I am getting ready to landscape a shade garden area for my brother. My parents knew of a place that was having a huge sale - 70% off of everything. So, we made a little trip yesterday morning.
It was amazing!!
We arrived early, but there were already hundreds of cars everywhere!
People were leaving with carts loaded with flowers! Panic started to set in! I hope there will be something left by the time we get inside!!
It turns out, we didn't have to worry. There were PLENTY of flowers!
There were carts full of flowers everywhere. I told my dad that it was his mission to find us an empty cart, while mom and I drooled and looked at all the plants. We had to be very careful when looking for plants on the trays. I found a lovely fushia plant and started to take it, when I heard a voice saying, "Um, that's mine." Opsie daisy! She was real nice about it, and showed me where to get my own.
It was truly overwhelming to see so many plants, knowing that the prices were so great! I was spending my brother's money, so that was even more fun. I was on a mission, looking for hostas, but, I discovered they were all gone.
You probably can't tell from this photo, but the line is very long. All these people are in line, and it goes all the way back on the left side, makes a turn, then goes up to that building, and through the building. I was thinking we would be there all day just standing in line, but, surprisingly, it moved quite fast.
Hanging baskets were everywhere. This is one small section in the checkout area.
There were only four people running the registers, and another four directing people into which line, so it all moved along rather quickly.

We made our selections. Unfortunately, we had to remember we were limited to trunk space in the car. I guess it worked out that there were no hostas. The trunk was quite full.
We left with our treasures. They all fit nicely into the truck (and some in the back seat.) The whole trip only took about an hour.
