The Association of Professional Landscape Designers, Washington Chapter (APLD-WA), is organizing FREE landscape design consultations at the 2012 Northwest Flower & Garden Show. This was such a popular service at the 2010 garden show that they are bringing it back next month. Garden Show attendees have the opportunity to meet with landscape designers who are [...]
Since it was first founded in 1989, the Northwest Flower & Garden Show has had a tradition of inviting three exceptional gardening pros to serve as Show Judges and Speakers. This year is no exception, with Stephen Orr, Garden Editor for Martha Stewart Living, Rosalind Creasy, groundbreaking author of Edible Landscaping, and Steve Aitken, editor [...]
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. [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Plant geeks unite! Here is Part 1 of the plant-centric seminars we will have at the show in February. If you’re a conifer lover, shade gardener, or succulent fan, now you can hear from the best about the hot new plants, and tried-and-true stalwarts of the garden. Or if you have problems to solve – [...]
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 [...]
The garden show’s 2012 “All That Jazz” Grand Prize is in its last weeks before we pick a lucky winner – chosen from your votes in our “Design a Garden” feature on gardenshow.com. Each time you vote you can enter to win. The more you vote, the better your chances! But you’d better hurry [...]
My colleague Linda Knudsen, Exhibit Manager for the Northwest Flower & Garden Show, continues to sign up terrific new exhibitors for the Marketplace in the upcoming show. She’s given me another exciting list of new artisans, photographers, and garden products businesses that will be tempting you next February. (Here’s an earlier blog on other 2012 new [...]
