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Sidewalk Market Open

Last Saturday, the fourth season of my outdoor sidewalk flower market got underway in the lovely gardens of the Granville Historical Society Museum on Broadway.  This new space is very nice for flower display, but a little tight in available space. I spent the first hour moving things around to find suitable access and to estimate where the sun would be landing as the morning passed.  The sun is a killer for fresh flowers, even on cool days, but especially so on summer days so it’s always a negotiation.  Just as I got my new wrought iron bouquet stand set up under the market umbrella, filled my old potting bench with bouquets in BlumeBoxes and glass vases and arranging buckets of loose flowers for making bouquets on the spot, it rained.   Oh well, what can you do about the weather?  Later that morning, the rain ended and the sun tried to peek out now and then.  This typical spring day in Ohio didn’t dissuade customers, however.  I sold lots of bouquets and made several bouquets to smiling happy people.  All in all, my first day of the summer season was very nice.  I’m looking forward to next weekend.