Most people know about the awards (Gold, Silver, Bronze or Crystal) awarded to the show gardens by our main Show Judges – Stephen Orr, Rosalind Creasy and Steve Aitken this year – along with the coveted Founder’s Cup Award (the Oscar of the garden show) and the American Horticulture Society’s Environmental Award, which goes to [...]
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 [...]
“A Floral Symphony,” the Northwest Flower & Garden Show extravaganza arriving February 8 – 12, 2012, covers six acres of the Washington State Convention Center. It has 23 spectacular show gardens, 3 “Living It Up” balcony gardens, 16 Container Exhibitors, over 300 garden-related Marketplace exhibitors, 116 seminars, 45 musical performances, a “Funky Junk” exhibit by high-school students, [...]
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 [...]
The 2012 Northwest Flower & Garden Show will feature 26 awe-inspiring show gardens, and here is Part 2 on what to look for in the gardens when you visit February 8 – 12 at the Washington State Convention Center. If you missed it, here’s Part 1 posted earlier this week. THE SOUNDS OF LIVING [...]
Once again a prestigious group of garden designers will be pulling out all the stops when they design and build 26 fantastic show gardens for the 24th annual Northwest Flower & Garden Show, to be held February 8 – 12, 2012 at the Washington State Convention Center. The garden show theme, “A Floral Symphony,” is inspiring 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 [...]
