We love flower shows. We especially love shows that are also competitions. Add to that, a competition between high school students and we have found our happy place. Sapporo has been very generous with two massive rose gardens and numerous flower pots all over town and we are in flower heaven. Now a six block long flower festival and we are going to need supplementary oxygen due to our accentuated excitement levels ....
A slide in the park
Tents are up and filled with goodies
These planted beds are part of the competition
The variety was amazing
Pop goes the poppy
Plants for sale
So many roses
Flowers of every color
Daisy delight
Blast of blue
So cheerful
The camera man's job is never done
The threat of rain kept away some folks
A fiber dog
These were unique
Several sections of the park were devoted to the festival
These displays were fun
Smaller and more like a bouquet
A great balance between the darks and the lights
Red and green
Fun edges to the pedals
Placed in a woven reed basket
Hang it on the wall
Blam!
Also hanging on the wall
A black frame
A tower of pots
How best to model bridal bouquets
A new scarf
A new pendant
More stand alone plantings
Some larger than others
Sweet
Great variety
A sundial?
Love these!
Back to the large beds
An outhouse or a gardeners shed?
In addition to the planted beds, there are these themed booths
One of the many fountains
A tad bit scary
Nice stump work
Froggy
Puddles
Robots
Take me to your gardener...
Laying bricks
Rusting away
Koalas!
23 skidoo
The dogs like it too
Cranes on the vane?
So much variety
Flower shaped made of flowers
Wooden constructions in the middle
A big blue wave
WTF?
Wooden folk playing a flower game
A river runs through it
Hollyhocks
Multi leveled
Watermelon?
A swing
Colored pencils
A river of sake?
Amorphous shapes
Another river
Love these fuzzy things
The big cat is back
Some huge rocks
Very angular
this guy wanted to use my camera to take my picture. I tried to show him that the screen flips up
So selfies are quick and easy
But he insisted on taking my photo!
Hoop baby hoop
Bouquets!
Giant fries!
Have cow suit, will travel
Stick pencils
So many pre-mixed gin drinks
The long threatened rain finally starts falling
Our purchase is so beautiful
