2016 Northwest Flower & Garden Show - Preview Guide

SHOW PREVIEW GUIDE 2016 NORTHWEST Washington State Convention Center

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Be sure to check out gardenshow.com to browse our 350 Marketplace exhibitors, read all about the show gardens, see this year’s judges, reserve a hotel package, purchase show tickets, get directions, public transit, parking information and much, much more.

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Get a sneak peak of the 20 garden creators who will be bringing our show theme of “American the Beautiful” to life.

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Discover the hottest new products, plants and one-of-a-kind vintage items in the Garden Marketplace & Vintage Garden Market.

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GETTING TO THE SHOW

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Directions, bus and light rail information, maps, parking and more to help you get to the show with ease.

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SEMINAR SCHEDULE

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Over 100 seminars for your viewing pleasure, sorted by day, room and time. All free with your ticket! See one or see dozens.

SEMINARS BY CATEGORY We’ve divided our seminars into 9 categories to help you hone in on the topics you need.

Get Growing: Plants Galore for Northwest Gardens Global Gardening: People, Places and Their Plants in the NW & Beyond Solving Design Challenges with Style: Artistic Inspiration for Every Garden Maximizing Space: Small Space Solutions and Container Gardens In Harmony with Nature: Sustainability, Permaculture and Upcycling Going Locavore: Edible Gardening, Urban Farming and Culinary Skills Sharing the Earth: Attracting Beneficial Pollinators & Wildlife See It, Learn It, Do It: Practical Insights to Grow Your Gardening Skills Get Crafty: Garden Art, Wellness and Personal Care from Plants

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SHOW GARDENS GARDENS TO SPOTLIGHT “AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL” SHOW THEME CELEBRATING AMERICA’S NATIONAL PARKS AND LANDMARKS The 2016 Northwest Flower & Garden Show has announced the line-up of top regional landscape design professionals creating the show’s spectacular display gardens for the 28th annual event, February 17-21, at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle.

Embracing the upcoming show’s theme, “America the Beautiful,” the designers will incorporate elements of the theme into big, blooming gardens as the show celebrates the National Parks Service Centennial and famous American landmarks.

The Garden Creators will be weaving the show’s theme into their garden designs, and the results should be inspirational, educational and fun for showgoers. In addition to entries by landscape designers, the show is planning a major garden of its own to further spotlight the show’s theme.

With its blooming gardens big and small, the nation’s second largest flower and garden festival will boast a big line-up of attractions, over 100 free seminars for newbie and veteran gardeners alike; shopping for diverse and unusual products in the bustling Marketplace and its 350 vendors; media personalities battling it out for their favorite charities in the “Garden Wars,” and much more.

Showgoers will have the opportunity to enjoy expanded food and beverage options, including a selection of beers and wines.

The themes and descriptions for each garden will be released on gardenshow.com in December.

THE LINE-UP OF GARDEN CREATORS INCLUDES: ADAM GORSKI LANDSCAPES INC Designer: Adam Gorski - North Bend, WA ARBORETUM FOUNDATION Designer: Megan Meyer - Seattle, WA CASCADIAN EDIBLE LANDSCAPES Designer: Michael Seliga-Soulseed - Seattle, WA CHOICE LANDSCAPES LLC Designer: Ryan Gaither - Mount Vernon, WA DAKARA LANDSCAPE DESIGN Designer: Tasha Schwartz - Edmonds, WA DESIGNS BY DELEUW Designer: Lori deLeuw - Bothell, WA ELANDAN GARDENS LTD Designer: Dan & Diane Robinson - Bremerton, WA ENGLISH LANDSCAPES GROUP Designer: Jon Crouch - Vashon, WA FANCY FRONDS Designer: Judith Jones - Gold Bar, WA FANCY PLANTS GARDENS INC Designer: James Sprague - Bothell, WA

FLOWER GROWERS OF PUGET SOUND Designer: Gayle Payne - Redmond, WA NATURE PERFECT INC Designer: Landon Moore - Olympia, WA NORTHWEST ORCHID SOCIETY Designer: Joseph Grienauer - Seattle, WA OLIANA GARDENING Designer: Jumanji Oliana - Seattle, WA PLANTSWOMAN DESIGN INC Designer: Susan Calhoun - Bainbridge Island, WA SUSAN BROWN LANDSCAPE DESIGN Designer: Susan Brown - Everett, WA NWFGS THEME GARDEN Designer: Lloyd Glasscock - Seattle, WA TREELINE DESIGNZ 360° DESIGN COMPANY Designer: Iftikhar Ahmed - Portland, OR WEST SEATTLE NURSERY Designer: Marcia Bruno - Seattle, WA WSNLA (WINE GARDEN) Designer: Breanne Chavez - Federal Way, WA

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Photo by Michael Walmsley © Northwest Flower & Garden Show Garden Creator - Adam Gorski Landscapes Inc.

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GARDEN MARKETPLACE FROM PRACTICAL TO PALATIAL, THE MARKETPLACE OFFERS A VIBRANT ONE-OF-A-KIND SHOPPING EXPERIENCE Just one word captures the magic of one of the biggest attractions at the Northwest Flower & Garden Show: shopping!

You’ll be hard pressed to find the rich variety and quality of products in the show’s ever-popular Marketplace.

Attracting over 350 top-notch vendors from throughout the U.S and Canada, you’ll find tasteful art for the home and garden, plants, bulbs and seeds, one-of-a-kind clothing and accessories, clever tools and accessories and much more.

Within the Marketplace, the “Vintage Garden Market” is a collection of top local vendors showcasing recycled and repurposed, one-of-a-kind home and garden items ranging from architectural salvage pieces, vintage signage and artwork, repurposed furniture, lighting and more.

Your Marketplace purchases won’t slow you down…check them at one of the show’s free and convenient package-check stations--and keep shopping!

Here’s a preview of what’s new or unusual from Marketplace vendors in 2016: --From Pine Grove, CA, Andy Byrne’s (booth #1018) creative expression in metal incorporates recycled materials into unique sculptural creations. Using scrap metal in an untraditional manner, Byne creates interesting and provocative pieces based on geometric design elements.

--Earthen Vessels Pottery artist Michelle Curtis of Brookings, Oregon (booth #1104) creates sculpted botanical pottery made from leaf and flower imprints inspired by our natural wonders. Her garden art and bird accessories are lively and colorful with a whimsical romantic feeling and art deco flair.

--Bellevue’s Plant Picket (booth #303) carries decorative garden markers that feature hand-painted sculptures cast in acrylic within salvaged premium rot-resistant lumber. With over 200 varieties of herbs, vegetables, fruit, flowers and beneficial bugs, you can find the perfect plant labels for your garden.

-- Sarah’s Sacred Mandalas from West Seattle, (booth #506) are unique & colorful designs created using sacred geometry and nature photography captured in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. Also on hand: beautiful throw pillows, trivets, and coasters, along with indoor or outdoor bistro tables featuring the metal work of artist Ben Dixon--spotlighting Sarah’s vibrant mandalas set under a glass tabletop.

--Greentools hails from Vancouver, BC (booth #715) and spotlights the Hungry Bin--a clean, simple and easy way to dispose of organic waste using Red Wiggler compost worms. The Hungry Bin is designed to create an ideal living environment for the worms to convert organic waste into nutrient-rich, high-quality natural fertilizers.

-- Boise’s Erin Pietsch (booth #1105) crafts unique designs into fine porcelain art--combining function with beauty. Working with porcelain, the choices are limitless in creating unique and interesting pieces for everyday use.

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GETTING TO THE SHOW The Northwest Flower & Garden Show celebrates Spring at The Washington State Convention Center (WSCC) located at the intersection of 7th & Pike St in downtown Seattle. The physical address of the Convention Center is: 800 Convention Pl., Seattle, WA 98101.

LINK LIGHT RAIL

The Northwest Flower & Garden Show would like to encourage everyone to take public transportation to and from the show. It is safe, fast and very convenient. The Central Link travels from Sea-Tac airport to downtown Seattle.

The terminus of the light rail is Westlake Station, just blocks from the entrance to the show.

BUS

Are you coming from N. Seattle? If so, King County Metro Route 41 has a direct route from the Northgate Park n’ Ride to Convention Place Station. Bus routes also served from this station are 41, 71, 72, 73, 74, 76, 77, 101, 102, 106, 111, 150, 177, 178, 212, 216, 217, 218, 219, 255, 316, and 550. Please visit metro.kingcounty.gov for more information and to create a custom trip.

PARKING

There are many parking choices around the event. The Convention Center garage and Freeway Park garage are conveniently located near the Convention Center. We encourage you to arrive early if you plan on parking in either the Convention Center lot or Freeway Park. These lots do tend to fill up fast.

Below are a few garages located within a few blocks of the Convention Center

Scan this QR code with your smart phone for real-time parking space availability at a handful of garages throughout Downtown Seattle.

1. Convention Center Parking - 1380 8th Ave 2. Freeway Park Garage - 1300 Hubbell Pl 3. Ampco Parking – 1515 7th Ave 4. Standard Parking – 520 Pike St 5. Republic Parking – 1420 5th Ave 6. Union Square Garage – 601 Union St 7. Ampco Parking – 1408 4th Ave 8. Standard Parking – 409 Union St IVE

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LIVE-ACTION EVENT WITH LOCAL NEWS ANCHORS AND MEDIA PERSONALITIES BENEFIT CHARITIES EACH DAY OF THE SHOW Cheer on your favorite news anchors and media personalities as they battle it out in “Garden Wars,” an all-new event benefiting local charities at the 2016 Northwest Flower & Garden Show.

Inspired by popular reality-based competitions including “Junk Wars,” “Chopped” and “Iron Chef,” the live action event starts daily at 1pm at the “Garden Wars Arena” in the North Hall.

Host Joe Lamp’l, executive producer and host of the award-winning PBS series, Growing a Greener World®, will guide and cajole the Team Leaders and their two-member teams. Working with identical plant and hardscape materials, Teams will create 10’x10’ gardens from scratch aided by Marianne Binetti, a local and national gardening expert specially selected by the Show.

Adding to the fun: the heated competition will include three special challenges dictated by Joe Lamp’l. The teams will be separated by a screen…so they can only guess what the competition is doing on the other side!

At the conclusion of each day’s action, independent judges will select the “winner.” Local charities come out on top in “Garden Wars”: the Show will make a $1,000 donation each day to the winning Team Leader’s designated charity, and $500 to the runner-up Leader’s favorite non-profit organization.

GARDEN WARS

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SEMINAR SCHEDULE WEDNESDAY | FEBRUARY 17 RAINIER ROOM

All seminars 45 minutes unless noted

10:30 AM Who’s The Thriller? Bringing New “Wow” to Containers

Brian Minter — 2016 Show Judge, co-owner and president, Minter Country Garden Store

11:45 AM One Hundred Plants That Almost Changed the World

Chris Beardshaw — 2016 Show Judge, U.K. designer, TV Host and author, 100 Plants That Almost Changed the World

1:00 PM

The Learning Curve: Becoming a Northwest Gardener

2:15 PM

GARDENING 101: GARDEN ROYALTY The Secret to Landscaping With Roses

90 Minutes

Tom Fischer — 2016 Show Judge, editor-in-chief, Timber Press and author, Perennial Companions

Susan Fox — Consulting Rosarian and author, Four Seasons of Roses Monthly Guide to Rose Care

Introduction to Peonies

Kathleen Gagan — National Peony expert and owner, Peony’s Envy

Cultivating the Rainbow with Bearded Iris

Kelly D. Norris — Director of Horticulture, Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden and author, Guide to Bearded Iris

4:30 PM

Garden Made: Crafting in the Garden

5:45 PM

In The Garden of His Imagination

7:00 PM

Growing a Year-round Hummingbird Habitat Garden

Stephanie Rose — Blogger, GardenTherapy.ca and author, Garden Made: A Year of Seasonal Projects David E. Perry — Professional photographer and owner, David Perry Photography Robin Haglund — Garden coach, speaker, writer and president, Garden Mentors® Inc.

HOOD ROOM

All seminars 45 minutes

10:00 AM Too Many Zucchini: Professional Planting Calendars for Home Gardeners Brad Halm — Co-owner, Seattle Urban Farm Co and co-author, High-Yield Garden Planner

11:15 AM Perma What?! Design Your Garden Oasis with Practical Permaculture Jessi Bloom — Owner, NW Bloom Ecological Landscapes and co-author, Practical Permaculture Design

12:30 PM How Plants Work: The Science Behind the Amazing Things Plants Do

Dr. Linda Chalker-Scott — WSU Asso. Professor and author, How Plants Work and The Informed Gardener

1:45 PM

Creating an Entertaining Garden: Outdoor Spaces for Connecting

3:00 PM

The Extraordinary Natural History of the Real Hundred Acre Wood

4:15 PM

Plants with Purpose: Finding the Best Plants for the Job

5:30 PM

Secrets of Garden Design: Solving Problems to Make a Great Garden

6:45 PM

The Art of Gardening: Public and Private Masterpiece Gardens

Jenny Peterson — Author, The Cancer Survivor’s Garden Companion and co-author, Indoor Plant Décor Kathryn Aalto — U.K. writer, designer and author, The Natural World of Winnie-the-Pooh Darcy Daniels — Designer and owner, Bloomtown Gardens and founder, eGardenGo Phil Wood — Owner, Phil Wood Garden Design and 2016 NWFGS Garden Co-creator Linda Larson — Author, A Traveling Gardener and blogger, travelinggardener.com

DIY STAGE

All seminars 60 minutes

10:00 AM Orchids: Learn to Grow a National Treasure

Joe Grienauer — Orchid expert and owner, Emerald City Orchids and 2016 NWFGS Garden Co-creator

11:45 AM The Art of Pruning Japanese Maples

Barry Hoffer — Arborist and owner, Maples for All Seasons

1:30 PM

Beauty from Glass: Getting Started on 2D Mosaic Art

3:15 PM

How to Grow, Harvest and Make Medicine from Your Garden

5:00 PM

Small Garden, Big Impact: Container Garden Drama

6:45 PM

The Path Re-Traveled: Using Vintage Materials for Paths and Walkways

Mark Brody — Artist, art educator and author, Mosaic Garden Projects

Dr. JJ Pursell, ND — Naturopathic physician, owner, The Herb Shoppe and author, The Herbal Apothecary Karen Chapman — Container garden designer, Le Jardinet, and co-author, Fine Foliage James Taylor — Lead Designer and master carpenter, Ballard Reuse

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THURSDAY | FEBRUARY 18 RAINIER ROOM

All seminars 45 minutes unless noted

10:30 AM Perennial Companions: Creating Winning Combinations Throughout the Gardening Year Tom Fischer — 2016 Show Judge, editor-in-chief, Timber Press and author, Perennial Companions

11:45 AM Up, Up and Away in the Garden: Creating a Three Dimensional Garden Lucy Hardiman — Educator, garden writer and designer, Perennial Partners

1:00 PM

The Natural Gardener: Lessons from the Landscape

2:15 PM

GARDENING 101: GARDENING FOR SERENITY Mindful Gardens

90 Minutes

Chris Beardshaw — 2016 Show Judge, U.K. designer, TV Host and author, 100 Plants That Almost Changed the World

Jessi Bloom — Owner, NW Bloom Ecological Landscapes and co-author, Practical Permaculture Design

Outdoor Spaces that Rejuvenate, Heal and Ground

Jenny Peterson — Author, The Cancer Survivor’s Garden Companion and co-author, Indoor Plant Décor

Ten Ways to Create Your Personal Oasis

Christina Salwitz — Owner and blogger, PersonalGardenCoach.com and co-author, Fine Foliage

4:30 PM

Chanticleer: The Art of Gardening

5:45 PM

In Search of Useful Spaces

7:00 PM

A Global Journey: Remarkable Trees

Dan Benarcik — Horticulturist at Chanticleer and co-author, The Art of Gardening: Chanticleer Sue Goetz — Garden designer, owner of Creative Gardener and author of The Herb Lovers Spa Book Linda Larson — Author, A Traveling Gardener and blogger, travelinggardener.com

HOOD ROOM

All seminars 45 minutes

10:00 AM The Beloved Hundred Acre Woods: The Natural World of Ashdown Forest Kathryn Aalto — U.K. writer, designer and author, The Natural World of Winnie-the-Pooh

11:15 AM Garden Made: Crafting in the Garden

Stephanie Rose — Blogger, GardenTherapy.ca and author, Garden Made: A Year of Seasonal Projects

12:30 PM Grow Your Own Vegetable Starts at Home

Colin McCrate — Co-owner, Seattle Urban Farm Co and co-author, High-Yield Garden Planner

1:45 PM

Plants with Style: Captivating Choices for a 21st Century Garden

3:00 PM

Choosing Plants: Do the Math to Solve Plant Puzzles

4:15 PM

Designing Gardens with Peonies

5:30 PM

Blue Ribbon Vegetable Gardening

6:45 PM

Miniature Roses: Hot New Color Spots

Kelly D. Norris — Director of Horticulture, Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden and author, Plants with Style Darcy Daniels — Designer and owner, Bloomtown Gardens and founder, eGardenGo Kathleen Gagan — National Peony expert and owner, Peony’s Envy Jodi Torpey — Author, Blue-Ribbon Vegetable Gardening and editor, WesternGardeners.com Susan Fox — Consulting Rosarian and author, Four Seasons of Roses Monthly Guide to Rose Care

DIY STAGE

All seminars 60 minutes

10:00 AM Making Herbal Preparations from Your Garden

Dr. JJ Pursell, ND — Naturopathic physician, owner, The Herb Shoppe and author, The Herbal Apothecary

11:45 AM Protecting Heirlooms: Get Started on Seed Saving Matthew Hoffman — Co-founder, The Living Seed Company

1:30 PM

Happy Together: Compatible Container Combos from Garden Show Shopping

3:15 PM

Beauty from Glass: Making 3D Mosaic Art

5:00 PM

Lavender, The One Herb That Does It All

6:45 PM

Rooting Out Problems Before You Plant

Barbara Wise — Author, Container Gardening for All Seasons and blogger, bwisegardening.com Nicholas Staddon — Horticulturist and former Director of New Plants for Monrovia Growers Mark Brody — Artist, art educator and author, Mosaic Garden Projects Shelley Levis — Horticulturist, blogger and radio host, SowandDipity.com

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FRIDAY | FEBRUARY 19 RAINIER ROOM

All seminars 45 minutes unless noted

10:30 AM Be a Garden Thief: Steal Ideas from Other Gardens

Ciscoe Morris — Radio, TV host, columnist, gardening celebrity and author, Ask Ciscoe

11:45 AM Welcome to Subirdia: Sharing Our Gardens with Wildlife

Dr. John Marzluff — UW Professor of Wildlife Science and author, Welcome to Subirdia

1:00 PM

A Garden for All Seasons

2:15 PM

GARDENING 101: SMALL SPACE SOLUTIONS Plant Combos to Enliven the Small Garden

90 Minutes

Lucy Hardiman— Educator, garden writer and designer, Perennial Partners

Alex LaVilla — Perennial Buyer for Swanson’s Nursery and designer, Gardenculture Design

Dream Gardens on Balconies, Patios and Decks

Dee Nash — Author, The 20-30 Something Garden Guide & blogger, RedDirtRamblings.com

Essential Perennials for Terraces and Small Spaces

Ruth Rogers Clausen — Garden writer and co-author, Essential Perennials and author, Dreamscaping

4:30 PM

The Art of Combination: Taking the Ordinary to the Extraordinary

5:45 PM

The Best Houseplants Ever!

7:00 PM

Adapting Old Gardens for New Times

Brian Minter — 2016 Show Judge, co-owner and president, Minter Country Garden Store

Dr. David Deardorff & Kathryn Wadsworth — Co-authors, What’s Wrong with My Houseplant?

Christina Pfeiffer — Horticulturist, arborist and co-author, Northwest Month-by-Month Gardening

HOOD ROOM

All seminars 45 minutes

10:00 AM The Downsized Vegetable Garden

Kate Copsey — Radio host and author, The Downsized Vegetable Garden

11:15 AM War and Peace: Using Companionable Rather Than Combative Plants Vanessa Gardner Nagel, APLD — Designer and author, Designer’s Guide to Garden Furnishings

12:30 PM Designing with Ferns: Versatility and Value from Fabulous Ferns

Richie Steffen — Curator, Elisabeth C. Miller Botanical Garden and co-author, Plant Lover’s Guide to Ferns

1:45 PM

Eat Locally Because You Can: Easy Canning for Gardeners

3:00 PM

Having it All: Beauty and Low Maintenance

4:15 PM

Design Principals of the Chanticleer Pros for Home Gardeners

5:30 PM

Pruning Art or Pruning Atrocity?

6:45 PM

Growing Clematis in Small Spaces

Theresa Loe — Co-Executive Producer, ‘Growing A Greener World’ and founder, LivingHomegrown.com Brenda C. Adams — Designer, garden educator and author, There’s a Moose in My Garden Dan Benarcik — Horticulturist at Chanticleer and co-author, The Art of Gardening: Chanticleer Cass Turnbull — Founder, Plant Amnesty and author, Cass Turnbull’s Guide to Pruning Laura Watson — Master Gardener, Master Pruner and ‘Clemaniac’

DIY STAGE

All seminars 60 minutes

10:00 AM Beneficial Orchard Mason Bees: Our Northwest Native Pollinator James Ullrich — Owner, Wild Birds Unlimited, Gig Harbor

11:45 AM In a Pickle: Food Preservation in the Depths of Winter Erica Strauss — Author, The Hands-On Home and blogger, nwedible.com

1:30 PM

Outdoor Décor on a Dime: Easy DIY Projects from Recycled Items

3:15 PM

A Dirty Dozen for Gardening on the Cheap

5:00 PM

Happy Together: Compatible Container Combos from Garden Show Shopping

6:45 PM

Top Tools for Your Garden Shed

Shelley Levis — Horticulturist, blogger and radio host, SowandDipity.com

Jodi Torpey — Author, Blue-Ribbon Vegetable Gardening and editor, WesternGardeners.com Barbara Wise — Author, Container Gardening for All Seasons and blogger, bwisegardening.com Nicholas Staddon — Horticulturist, former Director of New Plants for Monrovia Growers Robin Haglund — Garden coach, speaker, writer and president, Garden Mentors® Inc.

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SATURDAY | FEBRUARY 20 RAINIER ROOM

All seminars 45 minutes unless noted

10:30 AM A Shrub for Every Garden

Marty Wingate — Author, Landscaping for Privacy and The Potting Shed Mystery Series

11:45 AM The Cocktail Hour Garden: Evening Landscapes to Relax and Entertain C.L. Fornari — Author, The Cocktail Hour Garden and Coffee for Roses

1:00 PM

Epic Tomatoes in Abundance: Varieties and Methods for Great Tomatoes

2:15 PM

GARDENING 101: PROTECTING VITAL WILDLIFE AND POLLINATORS Welcome to Subirdia: Sharing Our Gardens with Birds

90 Minutes

Craig LeHoullier — Author, Epic Tomatoes and Growing Vegetables in Straw Bales

Dr. John Marzluff — UW Professor of Wildlife Science and author, Welcome to Subirdia

Saving Pollinators One Garden at a Time

David Mizejewski — Naturalist with NWF and author, Attracting Birds, Butterflies and Other Backyard Wildlife

Great Plant Picks for Birds and Bees

Richie Steffen — Curator, Elisabeth C. Miller Botanical Garden and co-author, Plant Lover’s Guide to Ferns

4:30 PM

That Can’t Grow Here: Plants that are Worth a Try

5:45 PM

Truly Compelling Combinations: Creating Sizzle and Subtlety

7:00 PM

Ciscoe Morris — Radio, TV host, columnist, gardening celebrity and author, Ask Ciscoe Brenda C. Adams — Designer, garden educator and author, There’s a Moose in My Garden

The Movable Feast: Growing Edibles in Containers Toni Gattone — Master Gardener and owner, Toni Gattone & Associates

HOOD ROOM

All seminars 45 minutes

10:00 AM Essential Easy-care Perennials for Outstanding Gardens

Ruth Rogers Clausen — Garden writer and co-author, Essential Perennials and author, Dreamscaping

11:15 AM Good Berry, Bad Berry: Finding and Identifying Common Wild Berries Helen Yoest — Author, Good Berry, Bad Berry and blogger, GardeningwithConfidence.com

12:30 PM Bye-Bye Grass: Easy Approaches to Replace Your Lawn

Nan Sterman — TV host of ‘Waterwise Gardener’ and author, CA Gardener’s Guide, Vol. II

1:45 PM

Ten Tips to Get Started on the Gardening Path to Happiness

3:00 PM

Little Helpers: Get Kids Growing Veggies

4:15 PM

Weed Wars: An American Revolution on Weeds

5:30 PM

Carpet Gardening: Vibrant and Colorful Plant Tapestries

6:45 PM

Vintage Vogue: Yesterday’s Plants for Today’s Gardens

Dee Nash — Author, The 20-30 Something Garden Guide & blogger, RedDirtRamblings.com Kate Copsey — Radio host and author, The Downsized Vegetable Garden Marianne Binetti — TV host of ‘Dig in Seattle’ and author, Edible Gardening for WA and OR Susan Calhoun — Designer and owner, Plantswoman Designs and 2016 NWFGS Garden Creator Kristin Green — Author, Plantiful and RI gardener/blogger

DIY STAGE

All seminars 60 minutes

10:00 AM Divide and Conquer: Secrets to Making Your Own Plants

Charlie Nardozzi — Radio and TV host and author, Foodscaping and Urban Gardening for Dummies

11:45 AM Good Libations: Concocting Cocktails from the Home Garden Debbie Teashon — Co-author, Gardening for the Homebrewer and blogger, Rainyside.com Wendy Tweten — Co-author, Gardening for the Homebrewer and ‘Miss Snippy’ columnist

1:30 PM

Sowing Confidence: Start Your Own Vegetable Seeds

3:15 PM

Colorful Living Wall Hangings with Hardy Succulents

5:00 PM

Pruning Shrubs: It’s Not That Difficult

6:45 PM

The Real Dirt: Super Soils and Courageous Composting

Erica Strauss — Author, The Hands-On Home and blogger, nwedible.com Becky Wright-Sell — Owner, Sedum Chicks, Salem, Oregon

Bess Bronstein — EdCC educator, horticulture consultant and ISA Certified Arborist Cyndi Stuart — Owner/farmer, The Roost at Roddy Creek and author, Real Food from a Real Farm

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SUNDAY | FEBRUARY 21 RAINIER ROOM

All seminars 45 minutes unless noted

10:30 AM Home Remedies: The Good, The Bad, and the What Were You Thinking?

C.L. Fornari — Author, The Cocktail Hour Garden and Coffee for Roses

11:45 AM Attracting Birds, Butterflies and Other Backyard Wildlife

David Mizejewski — Naturalist with NWF and author, Attracting Birds, Butterflies and Other Backyard Wildlife

1:00 PM

Beyond Drip: Super-efficient Irrigation

2:15 PM

GARDENING 101: YOUR BEST EDIBLE GARDEN Season Extension for Home Vegetable Growers

90 Minutes

David A. Bainbridge — Irrigation specialist and author, Gardening with Less Water

Brad Halm — Co-owner, Seattle Urban Farm Co and co-author, High-Yield Garden Planner

Grow Epic Tomatoes Wherever the Sun Shines

Craig LeHoullier — Author, Epic Tomatoes and Growing Vegetables in Straw Bales

Foodscaping: Innovative Ways to Grow Edibles

Charlie Nardozzi — Radio and TV host and author, Foodscaping and Urban Gardening for Dummies

4:30 PM

Stars of the Four-Season Garden Party

Debbie Teashon — Co-author, Gardening for the Homebrewer and blogger, Rainyside.com

HOOD ROOM

All seminars 45 minutes

10:00 AM Gardening with a Generous Nature: a Plantiful Garden Guide Kristin Green — Author, Plantiful and RI gardener/blogger

11:15 AM The Herbal Landscape: Beyond Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme Sue Goetz — Garden designer, owner, Creative Gardener and author, The Herb Lovers Spa Book

12:30 PM California Dreaming: Touring the Golden State’s Most Celebrated Gardens Nan Sterman — TV host of ‘Waterwise Gardener’ and author, CA Gardener’s Guide, Vol. II

1:45 PM

Who Needs Downton Abbey? Great Garden Estates of the Northwest

3:00 PM

Garden Smarter: Adapt Your Garden for Life

4:15 PM

A Dry Sense of Humus: Strategies for a Resilient Garden

Donald Olson — Travel writer and author, Pacific Northwest Garden Tour Toni Gattone — Master Gardener and owner, Toni Gattone & Associates Greg Butler — Designer, educator and owner, Design of the Times

DIY STAGE

All seminars 60 minutes

10:00 AM A Family Affair: Multi-generational Gardening for Fun, Balance and Health Farmer John Mueller — Owner, The Heirloom Seed Store and Daylight Farms

11:45 AM The Compost Tea Party: Compost Teas for Every Garden Randy Ritchie — Founder, Malibu Compost

1:30 PM

Go Vertical: Framed Art with Hardy Succulents

3:15 PM

How to Prune So You Don’t Have to Prune So Often

5:00 PM

Savor the Bounty: The Revival of the Victory Garden

Becky Wright-Sell — Owner, Sedum Chicks, Salem, Oregon

Christina Pfeiffer — Horticulturist, arborist and co-author, Northwest Month-by-Month Gardening Cyndi Stuart — Owner/Farmer, The Roost at Roddy Creek and author, Real Food from a Real Farm

NOTE: Speaker schedule subject to change. No refunds. Please visit us at gardenshow.com/seminars for the most current seminar schedule and speaker biographies.

Check out gardenshow.com/seminars for more speaker information and plan your days at the show. If you missed a seminar and the speaker provided a handout, we will post the handout by 9pm the same day. You can download the handout at any time after it’s posted by clicking on the seminar title.

(Note: not all speakers provide handouts.)

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SEMINARS BY CATEGORY

GET GROWING: PLANTS GALORE FOR NORTHWEST GARDENS ONE HUNDRED PLANTS THAT ALMOST CHANGED THE WORLD Chris Beardshaw — 2016 Show Judge, U.K. designer, TV Host and author, 100 Plants That Almost Changed the World Celebrated British designer Chris Beardshaw will recount tales about plants that may change how you view and value them. His pithy stories span species from rare to common plants, and how they still have huge significance in our lives. From historic art, wartime use, human sexuality, and even space travel, Chris will attempt to unlock and unravel the secrets of the plant kingdom and you will never again look at a fruit bowl in the same way.

Wednesday, Feb 17 at 11:45 am / Rainier Room / Book signing to follow GARDENING 101: GARDEN ROYALTY THE SECRET TO LANDSCAPING WITH ROSES Susan Fox — Consulting Rosarian and author, Four Seasons of Roses Monthly Guide to Rose Care INTRODUCTION TO PEONIES Kathleen Gagan — National Peony expert and owner, Peony’s Envy CULTIVATING THE RAINBOW WITH BEARDED IRIS Kelly D. Norris — Director of Horticulture, Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden and author, Guide to Bearded Iris Roses, Bearded Iris and Peony have graced gardens for more than a century. Today they are deservedly popular, with more varieties than ever before, many suitable for NW gardens. These Beauty Queens need not be intimidating! Join three nationally acclaimed experts, as they share the secrets to getting the most from of these plants. Rosarian Susan Fox, horticulturist Kelly D. Norris and Peony expert Kathleen Gagan will inspire your love affair with these magnificent plants.

Wednesday, Feb 17 at 2:15 pm / Rainier Room / Book signing to follow PERENNIAL COMPANIONS: CREATING WINNING COMBINATIONS THROUGHOUT THE GARDENING YEAR Tom Fischer — 2016 Show Judge, editor-in-chief, Timber Press and author, Perennial Companions Tom Fischer takes a look at the exciting plant combinations that Northwest gardens can create, with a particular emphasis on color, texture, and long-lasting foliage. Combinations for both shady and sunny areas are included.

Along the way, he highlights interesting facts about individual plants, as well as providing helpful hints about their maintenance.

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PLANTS WITH STYLE: CAPTIVATING CHOICES FOR A 21ST CENTURY GARDEN Kelly D. Norris – Director of Horticulture, Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden and author, Plants with Style Why settle for lackluster gardens filled with ho-hum plants? Plants after all are the very essence of fashionable gardening. In this spirited, provocative lecture, 20-something plantsman Kelly Norris calls for a garden revolution: out with boring plants and in with stylish alternatives that enthrall. He’ll shine a spotlight on the A-list plants in every category — plants that will thrive, not merely survive — and how you can forge a personal style in harmony with your garden’s setting.

Thursday, Feb 18 at 1:45 pm / Hood Room / Book signing to follow DESIGNING GARDENS WITH PEONIES Kathleen Gagan – National Peony expert and owner, Peony’s Envy Peonies are an essential perennial for Northwest gardens and often heralded as the eye candy of the garden.

They can fit into almost any garden style – but how to select them, and care for them? This is an in-depth look at cultivar selection, citing, and designing gardens with peonies, focusing on particular aspects of garden design best suited to showing off this Queen of flowers. (Note: Full color handout available at on peonysenvy.com.)

Thursday, Feb 18 at 4:15 pm / Hood Room MINIATURE ROSES: HOT NEW COLOR SPOTS Susan Fox – Consulting Rosarian and author, Four Seasons of Roses Monthly Guide to Rose Care Roses are the perfect flower choice when you want to create an ever-changing splash of color. From bud to a fully open rose, minis and multifloras lure you back to your garden each morning. These are winter hardy, easyto-grow perennials that can make a color spot so rich and intriguing you will be lured back to your garden just to see the bloom cycles And some miniatures can be grown both indoors and outdoors.

Thursday, Feb 18 at 6:45 pm / Book signing to follow DESIGNING WITH FERNS: VERSATILITY AND VALUE FROM FABULOUS FERNS Richie Steffen – Curator, Elisabeth C. Miller Botanical Garden and co-author, Plant Lover’s Guide to Ferns Ferns are remarkably versatile, easy to care for and effortlessly compatible with other plants. And you simply can’t have just one. So join Richie Steffen, an acclaimed pterdomaniac, on how to use the most beautiful of the shade garden plants, ferns. Discover some of the best native ferns for our gardens, along with exotics from around the world that are true performers. This lusciously photographed seminar features clever garden features that anyone can create at home.

Friday, Feb 19 at 12:30 pm / Hood Room / Book signing to follow THE BEST HOUSEPLANTS EVER! Dr. David Deardorff and Kathryn Wadsworth – Writers, photographers and co-authors, What’s Wrong with My Houseplant?

Why does that sweet little miniature rose languish and die within weeks, while the African violet lives for years on the same windowsill? Some plants are pre-adapted to live in our homes — but which ones? Even better, some plants are able to purify the air by absorbing toxic fumes. Discover the best houseplants, why these plants are more certain to be successful, and light, temperature, water, and potting media information for each plant.

Friday, Feb 19 at 5:45 pm / Rainier Room / Book signing to follow ESSENTIAL EASY-CARE PERENNIALS FOR OUTSTANDING GARDENS Ruth Rogers Clausen – Co-author, Essential Perennials and author, Dreamscaping Although garden geeks are willing to spend hours working on their gardens, many are not willing to do that. Busy lives may not permit time for nurturing fussy plants although the residents of the property expect the garden to reflect their good taste. Check out this selection of perennials that need little maintenance, yet provide a “wow” factor too. Resistance to pests and diseases, especially deer, will be included.

Saturday, Feb 20 at 10:00 am / Hood Room / Book signing to follow

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A SHRUB FOR EVERY GARDEN Marty Wingate – Author, Landscaping for Privacy and The Potting Shed Mystery Series Flowers, fragrance, foliage, and form – shrubs knit a garden together with all they offer and require so little upkeep. Find a shrub for your garden – whether you have a blank spot to fill or need a standout star, there’s a shrub for you.

Saturday, Feb 20 at 10:30 am / Rainier Room / Book signing to follow THAT CAN’T GROW HERE: PLANTS THAT ARE WORTH A TRY Ciscoe Morris – Radio, TV host, columnist, gardening celebrity and author, Ask Ciscoe We can grow a wider variety of plants in the Pacific Northwest than almost anywhere in the world. Ciscoe will discuss spectacular and unusual plants that are not generally associated with our region. He will also give hints for growing the best of everything. You can count on hilarity and an “Oh la la!” or two from our favorite horty!

Saturday, Feb 20 at 4:30 pm / Rainier Room / Book signing to follow VINTAGE VOGUE: YESTERDAY’S PLANTS FOR TODAY’S GARDENS Kristin Green – Author, Plantiful and RI gardener/blogger Go back to the future with old-school plant stalwarts that don’t need breeders’ improvements to be worthy of today’s low maintenance, sustainable, earth-friendly gardens. Look for old favorites to scent your garden with nostalgia. Poke a few gladiolus bulbs in the ground to deliver spring freshness to dusty mid-summer borders.

Kristin will (re)introduce you to many more classic annuals, bulbs, perennials and shrubs too beautiful and useful to ever go out of style.

Saturday, Feb 20 at 6:45 pm / Hood Room / Book signing to follow THE HERBAL LANDSCAPE: BEYOND PARSLEY, SAGE, ROSEMARY AND THYME Sue Goetz – Garden designer, owner of Creative Gardener and author, The Herb Lovers Spa Book Herbs offer low maintenance, water misers, pollinator attraction, big blooms and fantastic foliage. Get to know the best herbs to use in your landscape, including ones that add architecture and color for all seasons; plus ways to mingle and combine herbs beautifully with other ornamental landscape plants.

Sunday, Feb 21 at 11:15 am / Hood Room / Book signing to follow STARS OF THE FOUR-SEASON GARDEN PARTY Debbie Teashon – Co-author, Gardening for the Homebrewer and blogger, Rainyside.com Discover the true stars of the Northwest garden — plants that spice up your garden in, around, or beyond the typical growing seasons. Lively foliage and fall-to-winter flowers and berries expand your garden beyond the spring riot of color. Debbie shows how to enjoy the hues and textures of a garden overflowing with fantastic plants that give us pleasure during and beyond the growing seasons. Learn how to make a drab Northwest fallinto-winter garden come alive.

Sunday, Feb 21 at 4:30 pm / Rainier Room / Book signing to follow

Be sure to bring this Preview Guide to the show for a handy reference of the seminars.

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GLOBAL GARDENING: PEOPLE, PLACES AND THEIR PLANTS IN THE NW & BEYOND THE LEARNING CURVE: BECOMING A NORTHWEST GARDENER Tom Fischer — 2016 Show Judge, editor-in-chief, Timber Press and author, Perennial Companions Enjoy the saga of a gardener who learns to deal with a new climate and an expanded plant palette. It traces two new gardens on one city property, each different in character. In front is a public space with Mediterranean and West Coast natives, chosen for low maintenance. But the private back garden allows for experimentation. Tom shares his “learning curve,” his experiments (both good and bad) with the Northwest’s huge plant choices, and the process of absorbing current trends in garden design.

Wednesday, Feb 17 at 1:00 pm / Rainier Room / Book signing to follow THE EXTRAORDINARY NATURAL HISTORY OF THE REAL HUNDRED ACRE WOOD Kathryn Aalto – U.K. writer, designer and author, The Natural World of Winnie-the-Pooh Join Kathryn Aalto for lively and illustrative talk focused on the flora and fauna of Ashdown Forest, the real setting where Winnie-the-Pooh, Christopher Robin and friends had their daring “Expotitions.” From kings to commoners, Ashdown Forest is manmade — a fascinating and highly-protected natural and literary landscape shaped over a thousand years by people and their activities, which the real Christopher Robin helped preserve.

Wednesday, Feb 17 at 3:00 pm / Hood Room / Book signing to follow IN THE GARDEN OF HIS IMAGINATION David E. Perry – Professional photographer and owner, David Perry Photography A garden truly is a world set apart, a painted canvas; people approach garden visits in many ways. Join David as he shares many of his personal images, offering insights about how to sit with a garden, see deeply into it and occasionally, enter into profound conversation with it. Learn how he treats his garden visits as open-ended meditations; sharing his most beautiful captured glimpses of them as questions asked; visual poems awaiting a response from the viewer.

Wednesday, Feb 17 at 5:45 pm / Rainier Room / Book signing to follow THE ART OF GARDENING: PUBLIC AND PRIVATE MASTERPIECE GARDENS Linda Larson – Author, A Traveling Gardener and blogger, travelinggardener.com ‘Traveling Gardener’ Linda Larson walks us along the garden path found in art masterpieces and masterpiece gardens leading to the garden outside our own door. This program reveals gardens found in art; visits masterpiece gardens grown as a work of heart; and helps us see how our own gardens grow better with art. Join her as she travels to some of the most influential gardens on museum walls and around the world.

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THE BELOVED HUNDRED ACRE WOODS: THE NATURAL WORLD OF ASHDOWN FOREST Kathryn Aalto – U.K. writer, designer and author, The Natural World of Winnie-the-Pooh Join expat Kathryn Aalto for a lively, visually-rich journey into one of the most iconic settings in children’s literature: the Hundred Acre Wood, a real place in East Sussex, England called Ashdown Forest. This is where A. A. Milne lived and set the tender adventures of Winnie-the-Pooh and his band of friends. Discover the rare flora and fauna of the forest which fascinated Charles Darwin, W.B. Yeats, Ezra Pound and, of course, A. A. Milne.

Thursday, Feb 18 at 10:00 am / Hood Room / Book signing to follow A GLOBAL JOURNEY: REMARKABLE TREES Linda Larson – Author, A Traveling Gardener and blogger, travelinggardener.com ‘Traveling Gardener’ Linda Larson presents this highly acclaimed seminar celebrating the significance of trees in our world. Throughout human history we celebrate trees in story, song and verse. Trees are the often overlooked, silent backdrop in our lives, reaching into the sky with little attention from us, yet without trees there is no us! An inspiring and life affirming story of trees connecting us to the true meaning of life.

Thursday, Feb 18 at 7:00 pm / Rainier Room CALIFORNIA DREAMING: TOURING THE GOLDEN STATE’S MOST CELEBRATED GARDENS Nan Sterman – Award-winning TV host of ‘Waterwise Gardener’ and author, CA Gardener’s Guide, Vol. II California is home to a stunning array of gardens, and now you can ‘tour’ a selection of acclaimed public gardens — Filoli, Hearst Castle and Lotusland — as well as best kept secrets: a private garden featuring an African savannah; the colorful trial garden of Renee Shepherd, owner of Renee’s Garden Seeds; Post Ranch Inn, the farmto-table garden in Big Sur; Lone Pine Arboretum’s stunning Mediterranean garden; and the 300+ acre botanical garden Taft Garden in Ojai.

Sunday, Feb 21 at 12:30 pm / Hood Room / Book signing to follow WHO NEEDS DOWNTON ABBEY? GREAT GARDEN ESTATES OF THE NORTHWEST Donald Olson – Travel writer and author, Pacific Northwest Garden Tour You don’t need to travel to Downton Abbey to enjoy a great English-style landscape garden. The Pacific Northwest has several historic properties with gardens that rival those in England. And they’re all open to the public. In this entertaining and informative seminar, garden and travel writer Donald Olson takes you to the grandest of the grand estates in Oregon, Washington and British Columbia and tells you the stories behind their creation.

Sunday, Feb 21 at 1:45 pm / Hood Room / Book signing to follow

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SOLVING DESIGN CHALLENGES WITH STYLE: ARTISTIC INSPIRATION FOR EVERY GARDEN CREATING AN ENTERTAINING GARDEN: OUTDOOR SPACES FOR CONNECTING Jenny Peterson — Author, The Cancer Survivor’s Garden Companion and co-author, Indoor Plant Décor In recent years, there has been a trend for people to take “staycations” — rather than going somewhere, our backyards have become our places to have fun and connect with family and friends. Discover ideas for specific gathering spaces (patios, decks, fire pit areas, gazebos, etc.) and adding features like outdoor fireplaces, seating, task and mood lighting and plant selection to complete your entertaining area. Jenny will have loads of inspiring garden images to show how this is done.

Wednesday, Feb 17 at 1:45 pm / Hood Room / Book signing to follow PLANTS WITH PURPOSE: FINDING THE BEST PLANTS FOR THE JOB Darcy Daniels – Designer and owner, Bloomtown Gardens and founder, eGardenGo Rarely is it a plant’s job to just look pretty. In most gardens plants are assigned more rigorous responsibilities: work hard in harsh conditions; provide groundcover for erosion control; perform in withering heat with little water; or to provide structure. To be successful, you need plants with different skills, characteristics, and abilities.

Understanding what you need is the first step; then you pare down all the candidates to a few plants you can ‘hire’ to do the job at hand.

Wednesday, Feb 17 at 4:15 pm / Hood Room SECRETS OF GARDEN DESIGN: SOLVING PROBLEMS TO MAKE A GREAT GARDEN Phil Wood – Owner, Phil Wood Garden Design and 2016 NWFGS Garden Co-creator Learn how to design a great garden by mastering elements of garden design. See examples of gardens that were oddly shaped, had unsightly views, bad neighbors and were simply boring. See before and after pictures that outline the design techniques that transform your garden from totally lackluster to fabulous.

Wednesday, Feb 17 at 5:30 pm / Hood Room UP, UP AND AWAY IN THE GARDEN: CREATING A THREE DIMENSIONAL GARDEN Lucy Hardiman – Educator, garden writer and designer, Perennial Partners Challenging situations in our gardens are ripe for creative solutions many involving integrating the vertical plane.

Taming slope with terraces, steps or walls or hedges, adding terraces or raised veggie beds, blocking unsightly views with fences and screens, piercing the horizontal plane with plants and art are all solutions for creating dynamic garden spaces that relate to human scale.

Thursday, Feb 18 at 11:45 am / Rainier Room / Book signing to follow

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THE NATURAL GARDENER: LESSONS FROM THE LANDSCAPE Chris Beardshaw – 2016 Show Judge, U.K. designer, TV Host and author, 100 Plants That Almost Changed the World Drawing from his BBC television series, “The Flying Gardener,” Chis will look at a variety of plants in their different habitats, revealing how nature achieves what gardeners have long strived for. He’ll show how knowing your own garden’s local conditions can aid you in selecting and cultivating plants. You’ll discover that the best designer for your garden is nature itself, and the best gardens are those created with the understanding of the conditions nature creates.

Thursday, Feb 18 at 1:00 pm / Rainier Room / Book signing to follow GARDEN 101- GARDENING FOR SERENITY MINDFUL GARDENS Jessi Bloom – Owner, NW Bloom Ecological Landscapes and co-author, Practical Permaculture Design OUTDOOR SPACES THAT REJUVENATE, HEAL AND GROUND Jenny Peterson – Author, The Cancer Survivor’s Garden Companion and co-author, Indoor Plant Décor TEN WAYS TO CREATE YOUR PERSONAL OASIS Christina Salwitz – Owner and blogger, PersonalGardenCoach.com and co-author, Fine Foliage We all lead busy, stressful lives, pulled in every direction — and some of us may have chronic illness, anxiety/ depression or are going through treatment for illness. Your garden and its plants have the power to help keep you balanced, healthy and whole. Join designers and authors Jessi Bloom, Jenny Peterson and Christina Salwitz as they share intentional design tips to help you create a garden that nourishes your heart and soul, becoming your peaceful oasis in your daily life.

Thursday, Feb 18 at 2:15 pm / Rainier Room / Book signing to follow CHOOSING PLANTS: DO THE MATH TO SOLVE PLANT PUZZLES Darcy Daniels – Designer and owner, Bloomtown Gardens and founder, eGardenGo Often, when designing a garden, before deciding on a specific plant, you think what you want the plant to do; qualities it must have. Or you start with a specific plant, and find its best partners. At first, you have many possibilities; later, very few. The key is to start — start somewhere, anywhere. With this seminar you’ll discover fresh ideas and a new framework for thinking about how to solve the puzzling situations you encounter in your own gardens.

Thursday, Feb 18 at 3:00 pm / Hood Room CHANTICLEER: THE ART OF GARDENING Dan Benarcik – Horticulturist at Chanticleer and co-author, The Art of Gardening: Chanticleer What is this place? And how do they do what they do? Dan Benarcik, a horticulturist at Chanticleer for 23 seasons, will introduce the renowned garden and its history, sharing insights on what is happening in the garden. He’ll show practical steps that can be taken right now — saving many more steps later in the season; tips that home gardeners can employ. Finally Dan will reveal how the talented staff at Chanticleer continues a tradition of bold and innovative display.

Thursday, Feb 18 at 4:30 pm / Rainier Room / Book signing to follow BE A GARDEN THIEF: STEAL IDEAS FROM OTHER GARDENS Ciscoe Morris – Radio, TV host, columnist, gardening celebrity and author, Ask Ciscoe Ciscoe will share the insights he has gleaned from visiting gardens, famous and not-so-famous, all over the world, including some great ones right here in the Pacific Northwest. Hilarity ensues.

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WAR AND PEACE: USING COMPANIONABLE RATHER THAN COMBATIVE PLANTS Vanessa Gardner Nagel, APLD – Designer and author, Designer’s Guide to Garden Furnishings Every time we buy a new plant we purchase a potential friend or enemy of the garden. Learn tricks of designing with plants that go beyond soil, exposure, and moisture levels to create peace instead of war among your plants.

Maximize the potential of every plant as well as the overall design of your garden.

Friday, Feb 19 at 11:15 am / Hood Room / Book signing to follow A GARDEN FOR ALL SEASONS Lucy Hardiman – Educator, garden writer and designer, Perennial Partners Designer Lucy Hardiman shows how you can create a garden that is visually interesting year-round by taking a cue from Mother Nature. Winter, spring, summer and fall are the framework for our gardens expounded upon by the poets. But in reality we experience 16 shifts and transitions in Northwest gardens over the course of the year, and our climate has been adding new trends every year. Now you can start thinking about having a garden where plants create rhythm and daily continuity.

Friday, Feb 19 at 1:00 pm / Rainier Room / Book signing to follow HAVING IT ALL: BEAUTY AND LOW MAINTENANCE Brenda C. Adams – Designer, garden educator and author, There’s a Moose in My Garden Everyone wants a low maintenance garden, yet too many find ourselves struggling with one that is nearly impossible to maintain. How can you create something that’s both beautiful and enjoyable? Brenda Adams offers a fresh perspective on ways to create a new garden or renovate an existing one to reduce your maintenance.

You’ll gain a new understanding of the most important design concepts that will help you achieve your garden goals.

Friday, Feb 19 at 3:00 pm / Hood Room / Book signing to follow DESIGN PRINCIPALS OF THE CHANTICLEER PROS FOR HOME GARDENERS Dan Benarcik – Horticulturist at Chanticleer and co-author, The Art of Gardening: Chanticleer This seminar will give the both beginner and advanced gardeners tips from the pros to help freshen up their own gardens at home. Dan will discuss five sound principals of design: What they are, what they do and how you can employ these principles in your own garden beds, pots and plant combinations next season. This richly photographed discussion gives ample visual examples that cover many different garden genres.

Friday, Feb 19 at 4:15 pm / Hood Room / Book signing to follow THE ART OF COMBINATION: TAKING THE ORDINARY TO THE EXTRAORDINARY Brian Minter – 2016 Show Judge, Co-owner and president, Minter Country Garden Store A fabulous garden has never been about a plant — it has always been about the ability of a plant to combine with others to extend the season of enjoyment, to lessen the downtime and to heighten the effect. Great garden design is about finding the ‘pop’, making magic and ultimately creating art … and that is where we all need to be.

Friday, Feb 19 at 4:30 pm / Rainier Room THE COCKTAIL HOUR GARDEN: EVENING LANDSCAPES TO RELAX AND ENTERTAIN C.L. Fornari – Radio host, author, The Cocktail Hour Garden and Coffee for Roses and blogger, GardenLady.com You’ve had a stressful day, the commute was a bear, and now you just want to put it all out of your mind. C.L. Fornari shares her tips on how to design a landscape for all the senses, where you can sit, decompress, and re-connect with the natural in the evening hours. Learn about plants that catch the rays of the setting sun, attract hummingbirds, deliver fragrance and provide flavorful ingredients for cocktails.

Saturday, Feb 20 at 11:45 am / Rainier Room / Book signing to follow

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CARPET GARDENING: VIBRANT AND COLORFUL PLANT TAPESTRIES Susan Calhoun – Designer and owner, Plantswoman Design and 2016 NWFGS Garden Creator Toss out the ideas of groundcovers and instead go for a beautiful growing carpet. Create a low growing tapestry of plants that will not block views and will be vibrant and colorful all year around, ideal for full sun or full shade and everything between. Using repetition, color and design, Susan shows you how to add more interest to the edges of your pathways. She’ll share stunning photos, practical planting tips, and plant suggestions for your location.

Saturday, Feb 20 at 5:30 pm / Hood Room TRULY COMPELLING COMBINATIONS: CREATING SIZZLE AND SUBTLETY Brenda C. Adams – Designer, garden educator and author, There’s a Moose in My Garden Have you ever wondered what makes some gardens absolutely outstanding? Would you like yours to be one of those too? Discover foliage, color, texture, form, and other plant attributes to create combinations that far exceed the beauty of each individual plant. Taking the notion of combination planting to a refreshing new level, you’ll learn techniques to design upbeat, dazzling, and exciting combinations as well as those with a calm, more subtle, but still memorable presence.

Saturday, Feb 20 at 5:45 pm / Rainier Room / Book signing to follow

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MAXIMIZING SPACE: SMALL SPACE SOLUTIONS AND CONTAINER GARDENS WHO’S THE THRILLER? BRINGING NEW “WOW” TO CONTAINERS Brian Minter — 2016 Show Judge, Co-owner and president, Minter Country Garden Store You’ve often heard that the secret to a great planting is the trio: ‘thrillers’, ‘fillers’ and ‘spillers’. In truth, many of the ‘thrillers’ don’t look any better than the other two components. It is time to re-invent the ‘thrillers’. Let’s go a little nuts, dig down deep and discover a whole new series of ‘wows’!

Wednesday, Feb 17 at 10:30 am / Rainier Room SMALL GARDEN, BIG IMPACT: CONTAINER GARDEN DRAMA Karen Chapman – Container garden designer, Le Jardinet, and co-author, Fine Foliage To achieve that lush, abundant look you crave you’ll need to learn how to squish with style — without compromising plant health or design. Squishing tips include understanding the growth habit of each plant, knowing whether to give those roots a deep tissue massage (or just a gentle tickle), and how to layer the plants.

When it comes to professional looking containers, ‘more is more,’ so just when you think you’ve got enough plants — add one more.

Wednesday, Feb 17 at 5:00 pm / DIY Stage / Book signing to follow HAPPY TOGETHER: COMPATIBLE CONTAINER COMBOS FROM GARDEN SHOW SHOPPING Barbara Wise – Author, Container Gardening for All Seasons and blogger, bwisegardening.com Nicholas Staddon – Horticulturist, former Director of New Plants for Monrovia Growers Back by popular demand! When Barbara Wise and Nicholas Staddon start talking about plants and containers, gardeners listen! Barbara and Nicholas go shopping around the show, and then show you how to put their finds all together to make great containers. Have fun watching them design plant combinations for containers that are ‘happy together’ – showing what works for balconies, patios, sun, shade, and year-round interest. They will share planting principles and a handout with great tips for container gardening.

Thursday, Feb 18 at 1:30 pm / DIY Stage / Book signing to follow Friday, Feb 19 at 5:00 pm / DIY Stage / Book signing to follow

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IN SEARCH OF USEFUL SPACES Sue Goetz – Garden designer, owner of Creative Gardener and author, The Herb Lovers Spa Book Discover how to design and create gardens to grow plants that give back — providing you and your family with nutritious and delicious edibles, plants with fragrances, plants for cutting, and more. Find how you can balance size, space, “come and go” plants, harvesting, and longevity, and how it all works with the permanence of your existing landscaping. You’ll get growing hints, landscape design ideas for container gardens, potagers, raised planting beds, easy layouts for edible gardens, and more.

Thursday, Feb 18 at 5:45 pm / Rainier Room / Book signing to follow GARDEN 101: SMALL SPACE SOLUTIONS PLANT COMBOS TO ENLIVEN THE SMALL GARDEN Alex LaVilla – Perennial Buyer for Swanson’s Nursery and designer, Gardenculture Design DREAM GARDENS ON BALCONIES, PATIOS AND DECKS Dee Nash – Author, The 20-30 Something Garden Guide & blogger, RedDirtRamblings.com ESSENTIAL PERENNIALS FOR TERRACES AND SMALL SPACES Ruth Rogers Clausen – Co-author, Essential Perennials and author, Dreamscaping So many garden desires, so little space. What to do? Join horticulturist Alex LaVilla, and garden writers Ruth Rogers Clausen and Dee Nash for their sage advice on selecting the right plants, creating beautiful combinations for year-round interest, and bringing out the best in the smallest of spaces. Whether you have a small plot of land, or a high-rise balcony, you can have a space enlivened by the beauty of plants that can give you joy.

Friday, Feb 19 at 2:15 pm / Rainier Room GROWING CLEMATIS IN SMALL SPACES Laura Watson – Master Gardener, Master Pruner and ‘Clemaniac’ Not all clematis are monsters! Many of these gorgeous flowering vines can beautifully and easily grace small gardens and ornamental pots. From Clemaniac Laura Watson, you will learn how to choose a clematis for more limited spaces as well as how to care for and prune them. You’ll be enthused to go right out and buy a clematis for your small space. You will also go home with an informative and detailed handout about growing clematis.

Friday, Feb 19 at 6:45 pm / Hood Room

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IN HARMONY WITH NATURE: SUSTAINABILITY, PERMACULTURE AND UPCYCLING PERMA WHAT?! DESIGN YOUR GARDEN OASIS WITH PRACTICAL PERMACULTURE Jessi Bloom – Owner, NW Bloom Ecological Landscapes and co-author, Practical Permaculture Design Can you imagine an Eden or paradise, in which your thriving garden nourishes all of your needs? It is not only possible, but they will offer easy step-by-step instructions on how to do it! Learn about making your garden dreams come true with award-winning designer Jessi Bloom, co-author of Timber Press’ best-selling book Practical Permaculture.

Wednesday, Feb 17 at 11:15 am / Hood Room / Book signing to follow THE PATH RE-TRAVELED: USING VINTAGE MATERIALS FOR PATHS AND WALKWAYS James Taylor – Lead Designer and master carpenter, Ballard Reuse This seminar will demonstrate the usage of salvage and vintage materials in the construction of paths, patios and contemplation places in the garden Using materials that have some history is a great way to create a look that feels timeless. James will discuss locating, removal and transporting material, how to stay on a modest budget and working with vintage stone and pavers, along with a demonstration of materials and methods for making your own timeless path.

Wednesday, Feb 17 at 6:45 pm / DIY Stage OUTDOOR DÉCOR ON A DIME: EASY DIY PROJECTS FROM RECYCLED ITEMS Shelley Levis – Horticulturist, radio host and blogger, SowandDipity.com Using common objects in uncommon ways is the theme behind this seminar. You’ll learn how to re-use, recycle and repurpose junk into creative containers and outdoor décor. Both fun and functional, these ideas are sure to inspire and have you thinking outside the pot! Items to be displayed and demonstrated include a Tea Cup Tire Planter, IKEA Strawberry Planter, Wire Basket Solar Chandelier, Pallet Wood Serving Tray and a Soup Can BBQ Caddy.

Friday, Feb 19 at 1:30 pm / DIY Stage BYE-BYE GRASS: EASY APPROACHES TO REPLACE YOUR LAWN Nan Sterman – TV host of ‘Waterwise Gardener’ and author, CA Gardener’s Guide, Vol. II Lawn grasses are quickly becoming passé and for good reason — they take more water, more fertilizer, more upkeep, are responsible for more green waste (thus more greenhouse gases) than almost any other garden plants. And because we put so many products onto grass, it is a major source of water pollution. Discover several methods for ridding home gardens of lawn (or at least reducing it) and easy approaches for replacing lawn with more sustainable gardens.

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THE COMPOST TEA PARTY: COMPOST TEAS FOR EVERY GARDEN Randy Ritchie – Founder, Malibu Compost LLC Have you heard how beneficial compost tea is for your garden? How about making your own? This seminar will demonstrate how to make and apply compost teas. Many of the steps will be demonstrated, with key points discussed. All of the supplies and ingredients you’ll need will be on stage, with different plants to show different applications. A handout will list supplies, ingredients, tea recipes and helpful resources. You’ll leave uttering the phrase, “It’s tea time!”

Sunday, Feb 21 at 11:45 am / DIY Stage BEYOND DRIP: SUPER-EFFICIENT IRRIGATION David A. Bainbridge – Irrigation specialist and author, Gardening with Less Water The problem of water shortage continues to increase — both locally and globally. The need to grow more food with less water is more important every day. Climate change is expected to increase drought severity in many areas of the world and we are seeing this already in the Western U.S. While most gardeners have not heard about many super-efficient irrigation techniques, they can reduce water use dramatically, minimize weeds, increase plant health and yield and speed maturation.

Sunday, Feb 21 at 1:00 pm / Rainier Room / Book signing to follow A DRY SENSE OF HUMUS: STRATEGIES FOR A RESILIENT GARDEN Greg Butler – Designer, educator and owner, Design of the Times Dwindling snow packs and record breaking heat brought withering drought to the West Coast in 2015, resulting in parched gardens and hefty water bills. This seminar will take an amusing look at the folly of trying to grow an English Garden in a Mediterranean climate and offer strategies for making your garden more resilient to these drier times by designing the irrigation out and selecting plants that laugh in the face of global warming.

Sunday, Feb 21 at 4:15 pm / Hood Room

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GOING LOCAVORE: EDIBLE GARDENING, URBAN FARMING AND CULINARY SKILLS TOO MANY ZUCCHINI: PROFESSIONAL PLANTING CALENDARS FOR HOME GARDENERS Brad Halm – Co-owner, Seattle Urban Farm Co and co-author, High-Yield Garden Planner Many people struggle with the vegetable gardening problem of planting too much at one time, then being overwhelmed when everything is ready at once. Learn how professional vegetable growers use a planting calendar to produce a consistent supply of produce every week, how to assess your produce needs, determine how much to plant, and how to schedule your plantings to ensure a consistent supply of fresh produce. Imagine eating a fresh salad from your garden year round!

Wednesday, Feb 17 at 10:00 am / Hood Room / Book signing to follow PROTECTING HEIRLOOMS: GET STARTED ON SEED SAVING Matthew Hoffman – Co-founder, The Living Seed Company Seeds are critical to life! Matthew Hoffman, Co-Founder of The Living Seed Company, will introduce the process of seed saving through this vital demonstration. He’ll explore the various methods of seed saving, from wet to dry, and the tools needed. Matthew will also discuss the history, types of seeds, planning, technique, harvest, processing and storage. He will ‘plant the seed’ on how you can be successful in seed saving in your own garden!

Thursday, Feb 18 at 11:45 am / DIY Stage GROW YOUR OWN VEGETABLE STARTS AT HOME Colin McCrate – Seattle Urban Farm Co and co-author, High-Yield Garden Planner and Food Grown Right Ever wanted to try your hand at growing your own vegetable starts from seed? Growing your own transplants is extremely rewarding and allows you to try new varieties that may not be available at the local nursery….but it can be more complicated than you think! Before you get started, learn how to avoid common pitfalls that beset many well intentioned home nursery managers. We’ll discuss germination and potting media, providing adequate light, watering techniques, and organic fertilization in your nursery.

Thursday, Feb 18 at 12:30 pm / Hood Room / Book signing to follow

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BLUE RIBBON VEGETABLE GARDENING Jodi Torpey – Author, Blue-Ribbon Vegetable Gardening and editor, WesternGardeners.com Have you ever marveled at mammoth pumpkins, giant cabbages and enormous onions at your state fair? This seminar teaches the tricks for growing the biggest, tastiest and best-looking vegetables for miles around. Discover how to choose the top vegetable varieties, schedule planting dates and grow a healthy garden. Whether you want to win ribbons, impress your fellow gardeners or simply improve your vegetable growing efforts, this session is for you.

Thursday, Feb 18 at 5:30 pm / Hood Room / Book signing to follow THE DOWNSIZED VEGETABLE GARDEN: GROWING VEGGIES IN SMALL PLACES Kate Copsey – Radio host and author, The Downsized Vegetable Garden Whether you are in an apartment or this is your first vegetable garden, everyone can benefit from growing some of their own food. Raised beds, deck railings, containers and indoor hydroponics are all included in this great seminar that will get you inspired to grow you own food – no matter the space.

Friday, Feb 19 at 10:00 am / Hood Room / Book signing to follow IN A PICKLE: FOOD PRESERVATION IN THE DEPTHS OF WINTER Erica Strauss – Author, The Hands-On Home and blogger, nwedible.com We think of food preservation as a summer activity – but many of our best cool season NW vegetable crops are ideal for preservation through lacto-fermentation. Learn about this health-boosting traditional method of converting hardy vegetables into long-lasting and delicious pickles. Erica will teach you how to make Spiced Ginger Carrots, Sauerkraut with Apples and Caraway, and Korean-spiced Daikon radish. Saltcuring of seasonal Meyer Lemons will also be demonstrated.

Friday, Feb 19 at 11:45 am / DIY Stage / Book signing to follow EAT LOCALLY BECAUSE YOU CAN: EASY CANNING FOR GARDENERS Theresa Loe – Co-Executive Producer, ‘Growing A Greener World’ and founder, LivingHomegrown.com As a gardener, you can be a great canner because you understand the value of well-grown produce. All you need are some solid canning skills and you can “put-up” seasonal food that is locally sourced, organic, GMO-free, delicious and available year round! Theresa will share how canning makes for a more sustainable kitchen, how to capture that flavor with best canning techniques including advanced flavor-enhancing tips, and discuss the best plants to take your preserves to the next level.

Friday, Feb 19 at 1:45 pm / Hood Room GOOD BERRY, BAD BERRY: FINDING AND IDENTIFYING COMMON WILD BERRIES Helen Yoest – Author, Good Berry, Bad Berry and blogger, GardeningwithConfidence.com Foraging is hot right now, but did you know there are berries in your own back yard that you can eat? Have you walked your local greenway and wondered if the berries you spied were edible? Good Berry, Bad Berry is a homeowner’s guide to what’s edible, what’s toxic — and how to tell the difference. There are a few recipes with good berries that you probably never knew were edible. Beautyberry jelly anyone?

Saturday, Feb 20 at 11:15 am / Hood Room / Book signing to follow GOOD LIBATIONS: CONCOCTING COCKTAILS FROM THE HOME GARDEN Debbie Teashon – Co-author, Gardening for the Homebrewer and blogger, Rainyside.com Wendy Tweten – Co-author, Gardening for the Homebrewer and ‘Miss Snippy’ columnist Join the authors of Gardening for the Homebrewer for a lively look at alcohol-based libations that stem from your own backyard. Wendy and Debbie will share the making of fresh and delicious liqueurs that taste all the better with homegrown ingredients. Herbs for liqueurs, fruit for wine, hops for beer, apples for cider — learn how easy it is to make delicious liqueur recipes from ingredients grown in a Northwest garden. You will be the life of the party!

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EPIC TOMATOES IN ABUNDANCE: VARIETIES AND METHODS FOR GREAT TOMATOES Craig LeHoullier – Author, Epic Tomatoes and Growing Vegetables in Straw Bales Growing perfect, ripe tomatoes is the Holy Grail for Northwest edible gardeners. Focusing on success for the challenging Pacific Northwest climate, ‘Tomatomaniac’ Craig LeHoullier will showcase some superb, unique tomatoes and delve into a variety of success factors to help gardeners ensure that they find them in abundance in their harvest baskets.

Saturday, Feb 20 at 1:00 pm / Rainier Room / Book signing to follow SOWING CONFIDENCE: START YOUR OWN VEGETABLE SEEDS Erica Strauss – Author, The Hands-On Home and blogger, nwedible.com If you want to save money, grow unusual vegetable varieties, or have the earliest possible harvest, starting your own seeds indoors is a must. Erica Strauss, author of The Hands-On Home and edible gardening blogger at Northwest Edible Life will discuss the most important and often confusing aspects of starting your own seeds indoors so you can grow your own vegetable starts with confidence. Specific planting, up-potting and thinning techniques and timing secrets will be demonstrated.

Saturday, Feb 20 at 1:30 pm / DIY Stage / Book signing to follow LITTLE HELPERS: GET KIDS GROWING VEGGIES Kate Copsey – Freelance writer and author, The Downsized Vegetable Garden Getting kids into the garden is always tough when there are so many other distractions, but with some fun new ideas they might actually enjoy watching their veggies grow! Advances in technology bring veggie characters to life, apps encourage the kids to go check for bugs, and fun variety names are just some of the ways to make growing your veggies healthy and fun.

Saturday, Feb 20 at 3:00 pm / Hood Room / Book signing to follow THE MOVABLE FEAST: GROWING EDIBLES IN CONTAINERS Toni Gattone – Master Gardener and owner, Toni Gattone & Associates More and more people want to grow their own food to reduce cost and ensure their food is sustainably harvested. The good news is that you need a dedicated vegetable garden with rows of edibles. You can arrange an artful collection of interesting planters on your balcony, a living wall or tucked among flower beds. Discover how you can create colorful and aromatic edible container gardens you will enjoy harvesting year round.

Saturday, Feb 20 at 7:00 pm / Rainier Room GARDEN 101: YOUR BEST EDIBLE GARDEN SEASON EXTENSION FOR HOME VEGETABLE GROWERS Brad Halm – Co-owner, Seattle Urban Farm Co and co-author, High-Yield Garden Planner GROW EPIC TOMATOES WHEREVER THE SUN SHINES Craig LeHoullier – Author, Epic Tomatoes and Growing Vegetables in Straw Bales FOODSCAPING: INNOVATIVE WAYS TO GROW EDIBLES Charlie Nardozzi – Radio and TV host and author, Foodscaping and Urban Gardening for Dummies Edible gardening has become a huge priority for health conscious gardeners. But how can you make the most of your edibles, and grow them so they look beautiful with your current landscape? You will gain a bushel of tips and insights from these three acclaimed experts in edible gardening: Brad Halm, Craig LeHoullier and Charlie Nardozzi will help you extend the growing season, integrate your edibles within your existing garden to maximize your space, and help you attain that rarest of edible produce: perfectly grown tomatoes!

Sunday, Feb 21 at 2:15 pm / Rainier Room / Book signing to follow

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SAVOR THE BOUNTY: THE REVIVAL OF THE VICTORY GARDEN Cyndi Stuart – Owner/Farmer, The Roost at Roddy Creek and author, Real Food from a Real Farm Join Cyndi Stuart for a how-to seminar of getting back to our roots and growing your own food. Cyndi will give you a quick re-cap on the importance of the Victory Garden in urban and rural America, and then demonstrate easy ways to get your garden started right now. Whether you’re in the heart of the city, the burbs or have some property, you can grow your own food and savor the bounty.

Sunday, Feb 21 at 5:00 pm / DIY Stage / Book signing to follow

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SHARING THE EARTH: ATTRACTING BENEFICIAL POLLINATORS & WILDLIFE GROWING A YEAR-ROUND HUMMINGBIRD HABITAT GARDEN Robin Haglund – Garden coach, speaker, writer and president, Garden Mentors® Inc. The Pacific Northwest is home to some hummingbirds that never migrate. In this photo-rich session, pollinator advocate Robin Haglund will share design techniques, plant ideas and more for developing a gorgeous, yearround garden filled with vital elements our resident hummingbirds seek for forage, nest-building, raising their brood and more. Don’t just hang up a high-maintenance, refined sugar feeder — discover what it takes to craft a habitat garden that meets the needs of our local birds all year long.

Wednesday, Feb 17 at 7:00 pm / Rainier Room BENEFICIAL ORCHARD MASON BEES: OUR NORTHWEST NATIVE POLLINATOR James Ullrich – Owner, Wild Birds Unlimited, Gig Harbor The Mason Bee is a non-aggressive pollinator native to our area. Jim will cover all of the Mason Bees’ needs, including proper housing, housing location, plants to assist in the success of bringing Mason Bees into one’s yard, and maintenance of a colony during the pollination process. He will review weather cycles that affect our bees, predator issues, and success stories, how to have a successful crop of bees and storing the bees from year to year.

Friday, Feb 19 at 10:00 am / DIY Stage WELCOME TO SUBIRDIA: SHARING OUR GARDENS WITH WILDLIFE Dr. John Marzluff – UW Professor of Wildlife Science and author, Welcome to Subirdia The garden that you create is not only an aesthetic wonder; it is a place that a rich community of wild animals calls home. You are an integral part of an ecosystem, and your everyday actions affect the fabric of animal life that surrounds us. Learn about the birds that live in your garden, and how to enhance their wellbeing. Drawing on his research in Seattle and around the world, John will show how birds are adapting in urban ecosystems.

Friday, Feb 19 at 11:45 am / Rainier Room / Book signing to follow

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GARDEN 101: PROTECTING VITAL WILDLIFE AND POLLINATORS WELCOME TO SUBIRDIA: SHARING OUR GARDENS WITH BIRDS Dr. John Marzluff – UW Professor of Wildlife Science and author, Welcome to Subirdia SAVING POLLINATORS ONE GARDEN AT A TIME David Mizejewski – Naturalist with National Wildlife Federation and author, Attracting Birds, Butterflies and Other Backyard Wildlife GREAT PLANT PICKS FOR BIRDS AND BEES Richie Steffen – Curator, Elisabeth C. Miller Botanical Garden and co-author, Plant Lover’s Guide to Ferns The garden that you create is not only an aesthetic wonder; it is a place that a rich community of wild animals calls home. You are an integral part of an ecosystem, and your everyday actions affect the fabric of animal life that surrounds us. Join UW Professor of Wildlife Dr. John Marzluff, National Wildlife Federation’s naturalist David Mizejewski and horticulturist Richie Steffen as they share the essential practices and best plants every gardener should use to support the declining populations of birds and pollinators.

Saturday, Feb 20 at 2:15 pm / Rainier Room / Book signing to follow ATTRACTING BIRDS, BUTTERFLIES AND OTHER BACKYARD WILDLIFE David Mizejewski – Naturalist with National Wildlife Federation and author, Attracting Birds, Butterflies and Other Backyard Wildlife One of the joys of gardening is creating a beautiful, natural space that you and the backyard wildlife can enjoy.

David loves sharing about creating wildlife-friendly gardens. Discover the four components of habitat – food, water, shelter and places to raise young, how to observe and enjoy wildlife and avoid critter-conflicts, the vital role of native plants in the garden, and tips sustainable gardening practices. Learn how to have your garden recognized as an official “Certified Wildlife Habitat.”

Sunday, Feb 21 at 11:45 am / Rainier Room / Book signing to follow

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SEE IT, LEARN IT, DO IT: PRACTICAL INSIGHTS TO GROW YOUR GARDENING SKILLS ORCHIDS: LEARN TO GROW A NATIONAL TREASURE Joe Grienauer – Orchid expert and owner, Emerald City Orchids and 2016 NWFGS Garden Co-creator Back by popular demand, Joe is going to help you get Orchids that you treasure with this great hands-on demonstration – and all new jokes! Bring your questions! He’ll cover basic orchid background, basic orchid care, fertilization, and pest and disease control. He’ll talk about greenhouse vs. window vs. artificial light growing techniques, how to initiate flowers on a healthy plant, and which orchids are best for newbies. He’ll also demonstrate the all-important repotting of an orchid.

Wednesday, Feb 17 at 10:00 am / DIY Stage THE ART OF PRUNING JAPANESE MAPLES Barry Hoffer – Arborist and owner, Maples for All Seasons Barry Hoffer has a passion for Japanese maples, an invaluable tree for the Northwest landscape. He will explain the philosophy of pruning and then demonstrate proper pruning technique on an actual Japanese maple tree showing each essential point. As an aesthetic arborist, he’ll talk about making proper cuts, soil and the overall health of the tree. Diseases associated with the Japanese Maples are covered, including how to repair and remove diseased branches and treatment.

Wednesday, Feb 17 at 11:45 am / DIY Stage HOW PLANTS WORK: THE SCIENCE BEHIND THE AMAZING THINGS PLANTS DO Dr. Linda Chalker-Scott – WSU Asso. Professor and author, How Plants Work and The Informed Gardener Wonder why lawn weeds stay green in the summer while the grass around them turns brown? Or how early spring flowers can melt their way through snow? How about why there are no blue roses, but lots of blue hydrangeas? Plant physiologist and urban horticulturist Dr. Linda Chalker-Scott has written this book especially for gardeners to answer these and other questions. Smash the myths and learn the science in a fun, fascinating way!

Wednesday, Feb 17 at 12:30 pm / Hood Room / Book signing to follow ROOTING OUT PROBLEMS BEFORE YOU PLANT Dr. Linda Chalker-Scott – WSU Asso. Professor and author, How Plants Work and The Informed Gardener Learn the best ways to prepare container plants and B&B trees for transplanting - root washing and corrective pruning is different from conventional methods, yet ongoing research demonstrates that this new procedure leads to substantial increases in tree establishment and survival. Investing the time to prepare and install trees and shrubs properly will pay future dividends of reduced maintenance and increased plant health for the lifetime of your landscape.

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A DIRTY DOZEN FOR GARDENING ON THE CHEAP Jodi Torpey – Author, Blue-Ribbon Vegetable Gardening and editor, WesternGardeners.com In this fast-paced gardening demonstration you’ll learn a dozen different ways to garden on the cheap—indoors and out. In quick succession you’ll discover how to grow garlic greens, deal organically with insect pests, make a portable potting bench, grow the most nutritionally dense food in a jar, mix up your own potting soil, grow a carrot centerpiece, test last season’s vegetable seeds, stock up on free fertilizers and more. You’ll leave this session armed with a year’s worth of money-saving gardening tips.

Friday, Feb 19 at 3:15 pm / DIY Stage / Book signing to follow PRUNING ART OR PRUNING ATROCITY Cass Turnbull – Founder, Plant Amnesty and author, Cass Turnbull’s Guide to Pruning Can you tell the difference between tree topping and tree pollarding? Between Japanese cloud pruning and poodle balling? Or between topiary and an embarrassing shearing ‘incident’? This seminar will define and show examples of Pruning Art, contrasting it with similar looking mal-pruning. The show ends with our popular display of the good, the bad, and the bizarre.

Friday, Feb 19 at 5:30 pm / Hood Room / Book signing to follow TOP TOOLS FOR YOUR GARDEN SHED Robin Haglund – Garden coach, speaker, writer and president, Garden Mentors® Inc. Navigating the myriad gardening tools on the market can be overwhelming and expensive. Plus, using the wrong tool may make your gardening tasks more difficult than they need to be. Robin will introduce you to the top tools she recommends, tool design options that may be better for fatigued or aging bodies, and how to choose and use a variety of non-motorized gardening tools wisely, safely and with great results – for your body and for each gardening task. And here’s a great bonus – Robin will give away most of the tools she features!

Friday, Feb 19 at 6:45 pm / DIY Stage ADAPTING OLD GARDENS FOR NEW TIMES Christina Pfeiffer – Horticulturist, arborist and co-author, Northwest Month-by-Month Gardening When an older landscape no longer works well, there are lots of options other than starting completely over.

Water conservation, edible plants, and plants that support pollinator insects are becoming vital issues, along with having a beautiful garden that is easy to care for. Learn how to edit the older garden and how to best establish new plants among the old. Dealing with overgrown plants, reducing maintenance demands, solving soil problems, and using less water will be covered Friday, Feb 19 at 7:00 pm / Rainier Room DIVIDE AND CONQUER: SECRETS TO MAKING YOUR OWN PLANTS Charlie Nardozzi – Radio and TV host and author, Foodscaping and Urban Gardening for Dummies Many gardeners have favorite plants and look for more of the same variety. But it’s often hard to find the exact same plant. In this demonstration, Charlie shows how to propagate plants using cuttings. Learn techniques such as leaf cuttings, stem cutting, air layering, and hardwood cuttings, along with grafted vegetables and fruits. He’ll also discuss the right pots, soil, rooting hormone, and environmental conditions you’ll need to be successful.

Sponsored by Gardeners Supply Company and Velcro USA. Saturday, Feb 20 at 10:00 am / DIY Stage / Book signing to follow TEN TIPS TO GET STARTED ON THE GARDENING PATH TO HAPPINESS Dee Nash – Author, The 20-30 Something Garden Guide & blogger, RedDirtRamblings.com No matter your age or experience, gardening has a learning curve and can be confusing. Join award-winning blogger and author Dee Nash as she shares her ten best tips to get you started on the gardening path to happiness. Learn about planning a vegetable or ornamental garden, or one that combines both; secrets to combining plants for the best results; vertical gardening, companion planting, and more!

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WEED WARS: AN AMERICAN REVOLUTION ON WEEDS Marianne Binetti – TV host of ‘Dig in Seattle’ and author, Edible Gardening for WA and OR Marianne will share strategies from her garden and others on keeping ahead of weeds, including weed stations, best tools, best mulches, groundcovers, timing, what weeds are telling you, what weeds to eat, how weed killers work and precautions to take, using chickens, goats and kids to get the weeding done. (Plus she confesses her dream of getting her very own Bothy Boy.) Saturday, Feb 20 at 4:15 pm / Hood Room / Book signing to follow PRUNING SHRUBS: IT’S NOT THAT DIFFICULT Bess Bronstein – EdCC educator, horticulture consultant and ISA Certified Arborist Has that beautiful flowering quince become so large and out of control that it now blocks your view from the kitchen window? Does the wonderful fragrant viburnum now look like a scraggly mess? Learn basic pruning techniques for a variety of shrub types. In addition, corrective pruning methods will be covered so that you can repair common pruning mistakes (remember the forsythia you sheared into a duck?)

Saturday, Feb 20 at 5:00 pm / DIY Stage THE REAL DIRT: SUPER SOILS AND COURAGEOUS COMPOSTING Cyndi Stuart – Owner/Farmer, The Roost at Roddy Creek and author, Real Food from a Real Farm Think soils and compositing are boring? No longer! Never composed before and panic you might mess it up?

Have no fear! Join Cyndi Stuart for a lively talk and hands-on demonstration. Healthy soils and compost are key to all successful gardening, so let’s improve the soil you have, start or improve your compost and put all those leaves, grass clippings and kitchen scraps to good use. It’s not as hard as you might think.

Saturday, Feb 20 at 6:45 pm / DIY Stage / Book signing to follow GARDENING WITH A GENEROUS NATURE: A PLANTIFUL GARDEN GUIDE Kristin Green – Author, Plantiful and RI gardener/blogger You shouldn’t have to spend a lot to grow a great garden. Learn how to take advantage of nature’s worthiest opportunists. Welcome the self-sowers—they plant themselves! Let spreaders fill your garden’s gaps and practice the fine art of editorial control. And discover how to propagate and overwinter tender perennials indoors.

Kristin will share her favorite plants, tips, and tools for growing an abundant and colorful garden year round.

Sunday, Feb 21 at 10:00 am / Hood Room / Book signing to follow A FAMILY AFFAIR: MULTI-GENERATIONAL GARDENING FOR FUN, BALANCE AND HEALTH Farmer John Muller – Owner, The Heirloom Seed Store and Daylight Farms Farmer John, a 3rd generation Family Farmer, will share his experiences and family secrets on vegetable and flower growing — with the help of the people around him. As an urban farmer growing for farmers’ markets, select restaurants, and his grandchildren, his approach works for first time gardeners, seasoned pros, and those who just love to eat what they grow! His engaging and practical experience will show how to make gardening a joyful and balanced family affair.

Sunday, Feb 21 at 10:00 am / DIY Stage HOME REMEDIES: THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE WHAT WERE YOU THINKING? C.L. Fornari – Radio host, author, The Cocktail Hour Garden and Coffee for Roses and blogger, GardenLady.com It can be fun to think that the answer to all your garden problems is already in your kitchen and bathroom cupboards, but are household products or homemade brews really effective in the garden? This amusing and informative talk looks at remedies that are passed over the backyard fences, through Facebook, or on Pinterest.

Learn what works and what’s a waste of time…and which “solutions” are actually garden disasters.

Sunday, Feb 21 at 10:30 am / Rainier Room / Book signing to follow Photo page 38 © Coffee for Roses by C.L. Fornari, courtesy of St. Lynn’s Press

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GARDEN SMARTER: ADAPT YOUR GARDEN FOR LIFE Toni Gattone – Master Gardener and owner, Toni Gattone & Associates There are 78 million Baby Boomers becoming seniors and many are avid gardeners. As we become seniors, our bodies change and the limited range of activities force us to accept our ‘new norm.’ We need to find better ways to garden smarter. This is where the tips and techniques of Adaptive Gardening can be of great help. With this seminar, you’ll leave with an Adaptive Gardening Plan, which will help you reevaluate your garden, tools and toolshed.

Sunday, Feb 21 at 3:00 pm / Hood Room ADAPTING OLD GARDENS FOR NEW TIMES Christina Pfeiffer – Horticulturist, arborist and co-author, Northwest Month-by-Month Gardening When an older landscape no longer works well, there are lots of options other than starting completely over.

Water conservation, edible plants, and plants that support pollinator insects are becoming vital issues, along with having a beautiful garden that is easy to care for. Learn how to edit the older garden and how to best establish new plants among the old. Dealing with overgrown plants, reducing maintenance demands, solving soil problems, and using less water will be covered Friday, Feb 19 at 7:00 pm / Rainier Room

Photo © Coffee for Roses by C.L. Fornari, courtesy of St. Lynn’s Press

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GET CRAFTY: GARDEN ART, WELLNESS AND PERSONAL CARE FROM PLANTS BEAUTY FROM GLASS: GETTING STARTED ON 2D MOSAIC ART Mark Brody – Artist, art educator and author, Mosaic Garden Projects Artist Mark Brody will demonstrate the proper cutting techniques for both glass and ceramic tiles; finish the tile-laying of a 2D mosaic stepping-stone or fence-hanging mosaic; demonstrate the setting process in thin-set mortar; and discuss how mosaics will perform in different climates. For the big finish, Mark will daringly show how to lift an entire 12 x 12” mosaic in the air by contact paper alone, and confidently set it on the prepared substrate in adhesive (100’s of tessarae at once!)

Wednesday, Feb 17 at 1:30 pm / DIY Stage / Book signing to follow HOW TO GROW, HARVEST AND MAKE MEDICINE FROM YOUR GARDEN Dr. JJ Pursell – Naturopathic physician, owner, The Herb Shoppe and author, The Herbal Apothecary Dr. JJ Pursell, certified naturopathic physician, has been fascinated by the healing power of herbs for over 20 years. Now you can discover how you can grow, process and turn 5 herbs into helpful healing medicine for your family. Dr. JJ Pursell will show you how to make your own “medicine cabinet” with an organic salve, tincture, tea and syrup.

Wednesday, Feb 17 at 3:15 pm / DIY Stage / Book signing to follow GARDEN MADE: CRAFTING IN THE GARDEN Stephanie Rose – Blogger, GardenTherapy.ca and author, Garden Made: A Year of Seasonal Projects Gardens grow food, medicinal herbs, and cut flowers, but they can also be packed full of crafting materials!

Learn what to grow in a ‘crafting garden’ and how to personalize your space with creative handmade projects.

GardenTherapy.ca blogger and author, Stephanie Rose, will discuss the benefits of ‘garden making’ and how garden projects can be used in therapeutic or school garden settings. This seminar is filled with beautiful, inspirational photography showcasing ideas for any season.

Wednesday, Feb 17 at 4:30 pm / Rainier Room / Book signing to follow MAKING HERBAL PREPARATIONS FROM YOUR GARDEN Dr. JJ Pursell – Naturopathic physician, owner, The Herb Shoppe and author, The Herbal Apothecary Join certified naturopathic physician Dr. JJ Pursell, owner of the acclaimed Portland apothecary, The Herb Shoppe, as she shares a hands-on experience of how to make basic herbal preparations: herbal oils, salves, baths salts and lotion, all from herbs you easily grow and harvest from your garden or containers.

Thursday, Feb 18 at 10:00 am / DIY Stage / Book signing to follow

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GARDEN MADE: CRAFTING IN THE GARDEN Stephanie Rose – Blogger, GardenTherapy.ca and author, Garden Made: A Year of Seasonal Projects Gardens grow food, medicinal herbs, and cut flowers, but they can also be packed full of crafting materials!

Learn what to grow in a ‘crafting garden’ and how to personalize your space with creative handmade projects.

GardenTherapy.ca blogger and author, Stephanie Rose, will discuss the benefits of ‘garden making’ and how garden projects can be used in therapeutic or school garden settings. This seminar is filled with beautiful, inspirational photography showcasing ideas for any season.

Thursday, Feb 18 at 11:15 am / Hood Room / Book signing to follow BEAUTY FROM GLASS: MAKING 3D MOSAIC ART Mark Brody – Artist, art educator and author, Mosaic Garden Projects This seminar steps it up a notch: 3-D art. Mark will show the more advanced techniques of setting mosaic on a 3D surface. He’ll describe and demonstrate the proper cutting techniques for both glass and ceramic tiles; how to use the sticky mesh/contact paper combination again for certain areas; demonstrate the ‘direct method’ of tiling; and discuss how mosaic perform in different climates. Even experienced mosaic fans are bound to learn new techniques to improve their skill level!

Thursday, Feb 18 at 3:15 pm / DIY Stage / Book signing to follow LAVENDER, THE ONE HERB THAT DOES IT ALL Shelley Levis – Horticulturist, radio host and blogger, SowandDipity.com If you could only grow one herb in your garden, then grow Lavender. This versatile herb is used in everything from cooking to cleaning, and is easy to grow. Shelley will show you how to use basic ingredients and simple easy-to-do methods to encourage you to grow and use herbs in your garden. She’ll also show how you can make some wonderful lavender products: carpet freshener, soap, and a great yoga mat spray and more!

Thursday, Feb 18 at 5:00 pm / DIY Stage COLORFUL LIVING WALL HANGINGS WITH HARDY SUCCULENTS Becky Wright-Sell – Owner, Sedum Chicks, Salem, Oregon The original “Sedum Chick,” Becky Wright-Sell will show you how to plant your very own living art from sedum wall hangings. She will discuss the features and benefits of hardy succulents and demonstrate step-by-step how to make your own wall hangings, as well as how to trim, plant and care for hardy succulents.

Saturday, Feb 20 at 3:15 pm / DIY Stage GO VERTICAL: FRAMED ART WITH HARDY SUCCULENTS Becky Wright-Sell – Owner, Sedum Chicks, Salem, Oregon Do you have an empty spot on a balcony wall or a fence that just needs something special? Why not try living art with hardy succulents? Sedum Chick owner Becky Wright-Sell will show you how to plant and care for hardy succulents, plant preparation, maintenance, exposure and general questions regarding all issues related to vertical gardening with succulent plants. Now you can have colorful, easy-care art that you make yourself.

Sunday, Feb 21 at 1:30 pm / DIY Stage Photo page 42 by Justin Meyers © Mosaic Garden Projects by Mark Brody, courtesy of Timber Press

Photo © Marion Brenner, from Grow a Little Fruit Tree by Ann Ralph, courtesy of Storey Publishing Be sure to bring this Preview Guide to the show for a handy reference of the seminars.

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SEMINAR MAP The seminars are all conveniently located in the Conference Center with plenty of seating for everyone. Please reference the map and directions below for the location of the Conference Center in relation with the show entrance.

UP TO NORTH HALL 4TH FLOOR ATOR ESCAL

HOOD ROOM

RAINIER ROOM

ELEVATOR

CONFERENCE CENTER 3RD FLOOR BOOK SIGNING

DIY STAGE

Convention Center 4th Floor

ESCALATOR

North Hall Marketplace

HOW DO I GET THERE?

Hood Room

SkyBridge

North Entrance Escalators to Street Level ESCALATORS

To South Hall

Show Gardens South Hall Marketplace

Blue Package Check

Show Office Lost & Found

Exit Only

To North Hall

Subway Will Call

ESCALATORS

Tougo

Hand Stamp

Information & Merchandise

All three seminar rooms are located in the state-of-the-art Conference Center. To get there, cross the SkyBridge into the North Hall (where the Plant Market is located). Turn right and go down any aisle towards the large Seminar banners.

The escalator and elevator are at the back of the hall and will take you down to the Conference Center, where the Rainier Room, Hood Room, DIY Stage and Book Signing Station are conveniently located. To return to the rest of the show, just go back up the escalator or elevator. You can enjoy unlimited seminar viewing for free every day of the show without waiting in any lines.

ATM

South Entrance

Tickets

Coat Check

NOTE: Speaker schedule subject to change at anytime. No refunds. Please visit us at gardenshow.com/seminars for the most current seminar schedule and speaker biographies.

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STROLL THE SHOW WHILE ENJOYING NW WINES, CRAFT BEERS, COCKTAILS, AND TASTY NEW GOURMET FOOD The Northwest Flower & Garden show has always been a multi-sensory experience, but now you can add your taste buds to the list when you visit the show.

As you stroll through the show taking in the sights and sounds of the display gardens, marketplace and seminar theaters, you can now enjoy a glass of regional wine or craft beer—or even the show’s own signature cocktail garnished with an edible flower!

While the expanded selection of beverages is sure to please, plan on savoring tasty new food offerings available throughout the show including specialty platters, gourmet sandwiches and burgers, fresh baked pastries and more.

Here’s a sampling: •

At the newly created Wine Tasting Area in the North Hall, sample selections from Chateau Ste. Michelle Wine Estates including Ste. Michelle, 14 Hands, ANEW, Seven Fall Cellars, and special selections from Horse Heaven Vineyard.

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Dazzling new food offerings, including fresh sushi, cheese platters, made-to-order salads and pasta bar, soups and chowder, burgers and sandwiches spotlighting Seattle’s own Beecher’s Cheese, Salumi platters, and fresh-baked pastries and other goodies from Pastry Chef Alina Maratova. And next to the Garden Wars “stadium,” upscale ballpark items including gourmet hot dogs, house made potato chips and craft beers.

Satisfying your appetite won’t be a problem in 2016—and prepare to dazzle your taste buds!

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