If you are like me and would like to throw down a sleeping bag and spend the week at the Philadelphia International Flower Show, an afternoon among the display gardens doesn't get it done.
Those of you who are going - and the poor souls who are not -- can follow the blog reports of Philadelphia Inquirer garden writer Ginny Smith on Kiss the Earth.
Ginny has been writing fresh tidbits every day since before the show even opened, so check on some of her earlier pieces.
She is a veteran garden writer and a veteran of the show. Her inside information is terrific.
Photo credit: Baltimore Sun/Susan Reimer
Ginny has not only been blogging about the behind-the-scenes action at the show, including the complex construction of some of the bigger displays, but she has been giving us the story behind vendors at the Marketplace and her finds among the natives the show is recommending.
Even when it isn't garden show season, Ginny's blog is a terrific sourse of information, insight and garden people news.