Springing forward at Bristol County Home and Garden Show – Taunton Daily Gazette

By noon, close to 2,000 people had visited the home and garden show, according to Robert Mellion, president of the Bristol County Chamber of Commerce.

FALL RIVER Frigid outdoor temperatures and gale force winds belied the fact that spring is just around the corner but inside Diman Regional Vocational Technical High School on Saturday, crowds wandered from table to table at the seventh annual Bristol County Home and Garden Show, bringing together the public and home and garden service or goods providers to be at the ready when the warmer weather arrives.

The annual event is sponsored by The Herald News, The Taunton Daily Gazette, the Bristol County Chamber of Commerce and Diman Regional Vocational Technical High School.

We are always happy to sponsor this event to get us to start to think about spring and we get to meet a lot of our readers, said Lynne Sullivan, editor in chief of The Herald News and Taunton Daily Gazette.

By noon, close to 2,000 people had visited the home and garden show, according to Robert Mellion, president of the Bristol County Chamber of Commerce.

This is a way of connecting local contractors with clients, and in our seventh year of doing this its been a great benefit. We listen to and get great feedback from all of the vendors, said Mellion. The thing they like about this is its a one-day event. They make a connection and they're all getting leads to get new clients.

It wasnt all about new flooring, kitchen remodeling or new roofing the home and garden show was kid- and family-friendly too.

Manning the table for the Childrens Museum of Greater Fall River was Executive Director Jo-Anne Sbrega, who offered some fun arts and crafts for the kids.

Nine-year-old Joseph Leger planted a green bean seed in a damp paper towel inside a plastic baggie. Sbrega explained that if he kept the paper damp and in the sunshine, he could grow a seedling.

Cindy Coroa of Swansea was selling some tasty offerings from the product line of Tastefully Simple and offering samples of beer bread.

Boxes of Girl Scout cookies were pretty popular, sold by Tiara and Tay-Lin Gomes and Asaya Mayers from Troop 1076 with troop leader Kristen Mayers.

Asya Mayers said sales are really good.

The Thin Mints are the most popular, she said.

There were some fun offerings for adults at Nellies Phototainment, where visitors were treated to a free photobooth shoot.

Chamber Vice President Kimberly Moniz and City Councilor Richard Cabeceiras stepped into the booth and had their pictures taken dressed in costume.

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Springing forward at Bristol County Home and Garden Show - Taunton Daily Gazette