PLAN AHEAD! Tuesday, February 7 5:00 pm – 9:30 pm Opening Night Party for the Northwest Flower & Garden Show Enjoy a fabulous evening of delicious food, fine wines, live music, and silent auctions as you feast your eyes of the 26 spectacular show gardens at the 2012 Northwest Flower & Garden Show. This year [...]
Gardening – it’s both an art, and a hobby. For some of us (I’m talking to you) it’s an obsession. But good gardening requires some skill and knowledge so that the plants – and your body – are treated correctly. And before you even consider putting plants in the ground, you must consider the soil. [...]
Barbara Wise – Author of “Container Gardening for All Seasons” Barbara Peake Wise is the author of the upcoming new book, Container Gardening for All Seasons: 101 Plant Recipes for Year-Round Color (Cool Springs Press, Feb, 2012). She works for Southern Land Company, LLC in Franklin, Tennessee as their Director of Floriculture, where her responsibilities [...]
The Northwest Flower & Garden Show has long dedicated space in the show to nonprofit organizations that support and strengthen the gardening community around us. Our 2012 show will feature 34 such exhibitor booths in our Garden Resource Center. It’s the place to meet fellow gardeners who share the same interests as you – whether [...]
The region surrounding Portland, Oregon is a Mecca for gardening, and boasts some of the most beautiful gardens – and top gardening talent. That’s why so many avid gardeners consider the Northwest Flower & Garden Show to be the must-see annual event, and many are making plans to travel to Seattle February 8 – 12, [...]
The Northwest Flower & Garden Show’s musical theme, “A Floral Symphony,” will be showcased throughout the show, in the display gardens, and a musical stage in the South Lobby. Even the youngest budding gardeners can enjoy musical tunes just right for them, as we present an outstanding lineup of children’s entertainers that are sure to [...]
Back in my attendee days when I went to the Northwest Flower & Garden Show with gardening friends, we were always on a mission – the Plant Market. Inspirational show gardens? They can wait. A speaker lineup of who’s who in horticulture? We’ll check those out later. We made a beeline to the Plant Market [...]
Gardening in beautiful British Columbia is awesome, and gardening afficianados and plant geeks make the annual trek to the Northwest Flower & Garden Show in droves. Hopefully next year’s show, February 8 – 12, 2012, will be snow-free! The Garden Show has a travel deal that will make the travel a breeze and is a [...]
For our last vote on our garden show’s “Design a Garden,” our readers can choose what kind of furniture they would like to see in our “Here Comes the Sun” garden – a garden designed by our readers and built by the show. Designer Lloyd Glasscock, of Looking Glass Design has selected three styles of [...]
Plant lust. We’ve all had it at one time or another. Unfortunately, these seminars will not be a cure for your craving for plants. New-and-improved, tried-and-true, high-impact, low-maintenance, must-have, can’t-miss plants – our speakers will be talking about them all. Our seminars, combined with the incredible selections enticing you at the show’s Plant Market, are [...]
