A Flower Fair

Last week, the picturesque neighborhood of San Angel in southern Mexico City hosted an event called "Feria de las Flores" (Flower Fair).

The center of activities was in a neighborhood park called "Parque la Bombilla".  There were tents set up where vendors from nurseries sold a wide variety of plants and flowers.  There were also food stalls, although on the weekday morning that I was there, they had not yet opened.  A stage was set up also, but the musical events were mainly scheduled for the weekends.

Since I had just repotted a couple of my houseplants, and I now have a two empty pots sitting in the apartment, I gave serious thought to buying another plant.  However, carrying it back on the Metrobus might be awkward.  So, I simply browsed and enjoyed looking at the wide variety of plants for sale.

One vendor was selling water lilies.

Beautiful hibiscus blossoms

An especially beautiful orchid

I'm not buying any more orchids until I get the one I have to rebloom!

Did you know that the national flower of Mexico is the dahlia?

There were plenty of those to be seen.

I wandered around the streets of San Angel for a little while.  Some of the public buildings, shops and restaurants were decorated for the event.  However, it was nothing to compare with the flower festival in the neighborhood of Polanco where most of the storefronts are lavishly adorned with flowers.

The first drops of the afternoon rain were beginning to fall.  So I headed back to the Metrobus stop and returned to the apartment.