Expo show is a breath of spring air

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Piles of snow can be seen along roadways and in parking lots, but it looked like spring in the Eastwood Expo Center.

Daffodils and tulips decorated the entryway and were scattered throughout the building for the 25th annual Nature Stone Mahoning Valley Home and Garden show.

“As soon as people are walking through the door, I see a smile on their face. They feel spring,” said Dominic Baragona, organizer. “It’s been a brutal and rough winter. Once they get in here, it’s as though the hope is back.”

Over 120 exhibitors filled the center Saturday, offering home and garden products such as windows, sheds, sunrooms, Tupperware, and playground equipment. Other products, including fudge and salsa, were included.

Bill Winkler, of Hermitage, Pa., enjoys attending home and garden shows.

“You get all sorts of neat ideas about what you can do around the house, and you can see the new technology,” he said. “There’s all sorts of interesting things here.”

He was particularly interested in a heat tape that keeps gutters from freezing in cold weather.

Read more about the event in Sunday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.