Houston 24 Expo – Peachridge “Glass in the Grass” Outside pictures

O U T D O O R S

As chairs of the Houston 24 Expo, Peachridge Collections partners and FOHBC board members, Elizabeth and I set out to create a lead-off event that would be truly unique and memorable. We envisioned buying and selling antique bottles under our shade trees, a concept we playfully called “Glass in the Grass,” inspired by the famous Hecker Hayfield events we once attended in Connecticut each year. This was not a new idea, but one we had toyed with from time to time over the years, and we were excited to bring it to life. A special thanks to Gina Pellegrini-Ott, official event photographer, and to Dan Lakatos for providing support photography. It was nice to see our guests enjoying themselves before the Expo which would start the following day at the Houston Museum of Natural Science and Hotel ZaZa. – Ferdinand Meyer V

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Wednesday, 31 July 2024

Peachridge Glass “Glass in the Grass” • Wednesday 31 July 2024 [7:00* am to 1:00 pm] Brookshire, Texas *6:45 gates open | Sell antique bottles and glass and related antiques from the back of your vehicle or from under a self-provided tent at Peachridge “Glass in the Grass.” Open to all antique bottle and glass dealers even if you are not setting up at Hotel ZaZa. $25 gate fee for dealer vehicles. Relax, mingle and wander under the many large pecan trees surrounding the hay field. First come-first choice in dealer location. The temperature on the lower Brazos River plains is typically pleasant in the morning during summer hours of the event. The event will be catered. Buyers and visitors enter free!

We kept the hay tall as a back-drop for the event. The field is usually cut every six weeks or so depending on the amount of summer rain.

Lots of humidity in the morning. Sometimes the morning dew drips from the foliage.

The morning sun would pass from the east to west missing our event as the many trees provided shade. In the afternoon all the gardens are hit with rays. We would be long gone before then as it can get really uncomfortable.

The house pre-event that morning. Sun just coming up. We opened the house for tours and respite. Lots of people hung out there with the cool air conditioning to talk and tour the house. That Mark, a friend hired from the Katy Police Dept and Angela, Peachridge General-in-Charge.

Long shadows in the morning with the sun coming up. Gates opening in a few minutes.

Back area of house with a small portion of the potted plants that were just watered at sunrise. James in the background. He showed up at our door a few months back and joined the family.

Due to recent rains we put parking in the area where we were going to put the festival. We moved all dealers to the back property to be closer to the house which we decided to open to all.

Moving the event to the back lawn due to recent rains. We had a mosquito exterminator come a few days earlier to clear the property. It actually worked.

The back 100-year-old giant pecan tree was a victim of Hurricane Beryl which came right over the property a few weeks earlier.

Lots of bottle folks from all around, many we had not met before, showed up at the “Glass in the Grass” event. Of course some we knew like Stephen Hubbell (arms crossed) from Washington and Richard Siri (talking to Stephen from California).

The back row of dealers set up along the tree shade line. The back grass freshly cut leading up to the four-to-five-foot-tall hay in the background made for a nice setting.

Bins and boxes of bottles fun to search through.

Tables of bottles too. Less worry if a bottle fell on the freshly-cut soft grass.

Closing a deal. Kevin Persick (left) and Al Caruso from “Southern Bottles & Artifacts.”

Dave Olson up from South Carolina found a nice spot.

Tailgate jawing. The temperature not bad at all in the morning under the pecan tree canopy.

Left to right: Stephen Hubbell, Brad Dalton, Earl McIntyre and Alicia Booth-Wickman. Brad and Alicia were on Team Houston.

A nice photograph by event photographer Gina Pellegrini-Ott.

Jerry Forbes (left) from Big Sur, Ca. and Marty Vollmer from South Carolina.

Adriana (granddaughter) loaned Bella (another granddaughter) her favorite Horse Dante who patrolled the property during the event.

One of our recent storms knocked this giant pecan tree branch off to the side of our house and into one of our gardens. After cleaning up the many branches, we turned it into a bottle tree with hanging and planted plants.