11/29/2025
What a wild and cold and windy day setting up for the start of Shopapalooza tomorrow for Annie's Plant Pallette ! Weather like this, especially, fierce wind, can be very challenging to vendors on their set up. Everyone has to make sure they are securing tents with lots of weights, and securing their product so it doesn't blow away !
Where are am I set up, you ask ?! Check out the map below, and zero in on the words "center zone & food rows" my booth is located just below those words, to the left.
Yup, you can see from the map, this is a big show and parking is a challenge I advise parking at the south core garage and getting the free shuttle that gets you right there. But being such a big show, there is a great hang out/rest area right in the middle and tons of yummy food vendors
As for other vendors ? Omg, there is sooo much Cool stuff there, you can fill your complete Holiday gift list with this show, but don't forget, Saturday Morning Market will still be going on as usual and, there is a lot of Holiday markets going on all around the area from Gulfport to Clearwater/Dunedin with vendors all bringing Fab stuff, so please support All the Local vendors that set up at these events.
I could not do this show without the support of my right hand man, Ray Gurgui who helps me pull the Pallette shows off, and bonus is that I get to bring a lot of great Rare and unusual tropicals that he grows, since he is my main go-to for sourcing items for the Rare division of my business.
And this really is all about family and those I hold close, and my big sister, Kip Mitchell, who has never done a vendor show in her life, but she's getting a real kick out out of it, and has been invaluable for logistics and support, and my son Dylan for providing strong arms and enthusiasm, and less we forget, the Plant man Mitch Armstrong, who is enjoying some very deserving retirement up in North Florida, sending his support to me and my family as well as grand hellos to all his friends here ❣
