All right, garden-lovers.  The question of the day is:  What can you grow in cement?  We’re not talking about that hard, dry, sun-baked red clay that passes for our soil here in Georgia.  It is cement-like, but for today’s purposes, we’re asking, what can you grow in REAL cement?

Answer:  Nothing, of course!  If you said anything else, it’s back to Green Thumbs 101 for you.

But you’ll THINK flowers grow in cement, along with leafy trees, fabulous shrubs, willowy grasses, tropicals, bulbs, perennials, veggies, and much more, when you see the landscapes on display at the 2009 Southeastern Flower Show.

Are those hyacinths blooming from the cement floor in the Cobb Galleria?

If you’ve visited the show in years past, you know what’s in store.  Experienced landscapers and designers haul in tons of dirt, truckloads of sod, and acres of plant materials to create indoor gardens that rival anything you’d find outside.  All these amazing gardenscapes look as if they’d sprouted right up out of the cement floors of the building.

When you come to the show and find a landscape you like, feel free to stop and talk to the designers, who are often on hand, or pick up a list of plants they’ve used to create the scene.  You’ll take home lots of inspiration as well as practical ideas for re-creating that beauty in your own backyard.

Keep watching this space.  Soon we’ll be giving you some sneak-peeks behind the scenes, at how these indoor landscapes are created for the show!

cheers,

Lynn