Ginger is considered by millions as a delicacy, a medicine or a spice. But no matter how you consider it, having some on hand is always a good idea. Author, designer and garden writer Lorene Edwards Forkner brings us this simple-to-make recipe for Ginger Syrup. Make your own Ginger Ale! The recipe is from Canning [...]

The ‘Living it Up’ feature returns to the Northwest Flower & Garden Show with four gardens tucked in the dramatic, light-filled space of the South Lobby at the Washington State Convention Center. And nearby, the new Wine Garden will entice you to take a brief respite, enjoy a glass of wine from local, national and [...]

Canadian gardeners that come to the US for the garden show know that they can’t leave home without their passport, and they can’t return home without their passport and their Washington State Department of Agriculture Phytosanitary Inspection Certification paperwork if they buy any plants. Whew! That sounds like a load of paperwork. But at the [...]

Prognosticators sometimes say that “gardening is dead.” Certainly in these uncertain economic times, gardening, and its place in our lives as a hobby, home improvement and/or profession, is changing. But how? Are people gardening differently, or are different people gardening? Does the need for water conservation mean we have to eliminate gardens? Or can gardens [...]

Piggies are coming to the Northwest Flower & Garden Show! Piggybanks, that is, as part of our children’s Treasure Hunt. The Treasure Hunt is a great way to engage young children in viewing the Display Gardens. While children are engaged finding hidden piggies in each garden, adults can look at the plants, design, accessories, water [...]

The 22 show gardens are always the heart and soul of the world-class Northwest Flower & Garden Show, the second largest show in the country and (we like to think)) the most beautiful. But one show feature that has always been an attendee favorite is the Container Garden Exhibition on the sky bridge. Perhaps it’s [...]

If you’ve been following the developments of the upcoming Northwest Flower & Garden Show (and what self-respecting gardening fanatic hasn’t?) then by now you know the seminars rooms are moving to an all new location at the show. Last July the Washington State Convention Center proudly opened the Conference Center, 71,000 square feet of high-end, configurable [...]

Graham Kerr – Author, TV Star & former ‘Galloping Gourmet’ Graham Kerr is an internationally known culinary and television personality. He has aired over 1,800 programs with broadcasts in the US, New Zealand, Australia, Japan, Asia, Africa, the United Kingdom and Europe. One of his first shows, ‘The Galloping Gourmet,’ brought the art of creative [...]