Maine Home, Remodeling & Garden Show Cumberland County Civic Center, Portland, Maine |
Seacoast Home, Garden & Flower Show Whittemore Arena, UNH. Durham, New Hanpshire |
Northern New England Home Garden & Flower Show Fryeburg Fairgrounds, Fryeburg, Maine |
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A REVIEW OF THE 2009 SHOW...2010 SHOW OVERVIEW COMING SOON
Fryeburg, Maine: The Northern New England Home, Garden and Flower Show will return to the Fryeburg Fairgrounds and celebrate its eighth year May 15-17, 2009.
The Fryeburg show occupies seven major exhibit halls and six acres of the fairgrounds with outside displays. With all the trappings of a country fair in May including fair food, this event has a flavor that is festive and unique among home and garden shows. More than 250 booths will fill the exhibit halls, showcasing the newest energy efficient products and services for the home and garden. Outdoor displays include, manufactured homes, power equipment, fencing, recreational sports equipment, commercial and specialized garden centers, landscape displays, crafters and artisans, Meet the Chefs cooking series, ongoing seminars and more.
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“We have assembled a unique mix of quality exhibitors, speakers, artists, crafters, and demonstrations. Our exhibitors are here to help enlighten attendees to the newest energy saving products on the market, others to showcase their amazing talent in landscape and gardening expertise.” said Karla Ficker, Show Producer. “If it is information you are seeking, plants or veggie seedlings to purchase, great garden crafts or you just want a fun way to spend a spring weekend, this event should be high on your weekend schedule”.
Show attendees will find a wealth of the latest information on energy efficient products and services for the home such as solar hot water heaters, geothermal and other innovative heating solutions, wind power, the next generation in insulation just to mention just a few. Attendees can listen and talk with the experts at The Smart HomeOwner Seminar series, running throughout the show. Seminars will be given on the latest in geo-thermal, solar, wind power, state of the art window treatments designed to be energy efficient, “green” home design and construction including the amazing advances the modular home industry.
These seminars provide valuable information for consumers who are either looking to buy, build or remodel their homes. Lenders will also be on hand to discuss the new programs and tax credits available for first time homeowners. Many of the energy saving products available are eligible for a Federal 30% tax credit. Some states also offer further incentives to consumers.
Ten garden centers will be selling a wide variety of perennials, annuals, vegetable seedlings, shrubs, trees, hardscape products and organics. Some of the returning speakers in our All Things Growing Garden Seminars Series are Amy LeBlanc, owner of Whitehill Farm, E. Wilton, ME and grower of heirloom tomatoes and herbs along with Cyndy Tibbets from Hummingbird Farm, Beverly Hendricks from Deerwood Farms of Waterford, ME and Sue Sidwell, Old Stage Farm, Lovell, ME. New to the speaker roster are Purely Organics and Atlantic Pest Control discussing controlling insects and garden varmints organically and or semi-organically will be held daily (check out the website often for updates). New this year is an outside Brick Oven created by David Neufield, owner of NorthStar Stoneworks and Garden Design.
Now in its fifth year, Meet the Chefs is an integral part of the Home, Garden & Flower Show. An impressive list of great chefs of Maine and New Hampshire are lined up for the 2009 series. Meet the Chefs plays to standing-room only crowds throughout the show and is one of the most popular events for show attendees.
Other highlights of the 2009 Show include artists and talented crafters from photographers to glass artisans, all showcasing their unique work and talents. Live music and great food fair abound throughout the fairgrounds, creating a festive Spring Fair ambiance. Parking is free and the grounds are handicapped accessible.
Sponsors of the 2009 Northern New England Home, Garden and Flower Show are Chick’s Lumber, Maine Home + Design Magazine, SmartHomeowner Magazine, 107.5 Frank FM, Viking Appliances, Bay Street Discount, and Wusthof Cutlery.
The Fryeburg Fairgrounds is located on Rte. 5 in the center of Fryeburg, Maine. The 2009 Northern New England Home Garden & Flower Show runs Friday, May 15th, 11am – 6 pm, Saturday, May 16th, 10 am – 6 pm and Sunday, May 17th, 10 am – 5 pm. General Admission is $8, Seniors are $6 (65+), $4 for Youths 6-16 and children under 6 are free. Group rates are available. A full exhibitor list is available on the website and discount coupons are available as well. Please note that all events and activities are subject to change.
For more information on the 2009 Northern New England Home, Garden & Flower Show, contact Karla Ficker, Show Producer by email at info@homegardenflowershow.com, or by phone at 1-800-359-2033 or 207-935-2845.
And if it rains?
�Man - despite his artistic pretensions, his sophistication, and his many accomplishments - owes his existence to a six inch layer of topsoil and the fact that it rains.� The author of this quote is unknown.
Whoever penned it was most certainly a gardener or a farmer, for those who live closest to the earth are not only the most tolerant of nature�s ways, but the most forgiving, even when droplets fall at inconvenient times.
Our Home, Garden & Flower Show celebrates Spring, and into each Spring,
some rain must fall. Sometimes, it falls during our show.
The vast majority of our show (65,000 s.f.) is inside with
the garden centers both inside and outside. Since you must
walk between exhibit halls, the Meet the Chefs series in Expo I,
and the wonderful seminars that take place in Old MacDonald�s Farm,
plan ahead to have footwear that will keep your feet warm dry and an
umbrella or slicker to keep the rest of you that way, too.