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Mary Jo McKesson of Midlothian talks to aworker from Glade ValleyNursery at the 21stannual Leesburg Flower & Garden Festival April 17.McKesson sold out herbeehouses at her Out of the Woodwork booth.McKesson goes to about30 sh ows a year and saysthe Leesburg festival is

one of the best for sales.Times-Mirror Staff Photo/Beverly Denny

As the saying goes, April showers bring May flowers, but the past weekend’s disastrous stormalmost blew those flowers away. Leesburg’s 21st Annual Flower and Garden Festival on April 16and 17 may have picked a bad weekend for weather, but that didn’t stop the show from goingon. Throughout the weekend the festival saw about 20,000 people.

Although the rain and wind may have kept some patrons away, Saturday’s crowd was still outand about. But, thanks to the blue skies and warmer weather, Sunday proved to turn thingsaround for the festival.

The event featured 11 area landscapers and three local judges voted on this year’s mostimpressive displays.

1st place went to West Winds Nursery, in Sudley Springs. 2nd place went to WildwoodLandscapes in Purcellville. 3rd went to Walker and Clarke in Waterford.

For a list of all vendors who were at this years festival go to flowerandgarden.org.

Jeff Harris of Leesburghigh-fives his daughterGrace, 14, after they didsome impromptu salsadancing to live music withtheir newly-boughtbouquets from Holly

Heider Chapple Flowers atthe 21st annual LeesburgFlower & Garden FestivalApril 17. Times-MirrorStaff Photo/Beverly Denny

Alex Chapple assists his

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mother Holly at herbooth, Holly HeiderChapple Flowers, at the21st annual LeesburgFlower & Garden FestivalApril 17. Chapple said herbusiness got its start atthe first festival and herflower stand has been apart of every festival sincethen. Times-Mirror Staff

Photo/Beverly Denny

Crowds fill King St. andMarket St. in downtown

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Leesburg for the 21stannual Flower & GardenFestival on Sunday, April17. The n ice weathermade up for the daybefore, when intermittentstorms resulted in lowturnout and the earlyclosure of the festival at3:00 p.m. Times-MirrorStaff Photo/Beverly Denny

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Mon, Apr 18 at 07:18 PM by Loudoun Native:

Any photos taken of the people who ventured out to attend the flower show onSaturday in that nasty weather? How about pictures of those that performed onSaturday (not scheduled for Sunday)?

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