Plants, of course, are the main attraction at the Cincinnati Flower Show presented by Provident Bank, running through Sunday at Ault Park in Mount Lookout. And that's as it should be for a show that has reaped kudos worldwide.

        But the shopping at the show is first-rate as well.

        Browsers will find everything for the garden, of course — miracle hoses to miracle ladders, hammocks to garden gizmos ... even mole catchers. But the clothes, jewelry, art, furniture, sculpture and antiques among the 130 vendors shouldn't be overlooked. Many items are hand-made, one-of-a-kind creations. Here's a sampling of what we found:

       Heather Bevilacqua's handmade cotton children's clothes from North Andover, Mass., at Grinns Inc. Hat $14, jacket $38.


       Vintage Revival has Jacque' Smiley jewelry crafted from broken heirloom china, $18 and up, and one-of-a-kind poet shirts and children's clothes pieced from vintage linens. Shirt, about $300.


       Painted Parlor folk flag from Joann McDevitt of East Palisades Ohio, $26.50. Check out the painted maple sugar pails she has recycled into art.


       Carole Shiber's hand-painted wipe-clean indoor-outdoor tableware made from automobile upholstery, placemats $7.


       Chaz Kaiser, artist, blacksmith and metal sculptor from Batesville works in steel, bronze and copper. $310 cattails, $1,200 woman in profile, $900 garden gate.


       In Bloom's, Mary Jo Beck of Cincinnati plants her silk flowers on purses, placemats, hats, barrettes, picture frames. $3-$75.


       A-Z Imports has Acatlan pottery planters made in Pueblo, Mexico, for indoor-outdoor use. $14.99-$39.80.

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