The Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show is really popular and many people look forward this event each year. There is an even more popular flower and garden show held annually in Chelsea, where the Queen attends.
Flowers and plants are transported to these events and they are placed in refrigerated containers until the time comes for them to shine. Unfortunately, the ones past their prime are discarded. I think it can be quite a wasteful event... Imagine the squealing of the thousands of tortured flowers as they are left in the dump.
This is our first visit to the Show at the Melbourne Exhibition Building in Carlton, an ad hoc decision made on a weekend that looked dangerously boring otherwise. The entry fee was $30 per person, equivalent to around 5 bunches of flowers in a market (since we are on the flower theme).
There are flowers on display in the gardens as well as in the Exhibition building. There were products for sale such as vases, knick knacks, gardening products, plants of course, aquariums, etc. There were also an art exhibition, floral arrangements, talks on various topics such as ikebana, garden care etc.
This aquarium is for sale. It's so peaceful looking at the fishes swimming around...
Full house at the Show! We saw many varieties of plants and flowers that were new to us, but because it was autumn with winter coming soon, it was not appealing to buy any. Most of these flowers cost a lot, because one simply cannot go to Bunnings and buy a $5 pot of it. The flowers are grown by certain nurseries only and in order to get them, you had to buy it at the Show or by mail order.
I realised one thing about myself during the Show, I am not into flowers that much. I prefer to have edible plants such as fruit trees or vegetables in my garden. Sure, pedigreed flowers are pretty and exotic but nothing beats the practicality of being able to quite literally, eat the fruits of one's labour!
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