Everything from cakes, pies, pigs, vegetables and fruit, insects and so much more was on display at the 70th Annual Exhibition.

During a walkaround tour with the Governor, Sir Richard Gozney, this newspaper visited each and every exhibition room which were filled with displays by children, teenagers and adults.

This year, more than 3,500 people participated, 3,533 to be exact and there were also more entries per person.

For the first day of the event, the crowd wasn't a big as usually seen on the final two days.

However, there were swarms of preschool children all over the Botanical Gardens along with mothers and their small children. The first stop of the tour was the Education Display which featured different types of insects, terrariums and aquariums created by school children.

The adult flower show in the Horticultural Hall had beautiful place settings with floral centre pieces to match. In the woodworks room, there were less than half of the normal amount of entries.

The J.J. Outerbridge Building featured exquisite cut flowers, children's potted plants, container grown vegetables, hibiscus, daylilies, passion flowers, African Violets and model and miniature gardens.

Vegetable critters stole the show in the Commercial Slat house with vegetables turned into turtles, spiders, butterflies, frogs, rabbits and more. There were also huge onions, potatoes, carrots, lettuce heads and cauliflowers.

Best Farmer's Collections were also on display with the winning entry resembling a large gift basket filled with healthy goodies.

Down the way from the vegetables were the livestock showcasing pigs, goats and sheep. In the Jack King Building, poultry, rabbits, cavies and pigeons were on display.

Children and adults alike were in for a real treat as there was a live goat milking with milk being fed into a silver-coloured bucket.

Baked goods filled the visitor centre complete with cakes, gingerbread, cookies, pies, scones, breads and more.

The cakes on display were designed with specific themes including a traditional Bermuda bus, volcanos, flip-flop cakes, a guitar, SpongeBob Squarepants, two Cup Match bats and balls and more. There were also decorated Easter Eggs, healthy lunch boxes, jam and preserves, kites and papier-mâché.

Minister of Environment and Sport, El James called the event "fantastic".

"It's fantastic to see the response from the public and looks on the children's faces and those who entered," he said. "The weather is gorgeous. The sun is out and there's a nice breeze compared to all the rain we've had.

"It looks like an exciting three days. The Double Dutch team from the US will excite everyone. It's just fantastic."

Sisters Latoni and Latoya Viera were at the exhibition with their children, Riley, six weeks, Jordan, 22 months and Toiyon, three. Latoni said she had enjoyed the day so far as there weren't too many people. Latoya said she liked the horses.

The sisters said their children enjoyed the face painting, the animals and the junk food.

Toiyon, with a spiderman painting on his face said he liked the pigs, rabbits and horses.

"I like the horses but I don't want to get on one", he said.

A group of primary two Victor Scott students sat by the food court drinking soda and talking about their day. Six-year-old Taquan Swan said: "I like the horses. They do tricks and jumps."

Derek Tucker, also six years old said: "I like the pigs because they stink and the goats, horses and rabbits."