Strike the right note

Petitti Garden Centers used a reclaimed drum, cello and other instruments to create succulent planters, and transformed a piano into a water feature to fit the music theme at this year’s Great Big Home + Garden Show at the I-X Center in Cleveland, Ohio.

Auburn Career Center based in Concord Township, Ohio, transported attendees to the warmer New Orleans climate, to a block on Bourbon Street with its “Jazz” display, which drew in a large crowd at the show.

Brothers Grimm Landscape & Design Co. based in Akron, Ohio, found inspiration from “Ol’ Blue Eyes” in its “Evening with Frank Sinatra” display, as they recreated one of the celebrated singer’s homes, his Palm Springs, Calif., estate known as “Twin Palms.”