Flower Fest 2026

On Wednesday, Pippy told me that Blathers looked really blue.

Pippy: Blathers looked really, like, blue today.

She even suggested that maybe he fell into a pit of blueberries! 🫐

Pippy: OMIGOSH!!! Maybe he, like, fell into a big vat of BLUEBERRIES!

I went to the museum to chat with Blathers, but he wasn’t physically blue. He was just feeling blue, because he said Brewster almost got fooled by Crazy Redd until Blathers stepped in to save the day.

The Flower Fest is underway this week, and each of my villagers has a garden of flowers set up outside their home. As a quick example, here is Pippy’s garden:

Pippy's flower garden outside her house.

And of course, the villagers like to chat about their gardens and their strategies. Truffles apparently considers herself a neat freak, which I wouldn’t have suspected for a pig.

Truffles: Gardening is perfect for a neat freak, snoutie.
Truffles: Neat freaks finish first! YAAAAAAYYYY!

When I spoke with Tortimer, he told me about the event and he gave me a bag of red tulip seeds.

Tortimer: A red tulip bag! For you!

Robin felt good about her chances of winning. In fact, she basically guaranteed a win for herself! We’ll see about that…

Robin: And the trophy? Oh, I'll be taking that home with ME, with legs!

Yesterday, Marina asked about my flower garden. She wondered if my flowers were still alive. 😆 But I didn’t have any flowers to begin with!

Marina: Oh, J-bot, how are your flowers doing? Are they...still alive?

Today, Chief told me his strategy: Yelling insults at the flowers until they bloom. I’m not sure that will work, but it certainly sounds like something Chief would do. 😛

Chief: I'm gonna scream insults at these flowers until they bloom!

While visiting Robin, I noticed that one of her elephant slides is gone now. She just has the one remaining. I’ll have to re-stock her supply if she ever asks for furniture again. 😛

Robin's house, now with just one elephant slide.

I noticed that Whitney had some a hybrid flower (some purple pansies) outside her house.

Whitney's flower garden, with some purple pansies.

So if I was the judge of the Flower Fest (which I’m not), Whitney would get my vote to be the winner (aka the Green Thumb). But it’s Tortimer’s decision, not mine.

As for the flowers Tortimer gave me each day (three of them in total), I planted them outside of my house today. I know that’s not going to be enough to win the Flower Fest, but at least I’m sort-of participating. 😛 I’ll find out the winner next week.

One other note: I posted my latest Wild World video episode today, episode 86: