Join The Portland Company for the annual rite of spring, the 2011 Portland Flower Show. They are a collaboration of green industry landscapers, growers, gardeners and industry retailers dedicated to the continued success of everything about “Gardening in Maine”. Whether you are a property owner, renter, or consumer of fine flowers and vegetables, this is the garden show that will bring it all together for you. They have every aspect of the landscape industry represented here at 58 Fore Street in nearby Portland, Maine. These buildings lend themselves to supporting the new inside the old. You know that feeling you get when winter has been upon us for too long a time, and you just want to go out to your garden to see those first bits of green popping up. Well, they are all here! Smell the mulch, enjoy the flowers and trees, buy some new garden tools or homemade jams, pottery, or jewelry at the vendor booths, whatever your fancy the “Enchanted Earth” is here for you. Show hours are Thursday, March 10, 10 – 6, Friday & Saturday, March 11 and 12, 10 – 7, and Sunday March 13, 10 – 5, followed by the plant auction at 5:30. Tickets are $15 at the door. For more information, log on to www.portlandcompany.com.