One of the more unique setups at this weekend’s Home and Garden Show came courtesy of the Bucks County Soapstone Company. Inside, owner Scott Seuren (left) assists potential customers.
Kevin Carroll | Times Leader
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The Fudge Bar, run by Mike Galanti from Your Chocolate Guys, boasted over 40 different flavors of fudge.
Kevin Carroll | Times Leader
Ike and Sarah Wesley from Mike’s Seasonings, one of the most popular vendors of the weekend.
Kevin Carroll | Times Leader
WILKES-BARRE TWP. — The 20th anniversary edition of the Northeastern Pennsylvania Home and Garden Show wrapped up the weekend with one final day of showcasing hundreds of vendors from around the state.
Sunday marked the third day of activity at the Mohegan Sun Arena, as interested shoppers patrolled the concourse and arena floor to find something for their home, their garden or just for themselves.
A couple of big hit vendors in the midst of some of the more home-oriented stops were a handful of food vendors, perhaps none more so than Mike’s Seasonings.
Ike and Sarah Wesley made the trip up from Jackson, Mis., to participate in this year’s show, and a steady flow of curious customers stopped by to try some samples of the Mike’s family of seasonings, often to a rave response from the taste-testers, which included several nearby vendors.
Once customers had satiated their taste buds, there were close to a hundred more unique stops to make on the way around the arena.
Business owners were standing by at each booth or table to assist customers, dispense information or to entice shoppers into attempting to win prizes, like the giant wheel located at the Xfinity booth which yielded different prizes to those who spun it.
In all, a majority of the vendors reported successful weekends in terms of sales, and a lot of the folks were equally as excited about the opportunity to meet new people and engage with the community.
Jessica O’Connell, who makes and sells her own pieces of jewelry and accessories with gemstones under the business name Beads of a Feather, said that it wasn’t so much about the business side of things, as much as it was about the joy and good energy that stemmed from making the accessories.
“It’s really good for my energy, it’s therapeutic in a way,” she said.
Down on the arena floor, Dave Yeager of Concrete Alternatives had his business participating in its first-ever Home and Garden Show.
“We’ve had a lot of people stop by,” said Yeager, who’s owned his Drums-based business for 15 years. “It was definitely a worthwhile decision to sign up, I’m glad we’re here.”