ALLENTOWN, Pa. – It may not feel like Spring outside, but inside the Allentown Fairgrounds, it’s in full bloom!

69 News Reporter Sydney Kay has those looking to jump into Spring at the Lehigh Valley Flower and Garden Show.

Bundled outside in the winter elements, people stopping by the Agri-Plex at the Allentown Fairgrounds are looking to skip ahead to next season.

“We do commercial snow removal so we stay busy in the winter, but I’m glad Spring’s here and I’m ready for it,” said Brian DeLong, the owner of Professional Landscaping Service.

More than 70 vendors are taking part in the three-day event that opened its doors Friday morning. Many of them shared their challenges from this cold winter, like Kevin Klase caring for his greenhouses.

“When they’re calling for snow, we crank the heat higher because we have to keep the snow off the roofs or they’ll collapse… We were going through $1300 of fuel every 21 days,” said Klase, the owner of Tall Timber Nursery.

Putting its business’ history on display: the year ‘1929’ sticks out on the family greenhouse of the Albanese Garden Center’s set-up. It’s a representation of its originating year.

“My grandfather was big into vegetable plants and cut flowers… We could’ve brought a new one, but we wanted to really touch the Lehigh Valley Flower Show because it has such a rich history,” said Dante Albanese, a manager and fourth generation of Albanese Garden Center Landscaping and Aquatic Design.

Crowds can buy flowers but also get advice, such as when to start planting with our area seeing an early touch of Spring.

“We just tell people, ‘That’s fine, just keep an eye on the temperatures.’ If you put things out too early, sometimes you know they’re not going to make it or you just want to cover them or bring them in on those really cold nights,” said Jerry Tumolo, the operations manager at the Bucks County Nursery and Florist.

And if plants aren’t your thing, there are plenty of four-legged friends to have new experiences and make emotional connections with.

“You get people that are struggling in all aspects of life that come into our booth and their worries melt away the moment that a goat sits in their lap,” said Justin Steinmetz, the co-owner of Steinmetz Family Goat Farm.

The Lehigh Valley Flower and Garden Show runs Friday and Saturday 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and on Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.