One of the highlights for local gardeners is the annual Northwest Flower & Garden Show Opening Night Party on February 7, from 5:00 pm – 9:30 pm, hosted by the Arboretum Foundation to benefit the Washington Park Arboretum. This is a must-attend party for the ‘horteratti’, offering the opportunity to view the inspirational show gardens in [...]

  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 [...]

This week we are voting on a piece of art to be in our “Here Comes the Sun” garden at the 2012 Northwest Flower & Garden Show. Last week voters chose the celadon containers from Swansons that will be in the garden. This was a close vote! The celadon containers barely edged out both the [...]

Join us for the 2012 Northwest Flower & Garden Show Tweetup, a special event for gardening and foodie enthusiasts active in the Twitterverse and blogosphere.   The @nwfgs hosted Tweetup will be held on Thursday, February 9, 2012 from 7:30 am – 9:00 am, just before the show opens to the public. Check-in from 7:30 [...]

Our 8th installment of “Design a Garden” gives you the chance to choose from 3 sets of containers to go on the patio of our “Here Comes the Sun” garden. Designer Lloyd Glasscock, of Looking Glass Design will fill these containers with lush plantings from Swansons Nursery working with John Stout of Terra Firma Hardscapes to build the show garden [...]

We’re now at the 7th installment of our “Design a Garden,” where our website readers are participating in the design of a spectacular show garden for the upcoming Northwest Flower & Garden Show. The theme will be based on the beloved Beatles song, “Here Comes the Sun.” Designer Lloyd Glasscock of Looking Glass Design has drawn up three [...]

When you think about designing a garden, one of the most important considerations will be the elements that will become a permanent part of the landscape – the hardscape. It’s the stone used for patios and walls that will endure through decades, when many of the plants will come and go. That’s why it’s important [...]

Savvy gardeners know one vital fact for having a healthy garden with happy plants: It’s the soil.   While it may not seem very sexy, the soil base and mulch that is used by the show is an important part of the finished polish of the show gardens. Just as your own garden looks better [...]

  With the Pacific Northwest having an unseasonably warm September ( it’s about time!) it seems appropriate that the winner of the voting for the song was the Beatles “Here Comes the Sun.”   Between now and September 15 you can vote on plant groups to be used in the garden. The garden show is [...]

The Beatles and Led Zeppelin were victorious in the second week of voting for the garden show’s Design a Garden – a show garden designed by our website readers. It was very close – they only won by 1% of the vote!   Now designer Lloyd Glasscock of Looking Glass Design  has had the tough [...]