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Friday, February 27, 2009

Flower show preview

I'm here at the Pennsylvania Convention Center to check on the flower show setup. Sam Lemheney, the show's designer, is amazingly calm. This is sort of like Christmas Eve in Santa's workshop, the day before lift-off for NASA and every other stressful metaphor you can think of. I'm in the media tent just outside the show hall, but like the rest of what's happening here, it's not quite set up yet. Walking in, I didn't get that trademark whiff of hyacinths that signals the start of show week. Instead ... and maybe I'm imagining this, given the Italian theme, I swear I smelled meatballs. No kidding! I walked by DiBruno Brothers, who are setting up shop on the bridge, and it really did smell like a meatball sub. Gotta check that out later! Meanwhile, I'll take a cruise through the show and come back later to let you know how it's going. Ciao!
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About Virginia A. Smith
Ginny Smith, a Philadelphia native, worked as a reporter at newspapers in New York, Connecticut and Ohio – with six short months at the end of the Bulletin tossed in – before returning to Philadelphia in 1985 to join the Inquirer. Her favorite beats here have included Center City, roving around Pennsylvania (and getting paid for it!) and alternative medicine. She’s also been City Editor and Pennsylvania Editor. Ginny has been happily writing – and learning - about gardening fulltime since 2006. She’s won two silver medals of achievement from the national Garden Writers Association and in 2011, Bartram’s Garden honored her with its Green Exemplar award for her stories about “the region’s deeply rooted horticultural history, cultural attractions and bountiful gardens.”
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