The Cincinnati Flower Show has officially started.

While that statement might not mean a whole hell of a lot to many people, most in the horticulture industry are pretty excited right now.

Thursday I came home to Cincinnati, jumped into an Isuzu with my mom, our coworker, and several carts containing our exhibits, and drove down to Coney Island to begin the million hour-long set-up process.

No one would believe how long it actually takes to set up a container garden exhibit. But it was still fun. It was a gorgeous day--the sun setting on Lake Como with thousands of flowers blooming around it.

Judging was yesterday, and my mom and I got an early start down to the show to add the finishing touches on our exhibit.

It turns out all that time and effort paid off in the end--we got a gold medal. Our coworker also got a gold medal.

And now I'm running out the door to get my brother to his baseball game--out in the middle of nowhere, of course...