Redwood Ryan
Masterpiece
This weekend was the PBA festival at the National Arboretum in D.C. I went yesterday since today is Mom's Day.
Let's just say this...it was ugly. The vendors typically setup under a big tent next to the national collection and sell their trees, pots, etc., but this year they weren't able to do that. They had set up, but then chased out from the tent due to structural issues, or something of that nature.
They basically made the vendors take everything down and setup in random places. This unfortunately chased away quite a few of the vendors including Hank Miller, who I was looking forward to greatly. He may be up there today, but I'm not in town so I'll miss that.
Long story short: it was an embarrassment on behalf of the arboretum and many vendors just left. Very poorly executed.
I did grab some shots of the national collection for those interested.
Let's just say this...it was ugly. The vendors typically setup under a big tent next to the national collection and sell their trees, pots, etc., but this year they weren't able to do that. They had set up, but then chased out from the tent due to structural issues, or something of that nature.
They basically made the vendors take everything down and setup in random places. This unfortunately chased away quite a few of the vendors including Hank Miller, who I was looking forward to greatly. He may be up there today, but I'm not in town so I'll miss that.
Long story short: it was an embarrassment on behalf of the arboretum and many vendors just left. Very poorly executed.
I did grab some shots of the national collection for those interested.