscape companies that construct actual gardens, and of course there is music, food, children's activities, etc. It was a perfect day to wander around Leesburg and look at plants and garden tools, accessories, art, and pretty houses, too. All the shops in town have garden-related signs and flowers in their windows.
We both loved this pretty yellow house on one of the side streets. It has a gorgeous boxwood path up to the front door and stone walls in front of it. Gillian is standing in front of the stone wall .
And you know me and garden markers. Looooved these.
Several booths had gourd birdhouses and even some gourd planters. I can't imagine these will last more than one season. Won't they rot with all that damp soil?
These glass hummingbird feeders were kind of cute.
Some pretty pottery amid the flowers.
We loved this chartreusey spiderwort with the purple salvia behind.
One vendor had a table full of these miniature garden vignettes. So cute.
And here is what I brought home and is now hanging in my yard!
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