Mae Jo Plant Sale

[bluweyze]

I have heard a lot of recommendations for the plant sale at Mae Jo, normally in November or December. Does anyone know when it is this year?

[gotlost]

Are you thanking of the Mae JO University Flower Fair which will be in February 2010? Exact date not set. Usually last for about 1 week.

[elektrified]

Are you are referring to the Mae Jo Agriculture Festival that is usually in December? I was told the other day by a girl who has a shop at Kamtieng and who graduated from Mae Jo University, that the festival will not be happening this year. She said they announced on the last day of last year's festival that due to the extremely poor turn out last year, poor economy, etc. that the next festival will be in December 2010.

[gotlost]

BAD TURN OUT??? The one I went to was steaming, packed is not the word. Well any excuses is better than none.

[elektrified]

BAD TURN OUT??? The one I went to was steaming, packed is not the word. Well any excuses is better than none.

The Festival last December? I went every day and it did seem like there were a lot of people there. But the girl said that many people came and only looked, but didn't buy.

[gotlost]

So the morale to this story is we cancel the festival and guaranty there will be no sales. You have to love their logic.

[jaideeguy]

Agree it was packed and WE spent money and saw many others spending. Sad to hear that it won't be happening this year. Is there any further confirmation of this???

[caf]

Agree it was packed and WE spent money and saw many others spending. Sad to hear that it won't be happening this year. Is there any further confirmation of this???

Yes it was packed and people were buying. Whatever the real reason is, it certainly isn't lack of customers. Will try to find out more.

[jaideeguy]

Mentioned this to the wife and she informs me that Chiang Mai Uni is holding the farmfair this year.....maybe they are working out a deal with Mae Jo to alternate years. Still would like to hear confirmation as anything that comes out of the wife's mouth needs confirmation.

She says she heard it from out 9 yr old that it will run til Dec 3.

confirmation please

Edited November 28, 2009 by jaideeguy

[bluweyze]

Walking through Tesco Lotus today I saw 4 students in Mae Jo Plant Department jackets. When asked about the show they said it runs from 9th to 13th December this year. Maybe the news is better than thought

[elektrified]

Walking through Tesco Lotus today I saw 4 students in Mae Jo Plant Department jackets. When asked about the show they said it runs from 9th to 13th December this year. Maybe the news is better than thought

Amazing! So typical of events in Thailand. No one ever knows for certain!

[elektrified]

Mentioned this to the wife and she informs me that Chiang Mai Uni is holding the farmfair this year.....maybe they are working out a deal with Mae Jo to alternate years. Still would like to hear confirmation as anything that comes out of the wife's mouth needs confirmation.

She says she heard it from out 9 yr old that it will run til Dec 3.

confirmation please

I did a search on google and found this: http://www.chiangmai-vacations.com/chiang-...university/548/

It says what jaideeguy says which is that "The Northern Agricultural Fair changes host each year, switching between CMU and MJU. This year will be hosted by CMU".

I'm still not clear on the situation. Last year I also went to a Festival at CMU but it was nothing like the event at Mae Jo University. It had a small (compared to MJU) selection of exhibits, mostly flowers.

[WinnieTheKhwai]

I went to the CMU fair today. It's big, well worth a visit if you want to buy some plants or trees, be it ornamental or fruit trees.

[neilbla]

I can confirm Mae Jo plant sale 9th - 13th december. My company are having a booth there so it is correct. Last year was packed with people and our company did well.

[jaideeguy]

OK, finally a confirmation......yes, so hard to get info here.

The CMU fair, is it on the main campus or the ag dept out on the canal road>>??

[iainiain101]

I went to the CMU fair today. It's big, well worth a visit if you want to buy some plants or trees, be it ornamental or fruit trees.

Do you know when this runs to?

Iain

[elektrified]

Thanks for the confirmation. It's amazing how difficult it is to get correct information here sometimes.

[Asmerom]

Do you know when this runs to?

Iain

I went on Saturday and I got the impression they were packing up but can't say for sure. So, that's not much help !

[femi fan]

I can confirm Mae Jo plant sale 9th - 13th december. My company are having a booth there so it is correct. Last year was packed with people and our company did well.

Is it in the university? Or near it?

[Asmerom]

Is it in the university? Or near it?

It's in the grounds of the Maejo University-"The Home of Cowboys"

[elektrified]

One of the reasons for the poor economy in C.M. has to be due to the consistent misinformation given about local events. Ultimately that affects tourism and also reduces the amount of money spent by locals. A recent example would be the 2009 Yi Peng Festival at Mae Jo, where no one including the Tourism Authority had a clue as to what was going on, who up until the last minute continued to say that the event had been canceled due to the swine flu. Did anyone who attended notice the amount of unsold khom loy, khratongs and food at the end of the night? Could it have possibly been due to the fact that no one knew for sure if the event was on?

Seems like the same thing regarding the Mae Jo Agriculture Festival. Misinformation again. The girl I spoke with at Khamtieng Plant Market told me that she got a letter from the organizers informing her the event was not happening this year! She has been a vendor there for a few years. She is under the impression that the event is off and she will lose money by not being there to sell and the event will lose money by not collecting her rent money for her stall. She said she paid 10K Baht last year for her space.

Then you do a search on google and find that the event is supposedly at CMU this year and not MJU. It's mind boggling sometimes.

Having said that, the most accurate information is usually to be found on TV!

Edited November 29, 2009 by elektrified

[sceadugenga]

So come up to the Chiang Rai Flower Show. Ours is still going strong and is a great day out. It's over the New Year period so make a two or three day break of it.

Guaranteed cool weather!

[jaideeguy]

Winnie says CMU/Amerom says Mae Jo.

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[WinnieTheKhwai]

There's one at the CMU agricultural department going on this weekend. See the other topic on this.

[oodii]

Announcement of the Agricultural Fair at Mae Cho University, 9-13 Dec 2009.

Photos were taken at the fence of Mae Cho University, next to the main intersection with traffic lights, on 29 Nov 2009.

[Asmerom]

Winnie says CMU/Amerom says Mae Jo.

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It appears to have escaped your notice that although the OP was talking about Maejo University Agricultural Show held in December, others introduced the altenative Show which "was" held this weekend in the grounds of CMU. Apparently this show goes on till Dec 3rd according to a new thread.

Edited November 29, 2009 by Asmerom

[butterisbetter]

According to the article that was linked to above, this is the same fair as the one at Mae Jo. CMU and Mae Jo host it in alternate years.