Bangor Beautiful's annual Bangor Garden Show preview night is proof positive that spring has sprung.
“I can’t believe all the people that I know here,” says a woman between bites of a delicious-looking hors d’oeuvre. “It’s like Bangor’s coming out party.” That’s Preview Night all right. For 16 years, Bangor Beautiful has put on the much-anticipated Bangor Garden Show, and Preview Night is its chance to raise some extra money while giving spring-hungry attendees a glimpse of the garden show before the big crowds arrive.
Once again, Bangor Auditorium looked mighty fine, gussied up with all that color. This year, talented area landscape professionals created a little Appalachia, a scene with a waterfall and Indian teepee, suburban lawnscapes, bonsai landscapes, even a small kingdom governed by gnomes and nymphs. The place smelled mighty fine, too, with tempting culinary delights, prepared on-site by some of the area’s best chefs and caterers. It even sounded fine, with piano/trumpet duo Brian Catell and Brian Nadeau jamming in one corner, and singer/guitarist John Tercyak serenading in another
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Over 600 people enjoyed first dibs on the merchandise of area vendors, including large landscape equipment, garden-oriented clothing and jewelry, locally grown and preserved food, and, of course, landscaping pros, ready and able to cure the many attendees with spring fever.
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