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Southeastern Flower Show

Each year in Atlanta the SE Flower Show is held and always at a good time. When the winter blues and blahs are at their peak you can go and see lovely blooming things and the work of numerous landscapers. It is a lovely event ant the amount of landscape and hardscape materials brought into the hall is staggering. There are all kinds of blooming plants, full grown trees and shrubs, stone walkways, fences, garden sheds and of course fountains or ponds in almost every display. There are also lectures by experts, displays of plants and arrangements by individuals and lots of shops for all kinds of garden stuff and plants. It is held at the Georgia World Congress Center in downtown Atlanta. Admission is a bit steep at $18 per person.

We were particularly interested in the show in 2006 and 2007 as one of the up and coming landscapers in the area, Matt Klyn, is a friend of the family and has done the landscape at the front of our house. In 2006 his garden won Best in Show and this year he won 3 nice awards as well. He was a little disappointed not to win Best in Show again but was very gracious concerning the creativity and work that the winner had put into his entry. Matt's garden this year was inspired by a vacation in the Virgin Islands and featured a French Polynesian garden which you can see in some of the photos.

Website: http://www.flowershow.org

Aboriginal art in East Atlanta Neighborhoods Review

I have another tip on the Australian Bakery in East Atlanta but one of the neatest thing about it is that the owners somehow made contact with a local artist who is actually an aboriginal from Australia. They invited her to do the mural shown in the photo on the side of the restaurant. She in turn invited local residents to participate in the creation by putting their handprints on the mural as well. What a wonderful addition to this neat neighborhood.

463 Flat Shoals Road. Just east of Moreland Avenue and just north of Glenwood.