The Sixth Avenue Inn – Moderate Lodging for the Northwest Flower and Garden Show
Here’s another hotel choice for your stay when you attend The Northwest Flower and Garden Show, which runs from February 18-22, 2009. Doors open at 9:00 AM on all the mornings.
The Sixth Avenue Inn is a little easier on the pocketbook, but over 6 blocks from the convention center. Nonetheless, you may save money by being farther away and using a taxi or your vehicle to get back and forth. Amenities include:
Restaurants: Yes
Food & Beverage Discount: No
Room Service: Yes
High Speed Internet Access: Free
Pool: No
Health Club: Yes
Hairdryers: Yes
Coffee Makers: No
Iron and Boards: Yes
Refrigerators: $10 per day
Rollaway: No
Some hotels offer a discount to guests of the show. Use the links to make your reservations and you will receive the discounted rates.
Here are some of our other hotel recommendations:
The Red Lion: A Good Hotel Choice for the Northwest Flower and Garden Show
Earlier today, I recommended some hotels that are close to the Washington State Convention Center. If you’re planning to attend the Show, I suggest making reservations now as the closest hotels fill quickly. You can either follow the links below to make reservations or call (800) 821-0339 outside California or (805) 496-1251 within California.
The Northwest Flower and Garden Show runs from February 18-22, 2009. Doors open at 9:00 AM on all the mornings.
Some hotels offer a discount to guests of the show. Use the links to make your reservations and you will receive the discounted rates.
Two blocks from the convention center is the Red Lion. It is 3 Diamond and the amenities include:
Restaurants: Yes
Food & Beverage Discount: 10%
Room Service: Yes
High Speed Internet Access: Free
Pool: No
Health Club: Yes
Hairdryers: Yes
Coffee Makers: Yes
Iron and Boards: Yes
Refrigerators: Yes
Rollaway: $20 per night
There are several other hotels that we recommend for the show so be sure and check each one out. And make your reservations today!
Hotels for the Northwest Flower and Garden Show
I want the Northwest Flower and Garden Show to be your best show yet so I want to help you when it comes to details, as well. First, I have a list of hotels to recommend to you that are pretty close to the Washington State Convention Center. You might find it easiest, as I do, to keep your car at your hotel and walk or take a cab to the convention center and then back to your hotel.
I would recommend making reservations now as the closest hotels quickly fill when there is a show in town. You can either follow the links below to make reservations or call (800) 821-0339 outside California or (805) 496-1251 within California.
The Northwest Flower and Garden Show runs from February 18-22, 2009. Doors open at 9:00 AM on all the mornings.
Some hotels offer a discount to guests of the show. Use the links to make your reservations and you will receive the discounted rates.
The Hilton Seattle is close to the convention center at 1.5 blocks. It is 4 Diamond and quite elegant. Amenities include:
Restaurants: Yes
Food & Beverage Discount: 20%
Room Service: Yes
by Amy Grisak
Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but for many gardeners the real splendor is enjoyed with the nose. Incorporating fragrant plants in the garden enriches the experience. It’s one thing to appreciate the beauty of a garden in full bloom and quite another to be enveloped by the intoxicating scent of flowers.
The sense of smell is also directly linked to memory. Many times I’ve had people tell me stories about their grandmothers after smelling the sweet peas spilling over the fence. It’s a completely different way to connect with people in the garden.
On a practical level, fragrance is a way plants entice pollinators. The sweet smell of honeysuckle, along with its brightly colored and tubular shaped flowers, is a beacon for hummingbirds. This is the same with the exotic fragrance of the Oriental lilies, particularly the Star Gazer.
Almost to prove that looks aren’t everything, nighttime is when many flowers truly shine. Although they might look a bit rangy during the day, the nicotiana varieties, particularly the tall, white Nicotiana alata, are only fragrant when the sun sets. This is when moths, its primary pollinator, are making their rounds, and are drawn to their sweet scent. I like to plant nicotiana along the porch and patio, plus near the bedroom so I can enjoy it at night when the windows are open.
Another inconspicuous flower that is surprisingly fragrant is evening-scented stock (Matthiola longipetula). By day its tiny, purple flowers are often concealed by other plants, but at night these diminutive blooms are powerfully fragrant. Although sometimes difficult to find, they are worth the effort to request at the local greenhouse, or even start on your windowsill in the spring. Tucking a single plant in a container on the porch will provide a dramatic olfactory result.
Fragrance is certainly subjective, but the classic floral scents are long-standing favorites. One old-fashioned standby is dame’s rocket (Hesperis), the purplish-pink flowers found in ditches and disturbed areas blooming in the spring. Common garden phlox looks similar to dame’s rocket, but comes in a wide range of heights and colors. Phlox tends to bloom by mid to late summer making it an ideal companion to dame’s rocket to stretch out a sweet-smelling summer.
Valerian is well-known for its sedative qualities, but it’s hard to imagine how its foul smelling root, the part used in teas for those with trouble sleeping, can be at the bottom of remarkably sweet-smelling flower. Valerian grows four to five feet tall with masses of tiny, white flowers perched atop the stately plant. Although the blooms last only a few weeks during the season, its brief stay is marked by exceptional fragrance.
With so many options the only thing you can do is try them all to see what you like the best!
Amy Grisak enjoys the challenges of growing flowers, fruits and vegetables in Northcentral Montana. You can follow her experiences on her blog. Follow Amy on Twitter.
My Garden Spaces
- At December 25, 2008
- By Flora
- In Uncategorized
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The Northwest Flower and Garden Show is pleased to announce the launch of My Garden Spaces. This is an interactive community where you can post pictures of your garden, and also rate and comment on other gardens.You can see pictures on there of my Apple Espalier and strawberries and here are some highlights of other gardens that are posted.
One of my favorites is Cassie’s garden. The posted picture belongs to her. She says, “I’m a wannabe gardener, and have only a small outdoor space with lots of concrete and shade. So what’s a girl to do? Dream about these beautiful stacking planters, that’s what. My desire is to be able to walk outside while I’m cooking, and gather ingredients for a salad, or some fresh herbs, or some flowers for the table. I’d like to put these containers along the outside wall, in a sunny spot, away from two big magnolia trees.”
I disagree that she is a “wannabe”. In my opinion, she shows some great artistic talent in her plantings, groupings and containers. I really enjoy her pictures.
Then there is Kay, who has posted a beautiful picture of a cherry tree in bloom. She has cared for it for 15 years and believe me, that tree care shows. Kay says, “Here’s a picture of the cherry tree in bloom last spring. Now in December we can already see the faint outlines of tiny new buds on the bare winter branches. Every year it does it again! It’s a Yoshino Cherry (Prunus x yedoensis) about 15 years old. Very wide, now spreading about 12 feet on each side and about 20′ tall.”
Those are a couple of my faves! I hope that you will add your garden pictures soon. Your pics might become my faves too!
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