Show Guide Wraps Monday’s Seattle Times

Don’t forget that the Northwest Flower & Garden Show’s SHOW GUIDE will be in your Seattle Times – both home delivery and news stand editions – wrapped around the paper, on Monday, February 6th!   The good news is this change from printing it in the Sunday Seattle Times Pacific Northwest magazine allows us to print [...]

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Sponsors Help Show to Blossom Every Year

Over the past 24 years the Northwest Flower & Garden Show has become an eagerly anticipated tradition for winter weary gardeners. Families with young children flock to the show’s PlayGarden for the fun exploration and giggles from kids learning about nature’s wonders. Plant addicts mark their calendars months in advance and make a beeline to our [...]

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Floral Fantasies Greet Show Attendees

When excited garden show attendees first stride through the doors of the South Lobby of the Washington State Convention Center, they are immediately stopped in their tracks by the elegant display of floral fantasy created by some of the region’s best floral designers. These are definitely not your gramma’s nosegay bouquets – these floral artists [...]

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PlayGarden Treasure Hunt is for the Bird(house)!

The Northwest Flower & Garden Show is a wonderful way to spend the day with the entire family. The show wants young children to learn about the wonder of nature around them, to unplug from their electronic toys and dig the outdoors! So we’ve created a special place just for the kids. It’s called the [...]

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Get Crafty and Create Your Own DIY Garden Art

Garden art and accessories are a big way to add some personality and pizzazz to your garden. But you don’t need to break the bank for “real” art. Here are some teriffic do-it-yourself projects that you can do on your own – especially after you see these seminars by these creative and crafty speakers.   [...]

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Designers Don’t Let Small Spaces Contain Their Creativity

If you have an 8-ft. by 6-ft. space to create a little slice of outdoor living heaven, what would you do with it? How would you make it livable, inviting and give it some panache to reflect your personality? Stumped? For ideas, you need look no further than the creative genious behind the Northwest Flower & [...]

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Seminar Spotlight: Sharing Your Garden with Wildlife

As gardeners we have a passion – and a responsibility – for sharing our little plot of Earth with the wildlife that lives there too. From the beloved ‘flying flowers’ such as birds, bees and butterflies, down to the microscopic creatures we cannot even see, we should all make an effort to create beneficial habitat not only for [...]

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Seminar Spotlight: Design Ideas for Every Garden

Steve Aitken – 2012 Show Judge & Editor, Fine Gardening magazine Steve Aitken is editor of Fine Gardening, a magazine devoted to making its readers better gardeners. He spends much of his time talking with and visiting horticulturists and avid gardeners around the country. The knowledge he gains from these activities not only helps the [...]

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Subaru Reserves VIP Seminar Seats for Lucky Show Attendees

How would you like special VIP front-row seats for some of the most popular speakers at the 2012 Northwest Flower & Garden Show? PLUS get a free, autographed copy of their books? You can if you stop by the Subaru display garden on the skybridge on the morning of each of these seminars for more [...]

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Familiar Marketplace Exhibitors Returning to Garden Show

It’s one-stop shopping for all your gardening needs (and splurges) at the Northwest Flower & Garden Show. With over 300 Marketplace Exhibitors at the show, you’ll find everything you need. Here’s just a few of the many Exhibitors that have returned to the show year after year, bringing their beautiful art, home décor, nature-inspired jewelry [...]

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