2012 Northwest Flower & Garden Show - Show Guide

2012

Washington State Convention Center

FEB 8-12

A Floral Symphony 25 display gardens inspired by music and the sounds of nature

Over 120 free seminars Plant Market

Wine Garden

Garden Marketplace

Children’s PlayGarden

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Live music

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Welcome to the Northwest Flower & Garden Show

Thanks to our valued partners

This year’s event hits a high note with the theme for 2012: “A Floral Symphony …

Gardens Take Note.” Our 25 gardens have imaginatively woven this theme into creative ways: orchids presented in a “Symphony Hall” setting, an innovative “Grunge Garden” and a garden with a grand piano as its centerpiece — just to name a few.

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You’ll also be treated to performances by top classical, gospel, jazz and bluegrass musicians in the South Lobby. Not to be outdone, children can join in the “Rockin’ Robin” fun at the Sprout Stage in The PlayGarden.

Inspired by show attendees I’ve met and the show’s outstanding speakers and exhibitors, my own garden has begun a transformation unique to my family. Though my battle to grow acceptable pumpkins continues, our family shares in the joy that a garden brings.

It’s a place of constant change as the seasons come and go, backyard wildlife appears, and new plantings mature and bloom. This year’s show will generate plenty of takehome ideas for me and for you.

Planning and managing the nation’s second-largest flower and garden show is truly a labor of love. I’d like to thank our sponsors, creators, speakers, exhibitors, performers and staff who contribute their creativity and expertise to bring this show to life.

And, of course, I’d like to thank you — this is your show. Happy gardening!

Terry O’Loughlin Producer, O’Loughlin Trade Shows, Inc. The Northwest Flower & Garden Show is produced by Northwest-based O’Loughlin Trade Shows, Inc. The family-owned company, now spanning four generations, has grown over the past 71 years to become the largest producer of consumer shows in the West, including the Portland Home & Garden Show and the Tacoma Home & Garden Show.

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Music performances take root at show “A Floral Symphony … Gardens Take Note” sets the theme for this year’s show, featuring live music presentations at several stage areas.

The South Lobby has been transformed into a multigenre musical showcase as top area groups take the stage for gospel, classical, jazz and bluegrass performances.

Subaru presents Kenny Coleman (Brazilian). Other performers are Ray Baldwin (smooth jazz), Bella Trio (classical chamber music), Cascade Cut Ups (bluegrass), Julian Catford (classical guitar), Duo Savior Faire (classical chamber music), Edmonds Woodway High School (jazz ensemble), Garfield (classic quartet), Orville Johnson (bluegrass), Paul Johnson (jazz), Kirkland Choral Society (vocal choral), Miles and Karina (variety), Sensible Shoes (Seattle Women’s Chorus), Nelda Swiggett (jazz), Total Experience Gospel Choir (gospel) and Wiretappers (bluegrass).

The Sprout Stage presents lively children’s musical acts in the “Rockin’ Robin”-themed PlayGarden. Families can sing along with popular children’s singer/songwriters Caspar Babypants, Nancy Stewart, Your Imaginary Friend and Lisa Taylor with the Creepin’ Critters. Performances are daily at 10:30 a.m., 12:30 and 2:30 p.m.

And don’t forget, the show’s display gardens weave unique musical elements into their own themes — creating an atmosphere of melodic magic across the entire show!

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Ticket information Show hours

Location

Wednesday–Saturday 9 a.m.– 8 p.m.

Washington State Convention Center: Seventh Avenue and Pike Street, Seattle

Sunday 9 a.m.–6 p.m.

$16 Early-bird advance Purchase at gardenshow .com or at nursery outlets through Feb. 7

Available for groups of 20 or more

Valid any two days of the show

$5 Youth

$10 Half-day ticket

Children 12 and younger admitted free

After 3 p.m. Wednesday– Saturday or after 2 p.m.

Sunday

$65 Five-day pass

Ages 13–17

Tickets available at the door, at gardenshow.com or at 800-343-6973

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The PlayGarden

“Rockin’ Robin” at The PlayGarden The upbeat and catchy song “Rockin’ Robin” is the inspiration behind this year’s edition of The PlayGarden, an entertaining and interactive children’s feature. Kids, it’s OK to get your hands dirty!

In conjunction with Seattle Children’s PlayGarden, the show has created The PlayGarden as a hands-on educational experience for children.

The 5,000-square-foot activity area spotlights performances and activities in celebration of the show’s theme: “A Floral Symphony … Gardens Take Note.” It’s free with admission to the show (children ages 12 and younger are admitted free to the show).

“It will be a fun-filled outdoor play environment where children can touch, play and learn, and take something home,” says Wendy Welch, a Seattle-based garden designer and Seattle Children’s PlayGarden associate who has been working with the show to develop the exhibit.

Harkening back to simpler times of play, The PlayGarden allows kids to roll up their sleeves and get their hands dirty while making Max’s Mud pies, playing in a “sand-

box” full of birdseed, planting seeds to take home, petting bunnies and chickens, and creating balls of nesting material for robins and other Pacific Northwest birds. It all takes place in a vintage 1950s “kitchen” vignette and wooded backyard filled with round-the-clock activities, including play with Hula-Hoops, pingpong and lawn mowers for pushing.

Kids love a treasure hunt, and parents will love that their children have something to engage them while viewing the gardens. Every year, the garden creators conceal items in their gardens. This year, treasure hunters will be on the lookout for birdhouses. Participants can record their finds on their Treasure Hunt forms to receive a prize courtesy of Molbak’s!

Treasure Hunt forms will be available at The PlayGarden, at one of the two Show Information booths and at selected display gardens.

“The Seattle Children’s PlayGarden is the only facility of its type in the United States where both typically developing children and children with special needs come together and garden year-round,” says Liz Bullard, executive director for the Seattle Children’s PlayGarden.

For additional information, visit gardenshow .com or call 253-756-2121.

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Benefit blanket Benefiting the Seattle Children’s PlayGarden, Pendleton Woolen Mills and the Northwest Flower & Garden Show have teamed up to offer an exclusive, limited-edition “Counting Sheep” Eco-Wise Wool® baby blanket.

The regular price is $74; preorder for $60 at gardenshow.com or purchase at the show for the same special price of $60.

You can also support Seattle Children’s PlayGarden programs through an optional $1 donation when you buy tickets to the Northwest Flower & Garden Show.

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Sprout Stage headliners

The Marketplace

(music for the young and the young at heart)

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Shop for garden treasures at Marketplace The hottest new garden tools, gifts for the gardener, handcrafted art and furniture, and new plant introductions will be among the offerings from more than 300 exhibitors in the Northwest Flower & Garden Show’s Marketplace.

This one-stop-shopping experience attracts quality exhibitors from throughout the region, with many offering one-of-a-kind items.

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Caspar Babypants: 10:30 a.m. daily

Nancy Stewart: 2:30 p.m. daily

Your Imaginary Friend: 12:30 p.m. Friday–Sunday

Lisa Taylor w/the Creepin’ Critters: 12:30 p.m.

Wednesday and Thursday

Specialty nurseries will be introducing new and exotic plants — as well as old favorites — in the Plant Market.

With so much to see, don’t let purchases slow you down.

Check them at one of the show’s convenient and complimentary package-check stations so you can keep shopping.

Living it Up!

Three gardens show off small-space ideas Minimalism doesn’t have to be small in idea, beauty or function. Living It Up! features limited-space gardening inspiration in three unique garden displays through the use of plantings, outdoor décor and planters.

A Garden of Fragments Fragments saved from previous gardens, repurposed materials and cuttings from generous neighbors can be artfully assembled to create a tantalizing small garden. The smallspace garden is a place to relax and savor a garden with a special personal history.

The ideas are endless: cascading grasses, splashes of pink, dark feathery ferns and pale flowers tumbling from a container to re-create fondly remembered combinations. Repurposed furniture, fabric from grandmother’s trousseau, old Christmas ornaments and worn garden art can all be positioned for the desired effect.

Creator: Pamela Richards Garden Design, writingagarden.blogspot.com

gardenshow.com In Through the Out Door Almost a “secret garden” and patio space tucked in off the side of a home in an urban setting, this garden is packed with big-garden features.

Circular paving stones are surrounded by low natural stone borders and boulders.

Hand-forged iron plant stakes in an unfolding fiddle-leaf fern motif and handmade iron “vines” support grapevines and festive lighting around the garden. Creations by local artists include a hand-blown glass fruit bowl set in crows shaped from iron.

A small water feature is tucked in next to the walls of the house — with the “out” door leading from the garden to a wine cellar.

Creator: Timothy Gray; Pacific Stone Company, pacificstoneco.com

Starting the Day on the Patio This garden is practical, functional and enjoyable. The planters are Roman Pisa and the patio pavers are Standard-Pacific Slate finish.

The use of hardscape materials offers low maintenance and a pleasant environment to enjoy the outdoors any time of day.

Creator: Gil McNeal, Perennial Lawn & Garden, Inc./PLG Construction; perenniallawngarden.com

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Wednesday

Free Seminars

Seminar Key

Small-space gardening

Edible gardening

These symbols will help you identify the best seminars for you

Book signing

Rainier Room (60 minutes except where noted)

Hood Room (60 minutes except where noted)

DIY Stage (60 minutes except where noted)

10 AM

Designing Tomorrow’s Gardens Today

9:30 AM

Demystifying Heirloom Gardening

Garden Sustainably Without Sacrificing Beauty

Designing with Heirloom Flowers, Vegetables & Herbs

11:30 AM Edible Landscaping: The New American Garden

11 AM

Grow Your Own Bountiful & Beautiful Garden

1 PM

Why Doesn’t My Garden Look Like That?

10 Questions to Ask About Your Garden

2:30 PM

The Human Garden

Enhance Your Garden Enjoyment with Outdoor Rooms

4 PM

Plant of the Week

Peak Performing Plants from January through December

5:30 PM

Walk on the Wilder Side

New Styles of Garden Paving from Repurposed Materials

6:45 PM

Get Your Feet Wet

Boggy, Soggy Plants for Plant Addicts

(45 min.)

Stephen Orr

Rosalind Creasy Steven Aitken

9:30 AM

Creating Harmony

Using Outdoor Foliage for Indoor Designs

Gardening with Conifers

11:15 AM

Rooting Out Problems Before You Plant

Making Wise Choices in Selecting Conifers

Preparing Plants for Success and Survival

12:30 PM

Express Yourself!

2 PM

Oh, Grow Up!

Get More Food Growing Up with DIY Trellises

2 PM

A Rainbow of Succulents

3:30 PM

Garden for the Health of It

Using Succulents to Create a Symphony of Color

Learn How to Safely Perform Gardening Tasks

3:15 PM

Cool-Season Edibles

5:15 PM

Edibles Cubed

How to Grow Veggies Year-round

Create a Living, Edible Cocktail Table

4:30 PM

Gourmet Gardening

6:45 PM

Develop a Backyard Wildlife Sanctuary

Grow Edibles & Discover What ‘Gourmet’ Really Means

How to Invite Mason Bees & Birds into Your Garden

5:45 PM

A Container Named Desire

Making a Personal Statement with Bold Containers

7 PM

Shade Gardens Rule!

The Best & Most Unusual Plants for Shade

Vanca Lumsden

Linda Chalker-Scott

Garden Art That Enhances & Inspires

(45 min.)

Matthew Levesque

(45 min.)

Ciscoe Morris

Richard Bitner

Lana Finegold

(45 min.)

(45 min.)

Jamie Durie

Diane Ott Whealy

Helen Yoest

Robin Stockwell Bill Thorness

Andrea Bellamy

(45 min.)

Bruce Bailey

Willi Evans Galloway Stacy Walters

Jayme Jenkins Jim Ullrich

Entrance to all seminar rooms at back of North Hall. See map for directions.

Kelly Dodson & Sue Milliken

Rainier Room (60 minutes except where noted)

Hood Room (60 minutes except where noted)

DIY Stage (60 minutes except where noted)

10 AM

Petal & Twig

9:30 AM

The Allure of Edible Flowers

9:30 AM

Sprout!

Reap the Rewards of Simple, Fresh Bouquets Year-round

How to Grow, Harvest, Cook & Enjoy Edible Flowers

Start Your Garden From Seeds

11:30 AM

The Heirloom Garden

10:45 AM

Creating Harmony in the Garden

11:15 AM

Vertical Gardening with Succulents

Time-tested Vegetables & Flowers for Home Gardens

Taking Your Garden to the Next Level

The Nuts & Bolts for Vibrant Vertical Gardening

1 PM

The Secrets of Combining Plants

NOON

The WOW! Factor

2 PM

Operating Instructions for DIY Gardeners

Discover Strategies of Design to Transform Your Garden

Principles of Creating Beautiful Container Gardens

Craft a Landscape Uniquely Suited to Your Home

2:30 PM

Responsible Gardening

1:30 PM

Grow. Cook. Eat.

3:45 PM

Plant Now, Eat Later

Reimagining the Definition of a Modern Garden

Gourmet Vegetable Gardening Made Easy

Rewarding Recipes & Crafts from the Garden

4 PM

Myths, Fables, Fantasies or Facts?

3 PM

Express Yourself!

5:15 PM

No Space, No Problem

A Not Entirely Unfathomable Low-Maintenance Garden

Garden Art That Enhances & Inspires

Grow a Gutter Garden with Function & Style

5:30 PM

Design Like a Pro

4:30 PM

Designing With Conifers

6:45 PM

Garden for the Health of It

Create Any Style Garden Using Locally Appropriate Plants

Using Conifers to Provide Year-round Garden Interest

Learn How to Safely Perform Gardening Tasks

7 PM

Easy Living

6 PM

No More Chemicals in Your Garden!

Design Ideas for Creating Outdoor Living Rooms

The Latest Science on Gardening Without Chemicals

7:15 PM

At Play in the Potager

Making Vegetable Gardening Fruitful & Fun

Thursday

Suitable for new gardeners

Val Easton

Rosalind Creasy Steve Aitken

Stephen Orr Dan Hinkley

Billy Goodnick

Karen Stefonick

(45 min.)

(45 min.)

(45 min.)

Teresa O’Connor Rebecca Sweet Barbara Wise

Willi Evans Galloway Helen Yoest

Richard Bitner

(45 min.)

Jeff Lowenfels

Wendy Tweten

Plant Farm at Smokey Point 6x2.5

Robin Stockwell

Lorene Edwards Forkner

(45 min.)

Nan Sterman

Alexandra Hedin Jayme Jenkins Stacy Walters

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Free Seminars

Small-space gardening

Edible gardening

These symbols will help you identify the best seminars for you

Book signing

Hood Room (60 minutes except where noted)

DIY Stage (60 minutes except where noted)

Barbara Wise

Locating & Strengthening Your Garden’s Bones

10 AM

Container Garden Compositions

9:30 AM

Pruning Japanese Maples

Transform a Garden into a Symphony of Sensations

Pruning Maples From an Arborist’s Point of View

11:30 AM

Survivors: Indianola

11 AM

Create a Backyard Wildlife Habitat

11:15 AM

From Seed to Table

High-Performing Plants That Outlasted Winter 2010-2011

Attracting Birds, Butterflies & Wildlife

Farmer John Shares His Growing Secrets

1 PM Subaru presents: Growing a Greener World

12:30 PM

Landscaping for Privacy

2 PM

Eco-Friendly Floral Design

Designing Buffers, Barriers & Screens for Your Garden

Techniques for Creating Fresh, Healthy Arrangements

Gardening to Make a Difference

2:30 PM

Mixing it Up in the Border

2 PM

The Peak of Perfection

3:45 PM

Planting for Entertaining

How to Harvest Your Edible Garden Like a Pro

Recipes with Fresh Flavors from the Garden

Orchestrating Plant Combinations That Sing

4 PM

The Handmade Garden

3:15 PM

What the Cluck?! Part 1

5:15 PM

Fragrance in the Garden

Introduction to Keeping Chickens in Your Garden

Year-round Guide to ‘Scentsational’ Gardens

Inspirational Profiles of “Hands-On” Gardeners

5:30 PM

Growing Food in Small Spaces

4:45 PM

Creating Garden Tapestries

6:45 PM

Develop a Backyard Wildlife Sanctuary

Weave a Garden Together With Colorful Threads

How to Invite Mason Bees & Birds Into Your Backyard

ips & Techniques to Maximize Your T Edible Garden Harvest

6 PM

iPhone Gardener

Reliable Plants for the Shade Garden

Creating Garden Photo Magic with Your Smartphone

7:15 PM

Button-Down Plants

High Impact, Low Maintenance Plants for Every Garden

7 PM

min.)

(45

Dan Hinkley

Joe Lamp’l

Lucy Hardiman

Lorene Edwards Forkner Teresa O’Connor

Richie Steffen

The Latest Great Plant Picks for Northwest Gardens

Rainier Room (60 minutes except where noted)

9:30 AM

(45 min.)

(45 min.)

(45 min.)

(45 min.)

Structural Plant Placement Vanessa Gardner Nagel David Mizejewski Marty Wingate Colin McCrate Jessica Bloom

Mary Ann Newcomer

Hood Room (60 minutes except where noted)

9:30 AM

Organic Gardening for Everyone

Top 10 Maintenance Mistakes Gardeners Should Avoid

New Tips, Tools & Techniques for Healthy, Easy Gardens

11:15 AM

E.G.G.S. — Eat. Grow. Gather. Share.

11 AM

Do-Re-Mi

A Vision for 2020 — Join the EGGS Carton Club

Graham Kerr

12:45 PM Subaru presents: Growing a Greener World

Joe Lamp’l

Gardening to Make a Difference

2:15 PM

Decorating Eden

Lucy Hardiman

Charlie Nardozzi

Wonderful Woodies

1:30 PM

What the Cluck?! Part 2

Foliage From Your Garden — Perfect For the Vase

Great Plant Choices for Gardening with Chickens

3:45 PM

Tips From a Frugal & Lazy Gardener

3 PM

The Beautiful, Bountiful Potager

Top Tips for Inexpensive Solutions to Common Problems

Practical Ideas to Grow Your Own Food — Beautifully

5:15 PM

Meet Your Garden Soil

How to Determine Your Soil’s True Texture

7 PM

Top Ten Multi-Purpose Herbs

Discover How to Grow & Use Wonderful Herbs

Jessica Bloom

Garden Renovations for Any Size

Affordable & Attractive Solutions to Enhance Any Garden

7 PM

Creative Flower & Garden Photography

Tips, Tools & Techniques to Compose Unique Photos

Nicholas Staddon

Barry Hoffer

2 PM

Getting the Most From NW Edible Gardens in Winter

Creating Drama & Mystery in the Garden

Innovative Screening Ideas for Every Garden

5:45 PM

9:30 AM Container Gardening with Japanese Maples

DIY Stage (60 minutes except where noted)

Growing a Healthy Harvest on Patios & Balconies

Design Essentials for Succulents Artful Anticipation

Entrance to all seminar rooms at back of North Hall. See map for directions.

Marty Wingate

The Winter Vegetable Garden

6:45 PM

Jim Ullrich

Don’t Look Now

(45 min.)

4:30 PM

Create Chic, Colorful Focal Points with Succulents

Rizanino ‘Riz’ Reyes

12:15 PM

I ndestructible Plants that Survive the Toughest Conditions

(45 min.)

Alexandra Hedin

Small Fruits & Berries for Small Spaces

Debra Lee Baldwin

(45 min.)

11:15 AM

Greg Butler

Bring it On!

Debra Prinzing

Solving Common Garden Problems Before You Begin!

(45 min.)

3:45 PM

5:15 PM

Farmer John Muller

Create Long-lasting Gardens with Maples

Art & Ornamentation in the Garden

Ciscoe Morris

Barry Hoffer

Mary-Kate Mackey

Mayhem, Murder & Must-Nots Robin Haglund

David Perry

10 AM (45 min.)

Saturday

Suitable for new gardeners

Rainier Room (60 minutes except where noted)

Friday

Seminar Key

(45 min.)

Jennifer Bartley

Annette Cottrell Melinda Myers

Charles Needle

OBC Northwest 6x2.5

Mallory Gwynn Debra Prinzing

(45 min.)

(45 min.)

Steve Lorton

Linda Chalker-Scott Sue Goetz

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Rainier Room (45 minutes except where noted)

DIY STAGE (60 minutes except where noted)

Melinda Myers

10 AM

Wild Edible Backyard

9:30 AM

Vegetable Gardening Success

9:30 AM

Be a Drip!

Wild Foods to Grow & Munch at Home

Bountiful Gardens with Little Time, Space & Budget

Hydrating Your Favorite Plants with Drip Irrigation

11:15 AM

Simple Edible Garden Design

11 AM

Difficult Plants to Prune

11:15 AM

A Potted Edible Garden

Design Primer for Edible Gardening Success

Basic Techniques, Common Mistakes & Corrective Action

Easy Tips to Grow Healthy Edibles in Small Spaces

12:45 PM

Fresh Ideas with Succulents

12:30 PM

Eating Your Landscape

2 PM

Food + Flowers from the Winter Garden

Innovative Ways to Use Succulents in Home & Garden

Exploring Edibles as Landscape Trees, Shrubs & Annuals

Cooking & Decorating from the Winter Kitchen Garden

2:15 PM

Vegetable Gardening CSI

2 PM

Garden Opera

3:30 PM

Sustainable Container Gardening

Solve Your Garden’s Crimes Against Edibles

Drama, Divas & Heroes in the Garden

Big Harvests with Low Resources the Sustainable Way

3:45 PM

The “No-Effort” Edible Garden

3:30 PM

Size Doesn’t Matter

5 PM

Rain Barrels of Fun

Reap a Bounty of Edibles with Minimal Effort!

Creative Garden Design for Small Spaces

Build a Rain Barrel — Save on Your Water Bill

5 PM

At Home in a Habitat Garden

4:45 PM

A Symphony of Spring Ephemerals

Important Elements for Inviting Wildlife in the Garden

Woodland Gems to Bridge the Seasons

Sunday

Hood Room (60 minutes except where noted)

(60 min.)

(60 min.)

Jennifer Hahn

Colin McCrate

Debra Lee Baldwin

Kathryn Wadsworth and David Deardorff Annette Cottrell Zsofia Pasztor

(45 min.)

(45 min.)

Cass Turnbull Lisa Taylor

Marianne Binetti

(45 min.)

Meghan Fuller

Susie Egan

Mallory Gwynn

Charlie Nardozzi Jennifer Bartley

Amy Ockerlander Colleen Miko

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Get tips from local and national garden pros Gardening luminaries will share the latest trends and how-to tips in nearly 120 seminars. Better yet, seminars are free with admission to the show.

New and returning stars from the global gardening community include authors and television personalities Jamie Durie, Joe Lamp’l and television’s original celebrity chef, the former “Galloping Gourmet” Graham Kerr.

Subaru presents “Growing a Greener World:

Gardening to Make a Difference,” a seminar by award-winning show host Lamp’l (of PBS’s “Growing a Greener World”). Following his Friday and Saturday seminars, Lamp’l will greet showgoers and sign books at Subaru’s skybridge garden display.

Edible gardening is once again a big focus of the seminars, and 30 presentations will be devoted to all aspects of growing a bountiful harvest. Author and show judge Rosalind

Big Trees 3x5

Ciscoe Morris

Joe Lamp’l

Creasy will be among the speakers sharing tips on this important gardening trend.

Among the regional gardening experts bringing their wisdom and wit to the show are

Jamie Durie

Graham Kerr

Ciscoe Morris, Dan Hinkley, Val Easton, Lucy Hardiman, Marianne Binetti, Jessi Bloom, Debra Prinzing, Marty Wingate, Richie Steffen and Lorene Edwards Forkner.

Wights Home and Garden 3x5

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SHOW MAP

Northwest

Sprout Stage Catch Caspar Babypants, Nancy Stewart, Your Imaginary Friend with Jana Vitols and Greg Ruby, and Lisa Taylor with the Creepin’ Critters during the show. Performances at 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. daily.

Sprout Stage

Ikebana Presented by Ikebana International Seattle Chapter. This exhibit displays this serene ancient art.

Café

Plant Market Shop the Plant Market for the latest in cool trees, shrubs, bulbs, perennials and flowers.

A floral Symphony

Funky Junk Catch the creative spirit as local high school students find new ways to integrate their own garden plants with recycled material.

Children’s Children’s Playgarden PlayGarden

Garden Gallery Over a dozen benches and chairs designed by local artists — you get to be the judge and pick the best in show.

Funky Junk

Re-Store

Convention Center 4th Floor

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Located on 3rd Level Take Escalator down to seminar rooms

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Cafe

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DIY Stage

Washington State Nursery & Landscape Association

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Marketplace Shop the Marketplace for gardening accessories and gadgets. More than 300 mini-stores have been handpicked to represent the best in garden-related products.

NW Orchid Society

The Pond Store

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Living It Up

Washington Park Arboretum

Elements of Nature, Inc.

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Subway

Escalators to Pike St. & 3rd Floor Parking

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Show Office Lost & Found

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Design A Garden

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Display Gardens The heart and soul of our show, 25 fully landscaped gardens showcase the region’s most talented designers, growers and horticulturists. Come be inspired.

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Living It Up! Features limited-space gardening inspiration in three unique garden displays through the use of plantings, outdoor décor and planters.

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3 Mile Storage and Imports ��2257 A Taste Of Eden ��������2114, 2211 Abbee Hats & Gifts ������������ 2252 Abraxas Crow Company ��� 1018 Absolute Mole Control ������ 2464 Adoughables ���������������������� 2201 African Trading ����������������� 2356 Aguiar Pavers ��������������������� 2313 Al & Diana’s Tahoe Windchimes ������������������������� 121 Aloe Infusion ���������������������� 2518 Amber-Casa ����������������������� 2810 American Bamboo Society ���2405 American Patio Covers Plus �2172 Andy’s Orchids Inc ������������ 2428 Angie’s List ������������������������� 2270 Anne Anderson Silk Paints & Jewelry ����������������� 2365 Architectural Glass Inc. ������� 961 Aroma Crystal Therapy ����� 2370 Art of Rain ������������������������� 2419 Art of Stone �������������������������� 949 Art’frica �������������������������������� 308 Asia Pacific Gardening Inc. ��������������718, 805 Axis of Hope Prayer Wheels �������������������������������� 1202 Azek ������������������������������������ 2457 Back to the Roots ��������������� 2417 Baroness Ashley Hats ��������� 2806 Bats Northwest ������������������ 2510 Bayside Treasures ��������������� 1005 Beez Neez ��������������������������� 2352 Beggar’s Tomb Silver ������������ 416 Bella Terra Silver/Shadowfax Jewelry �������������������������������� 1115 Bellevue Botanical Garden Society �������������������������������� 2413 Benner’s Gardens Deer Fence �615 Beth Richman Designs �������� 515 Better Built Barns ��������������� 2470 Better Homes Home Improvements Inc. ������������ 2353 Beyond Borders/It’s Cactus ��1215 Birgit Moenig Designs ��������� 812 Bitters Co. Inc ����������������������� 111 Blue Heron Pottery �������������� 112 Bob Bowling Rustics ������������ 401 Bob Rice Glass ���������������������� 206 Borderline Designs �������������� 316 Branches Garden Center ��� 2544 Briggs & Co. ����������������������� 1015 Burnett Forge ����������������������� 504

By The Yard Oregon ����������� 2272 Byrkit Inc. ���������������������������� 911 Carol Dean Tile �������������������� 701 Cascade Harvest Coalition/ Puget Sound Fresh ������������� 2312 Cedar Lake Garden Goods �� 417 Central Construction Fence & Deck LLC ����������������������� 2111 Charley’s Greenhouse & Garden ������������������������������ 104 Chase Garden �������������������� 2414 Chocolate Flower Farm ����� 2144 Chumil ��������������������������������� 815 Clearvu Design ������������������ 2547

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Clifton Metal Works ���������� 1206 Close the Loop ��������������������� 608 Codina Ceramics ��������������� 1214 Contemporary Art ��������������� 306 Corium 21 and Water Beads �2170 Courtyard Art & Designs �� 1219 Coyote Roadhouse Pottery �� 817 Creature Comforts �������������� 418 Crow River Studio ������������� 1202 Cutco Cutlery ���������������������� 617 Cynthia Jenkins Pottery ������� 511 Dahlia Barn ������������������������ 2219 Danny Woo Community Garden/Interim cda ����������� 2302 Dan’s Dahlias ��������������������� 2148 Daydream LLC �������������������� 957 Decora ���������������������������������� 818 Dennis Cant ����������������������� 2355 Diane Culhane Art ������������ 1402 Distinctive Garden Solutions ��311 Doug Sherburne ������������������ 517 Dragonfly Rocks ������������������ 119 Due Vetro Studio ����������������� 702 Durable Plastic Design LLC � 218 Ecoforms ���������������������������� 2546 Edelweiss Perennials ���������� 2334 Edible Seattle ���������������������� 2155 Edmonds Community College �������������������������������� 2506 Elandan Gardens Ltd ����������� 102 Emerald City Orchids �������� 2426 Event Sales �������������������������� 2266 Evergreen Softu ����������������� 2452 Experienced Materials ��������� 502 Expocrete Concrete Products Ltd. ����������������������� 505 Fabrications ����������������������� 1010 Fickle Hill Fence & Supply �� 711 Fisher Blacksmithing ��������� 1110 Fleur de Lis Garden Ornaments ������������������������� 1001 Flora & Fauna Books ��������� 2175 Florian Ratchet-Cut ������������ 713 Footbridge Shea Butter Products ����������������������������� 2163 Forest Green Enterprises ��� 1305 Foxgloves ������������������������������ 415 Franchi Old World Italian Seeds ����������������������� 2319 French Note Card & Gift Co �2318 Friends of the Conservatory ��������������������� 2814 Fungi Perfecti LLC �������������� 607 Furneys Nursery/CR Boger ��2425 Garden Fairies ������������������� 1016 Garden Pot Stacker ������������ 2110 Garden Things ��������������������� 619 Garden Works ���������������������� 709 Gardenbasket.com �������312, 319 Glass De Vine ���������������������� 302 Glass Gardens NW ������������ 1106 Goldmist Enterprise Ltd ����� 117 Good Nature Publishing ��� 2367 Gorgeous Gwen Artist ������� 1404 Great Plant Picks ��������������� 2152 Green Mountain Hammocks

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& Trading Co. �������������������� 2156 GutterGlove United ����������� 2212 Hardwicks �������������������������� 2618 Hardy Fern Foundation ���� 2402 Hardy Plant Society of Washington ������������������������ 2406 Harley Exteriors Inc. ��������� 2609 Hawaiian Moon ����������������� 2456 Health Mate Sauna ������������ 2617 Heaths & Heathers ������������ 2433 Heirloom Roses ����������������� 2320 Hidden Cove Pottery & Tile ��120 Hoedag ��������������������������������� 513 Home & Garden Art LLC ��� 202 Horizons Ltd ����������������������� 611 Horticultural Institute of Southern CA ������������������������ 420 Hudson River Inlay ������������� 915 Hy-Grass Inc. ��������������������� 2112 Imagine Gifts ��������������������� 2368 Imex Collections ����������������� 703 Impwear ������������������������������� 909 In Style Accessories ����������� 2364 Innovative Stoneworks Northwest �������������������������� 2346 Inside Out Home & Garden ���305 Interlock Roofing & Windows ����������������������������2455 Invisible Fence Northwest � 2565 Irish Eyes Garden Seeds ���� 2443 Ironman Ornamental LLC ��1008 Island Apiaries ��������������������� 215 Island Legacy Hawaiian Jewelry ��������������� 1101 Italian Country Antiques & More �������������� 2351 Jana Cooper Jewelry ������������ 219 Jill Mayberg Art ����������������� 1003 JohnBob ������������������������������� 945 Joule Building Solutions ��� 2633 JSC Creations �������������������� 2151 Judy Sauer Fiber Artist �������� 115 Julia’s Good Medicine ������� 2626 Juneberry Pottery ���������������� 113 Kali Basi Designs ����������������� 813 Kate Larsson Studio ���������� 1400 Kathleen Jones Art ������������� 1013 Katy LaReau ����������������������� 1209 Kawamoto Orchid Nursery ��2534 Keeping It Green Nursery �����2234 King Co. Dept. of Natural Resources & Parks ������������� 2502 King County Iris Society ��� 2310 King’s Silk Art �������������������� 2463 Kinky Shoes ����������������������� 1105 Kitchen Craft ��������������������� 2418 Kristin Simpson Design ���� 1208 Kruckeberg Botanic Garden Foundation/Dunn Historic Kyle McKelvy Landscape Lighting ������������ 2255 Gardens/Bloedel Reserve ��� 2509 LaGrave Designs ���������������� 1102 Lake WA Technical College ��2412 Lake Wilderness Arboretum �2514 Leaf Solution Northwest ��� 2267 Leaffilter NW ��������������������� 2607

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Leafguard NW ������������������� 2553 Lee Valley Tools ������������������� 602 Let’s Do Lavender ���������������� 811 Lord Jensen Lavender ���������� 118 LR Woodworking ��������������� 2253 MA Graphics ����������������������� 921 Maples For All Seasons ����� 2434 Marenakos �����������������South Hall Me & Mom’s Hats ������������� 2369 Miller Barns LLC ��������������� 2808 Millworks Custom Building �2628 MJD Distributors �������������� 2251 MK Wares ���������������������������� 512 Model Metalworks ������������ 1006 Molbak’s Garden & Home �� 402 Monika’s Design ���������������� 2157 Monrovia ��������������������������� 2422 Mt. Baker Manufacturing �� 2448 Mukilteo Cedar Products �� 2726 Mutual Materials ����������������� 405 My Garden Nursery ���������� 1301 N & M Herb Nursery �������� 2126 N J Searcy Metal ������������������ 508 National Wildlife Federation �2508 Natural Accents ����������������� 1408 Nature’s Creations Natural Jewelry ������������������ 1210 Natures Footprint Inc. ��618, 2264 Naylor Creek Nursery ������� 2244 Nectar of the Vine ������������� 2469 Noodlehead Products ������� 2161 North American Rock Garden Society ������������������ 2512 North Cascades Raised Beds ��720 Northern Pacific Exteriors ���2621 Northern Pacific Farm ������ 2118 Northwest Horticultural Society �������������������������������� 2409 Northwest Natural Lighting ���715 Northwest Perennial Alliance ������������������������������ 2501 Northwest Retail ���������������� 2102 Northwest Stone Sculptors Association �������� 2401 Northwest Window and Door Co Inc. �������������� 2271 Nzalamba Art Works ����������� 802 OBC Northwest ����������������� 2451 Obsidian Windchimes ������ 1118 Oh My Stars! ���������������������� 1104 Olympic Nursery ��������������� 2122 Out On A Limb Orchids ��� 2635 Owens Gardens ����������������� 2344 Pacific Horticulture ����������� 2411 Pacific Topsoils Inc. ������������� 714 Packing Pearls ���������������������� 616 Paddy McNeely Porcelain ��� 412 Pane in the Grass ����������������� 516 Patrick Meyer Studio ��������� 1418 Peace Of Mind Nursery ����� 2328 Pelindaba Lavender ����������� 1107 Pena Designs ���������������������� 2551 Plant Amnesty ������������������� 2314 Plant Stand Inc. ������������������� 614 PNW International ���2202, 2214, 2522

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Portage Bay Grange ����������� 2618 Potlifter �������������������������������� 612 Primo-Vision LLC ��������������� 704 Princess Trading ���������������� 2256 Provence Décor ������������������� 406 Puget Sound Dahlia Assn. � 2816 Puget Sound Daylily Club ����2308 Raintree Nursery ��������������� 2218 Ravenna Gardens ��������������� 1307 Red Grass Designs ������������� 1207 Renee’s Home & Garden ����� 313 Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden �������������� 2408 River Rock Nursery ����������� 2248 Rock Mountain Products, Aquatic Nursery ������������������ 814 Rockin with Art ����������������� 2372 Rose Marie ��������������������������� 819 Sage Designs ���������������������� 2363 Saltbox Designs ����������������� 2618 Salt Spring Island Cheese Co. ������������������������� 2317 Sawdust Supply ��������South Hall Scarecrow’s Pride ��������������� 2311 Scentsy ������������������������������� 2167 Scotts Lawn Service ������������� 719 Sean Goddard �������������������� 1117 Seattle Rose Society ����������� 2306 Seattle Tilth ������������������������ 2304 Seattle Tree Fruit Society ��� 2818 Seattleorchid.com �������������� 2526 Semilla Designs: See Jewelry ��2165 Silver Spoon Jewelry ���������� 1004 Skagit Valley Tulip Festival �� 220 Smith Brothers Farms ������� 2268 Snap and Spray LLC ���������� 2265 Snooter-Doots ������������������� 1102 Snow Creek Gardens/B & D Lilies �������� 2134 Solar Gem Greenhouses ���� 2127 Soos Creek Botanical Garden ������������������������������� 2414 South Hill Satellite ������������ 2166 Spear Head Spade ���������������� 717 Specialty Nursery Assn. ����� 2407 Spirit Lala ���������������������������� 207 Sprinklers Only Inc. ������������ 712 State Roofing Inc. ���������������� 114 Stems Vases ������������������������ 1002 Sticks and Stones ��������������� 2372 Stone Age ����������������������������� 816 Stubborn Twig Design �������� 217 Studio Rynkiewicz ��������������� 820 Sun Gro Horticulture ���������� 806 Sunday Afternoons ������������ 2164 Sundquist Nursery ������������ 2236 Sunglo Greenhouses ����������� 706 Sunshine Gardenhouse/ Muck Boots ������������������������� 601 Suzanne De La Torre Knitwear ������������������������������ 518 Suzanne Garofalo Design �� 2169 Swan Island Dahlias ���������� 2436 Swansons Nursery ������������� 1218 System Pavers �������������������� 2263 T & S Metal Design ����������� 2374

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The Butchart Gardens Ltd ���1313 The F A Bartlett Tree Expert ��801 The Lily Pad Bulb Farm �������������������201, 2226 The New York Times ��������� 2303 The Original Garden Broom ��519 The Place To Bee-Chris’s Country Essence ���������������� 2371 The Pond Store ������������������ 2359 The Porcelain Garden ������� 1205 The Roo Gardening Apron ��2354 The Seattle Times �913, 2154, 2217 The Sock Shop ������������������� 2464 Tim Boyer Photography ����� 514 Titan Telescoping Flag Poles ��������������������������� 2625 Totally Blown Glassworks Inc. ������������������ 1014 Touch of Purple ����������������� 2471 Town and Country Pavingstone ����������������������� 2117 Travis Industries Inc. ����������� 959 Tuttoblende, Inc. ��������������� 2460 Two Green Thumbs ���������� 2326 TwoLips Originals ������������� 1410 Tyee Cedar & Lumber Co �� 2555 Ultimate Creations ������������ 2103 Ultimate Umbrella ������������ 2473 Unique Botanical Portraits 1103 University Book Store ��������� 212 USborne Books and More ����2360 UTC Call Before You Dig �� 2309 UW Botanic Gardens �������� 2404 UZURA ������������������������������ 2173 VanBeek Studios ������������������ 211 Vee Garden ������������������������ 2447 Vicki Wickell Watercolors �� 2812 Viscosity LLC ����������������������� 804 Vorobik Botanical Art ��������� 506 Washington Native Plant Society ���������������������� 2410 Washington State Federation of Garden Clubs ���������������� 2503 Water Beads ����������������������� 2563 Waterworks Garden Sculpture ���������������������������� 1114 Wellness Awareness ����������� 2645 Western Washington Fruit Association ��������������� 2820 Whidbey Woolies ���������������� 520 Wholesale Yard Art ������������ 2725 Wilburton Pottery ������������� 1414 Wild Birds Unlimited ���������� 953 Wild Works Ltd ����������������� 1119 Wildflower Seed & Tool Company ����������������������109, 411 Winfield Designs Home & Garden Art ��������� 1201 Woodland Gardens ����������� 2444 Woodland Park Zoo ���������� 2513 WSDA-USDA �������������������� 2822 WSNLA-Treasure Island Marketplace ����������������������� 2634 WSU King County Master Gardeners �������������������������� 2507 Yao & Feng Company ������� 2301 Zen Creations �������������������� 2727

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The Northwest Flower & Garden Show is proud to welcome a worldclass panel to review and judge the display gardens. They will present seminars during the show (seminar schedule starts on Page 5).

Steve Aitken Editor, Fine Gardening magazine

Steve Aitken is editor of Fine Gardening, a magazine devoted to making its readers better gardeners. He spends much of his time talking with and visiting horticulturists and avid gardeners around the country. The knowledge he gains from these activities not only helps the magazine, but also provides solutions to the everyday challenges he faces in his own garden.

Rosalind Creasy Author, “Edible Landscaping”

Rosalind Creasy has been considered the leading authority on edible landscaping since her groundbreaking book “The Complete Book of Edible Landscaping” was published in 1982. It

Display Gardens A Concert in the Park A Concert in the Park is a snapshot of a memorable summer evening. The centerpiece gazebo shelters the musicians’ instruments, music stands and sheet music — surrounded by colorful perennials, annuals, assorted ferns and grasses, trees and shrubs. It’s accented with a special piece of abstract art. A night to remember!

has become a contemporary classic, and was named one of the 75 Great American Garden Books by the American Horticultural Society. An all-new edition, “Edible Landscaping,” was published in November 2010.

Stephen Orr Editorial director for gardening, Martha Stewart Living

As the editorial director for gardening for Martha Stewart Living, Stephen Orr writes about extraordinary gardens and the people who make them. The former garden editor at House & Garden and Domino magazines, he has written extensively for The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, and has been a featured gardening expert on “The CBS Early Show” and “The Today Show.” He is the author of the 2011 book “Tomorrow’s Garden: Design and Inspiration for a New Age of Sustainable Gardening.” a break from grooming the bonsai spotlighted in this garden. Every plant and feature is a reference to our origins — creating a sense of wildness, organized chaos and drama. A finely designed 50-year-old Scots pine towers over a quiet and pristine pond. A giant, weathered root system delineates one side of this outdoor room, a complement to the lacy Contorted Filbert gracing the garden’s horizon. Huge stones are the backbone, anchored by a patio created from giant stone slabs.

Inspirations to take home: Artistic pruning, low-maintenance features

Inspirations to take home: Use of groundcovers, use of color and fragrances

Creators: Dan Robinson and Will Robinson, Elandan Gardens, ltd., elandangardens.com

Creator: Flower Growers of Puget Sound WA, flowergrowers.org

April in Paris

A Force of Nature in 5 Strings – Concerto for 5-String Banjo This Northwest family finds peace and comfort in the simplicity of natural elements — and celebrates every day with some of man’s most elegant creations.

The stone sculpture dining table is the family focus when they put down their banjo or take

April in Paris is a visual rendition of the song made famous by Frank Sinatra in 1950. A Parisian street scene comes to life in this garden.

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and design are meant to reflect the European style of casual symmetry, varied texture and lots of color. The adjoining park with benches nestled in the flora and a fountain or two completes this vision of springtime in Paris. Look for the artistat-work in her garret periodically throughout the show!

Inspirations to take home: New modular, pre-formed curbing system; garden art Creator: Wight’s Home & Garden, wights.com

Birdsong This garden represents a range of bird habitats: marshland at the shore of a lake, woodland edge and deeper forest. Both native and non-native plants provide food and shelter for birds: berries for foraging, nectar for hummingbirds, and places to hide and nest. Access to water allows bathing and drinking. A snag offers insects and nesting cavities, while the bird blind lets humans enter quietly into the avian world.

Replicas of bird species are used to demonstrate the nesting and feeding birds dwelling in the 230-acre Washington Park Arboretum in Seattle.

Inspirations to take home: Use of native plants to promote biodiversity, including bird habitats Creators: Washington Park Arboretum, The Arboretum Foundation, arboretumfoundation.org Seattle Audubon, seattleaudubon.org Designed by: Bob Lilly, Phil Wood, Roger Williams

Coloring the Blues The natural chords of the blues are reflected in the progression of plants, water and light.

The basic elements of the blues are mirrored as the fountains in this garden respond in kind to each other’s flow — not unlike the call-andresponse of two performing musicians.

Stone bridges and decks over turbid waters

It’s the perfect setting for writing a classic love song or poem.

are highlighted here, and almost-still waters allow us to reflect on the urban human condition. This garden is more than a visual jam session — it’s full of acoustic surprises, too.

Inspirations to take home: Mixed media (iron, twig roof, tent-walled structure); use of rain garden

Inspirations to take home: Use of recycled composite decking materials

Creators: Nancy Claire Guth, Artistic Garden Concepts, artisticgardenconcepts.com; Van Zanten Landscapes

Creators: Elements of Nature Inc., elementsof nature.net; Dr. Decks, drdecks.com; Puget Sound Landscaping, pugetsoundlandscaping.com

“Kodachrome” — Give Us Nice Bright Colors

Grunge Garden Grunge Garden pays homage to Seattle’s grunge music scene of the 1990s, when groups Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Nirvana and Pearl Jam put Seattle on the rock music map again. Shaped to depict a guitar, this garden includes drums (and a drum water feature!) and boots from the period.

Adding to the authenticity, the creator reached out for advice from members of the Northwest band Everclear. This garden is a memorial to a time that has passed us all by that we can fondly remember.

Inspirations to take home: Have fun with your own garden theme!

Creator: Adam Gorski, Adam Gorski Landscapes Inc., adamgorskilandscapes.com

“Here Comes the Sun” Design-a-Garden Showgoers will view the results of the firstever Design-a-Garden process, a unique collaboration between visitors to the show’s website, Seattle’s Swansons Nursery, veteran garden creator Lloyd Glasscock of Looking Glass Design, and show designer Cyle Eldred. Over a period of months leading up to the show, readers voted online to select the garden theme (the Beatles’ “Here Comes the Sun”) and materials, art, furniture, plantings and other components.

It includes a large, central patio using Montana bronze flagstone and Sockeye quartzite flagstone, a backdrop of sheltering trees, celadon containers overflowing with plants, and studio art glass pieces interspersed

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“Kodachrome” is a classic song by Paul Simon.

The lyrics speak to the pictures in our minds, from bright colors, the greens of summer — when all the world is a sunny day!

These visions can be true in your own outdoor space by creating a tapestry of plants with jewel-like colors and appealing textures.

In a modern design with the musical sound of water, add wooden screens to complement nature, and a mix of metal to reflect all of these elements in your own space. among the garden features.

The installation was performed by Terra Firma Hardscapes, with materials provided by Marenakos Rock Center and Sawdust Supply.

Inspirations to take home: Use of metal and wood screens; water features

You designed it, we built it!

Creators: Under the Arbor Landscape Design, underthearborlandscape.com; McAuliffe’s Valley Nursery, mcauliffesvalleynursery.com; Falling Water Gardens, fallingwatergardens.com

Inspirations to take home: Stone wall and patio features; garden art

Peter and the Wolf — A Landscape Symphony

Creators: Swansons Nursery, swansonsnursery .com; Looking Glass Design, Lookingglass-design .com; Terra Firma Hardscapes, terrafirmahard scapes.com; Marenakos Rock Center, marenakos .com; Sawdust Supply, sawdustsupply.com

If I Write You a Song in the Garden Tonight ...

An ode to love songs — and the hopeless romantic in all of us — this garden incorporates five species of one of the Northwest’s most enduring favorites: the rhododendron. Conifers, flowering shrubs, bulbs and other plantings set the stage for an inviting, traditional garden environment with its “living” dinner table constructed of repurposed wood pallets.

Do you remember the story of Peter and the Wolf? Peter visits his grandfather’s house beside a meadow in a deep forest. There, he plays with his friends Bird, Duck and Cat, and he is warned not to leave the gate open because hunters are seeking a dangerous wolf in the woods.

This story is about two different worlds: the cultured and the wild. Grandfather’s garden is an orderly refuge from the wilderness outside. Beyond his gate, a path winds through the natural world to a bench beside a pond, where passing hunters might stop to rest.

Just like in Sergei Prokofiev’s symphony, the characters in this setting are represented by

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13 musical instruments (the creator worked with a local artist to depict these in glass). Can you find them all?

find calm and shelter.

Inspirations to take home: Use of hardy native plants; combination of ornamental and woodland gardens

Creators: Washington Association of Landscape Professionals, walp.org; Environmental Construction Inc., envconst.com; Jon L. Shepodd Landscaping, jonlshepoddlandscape.com

Inspirations to take home: A four-season garden spotlighting winter plantings

Creator: Fancy Plants Gardens, Inc., Fancy PlantsGardens.com

Specimen Foray Trees are showcased in this garden, incorporating specimens from both the Northwest and distant shores. They are complemented by the subtle beauty of “ordinary” plants to create a scene of visual harmony.

Pictures at a Northwest Exhibition — Rhapsody in Green The garden is inspired by composer Modest Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition,” written in 1874 and musically ahead of its time. Strolling through this backyard garden, we see native plants, their hardy cousins and edibles that have roots in the past yet are at home in the modern landscape. Many small “pictures” call attention to the garden’s features, and pathways and seating surfaces are accented with musicalthemed illustrations.

Most materials used here are recycled, repurposed or found objects. The pergola has been constructed from cedar logs, reused lumber, twigs and branches. Examples of runoff mitigation include a rain garden, a green roof, cisterns and slope restoration.

Inspirations to take home: Materials and methods used to stabilize slopes; water features Creators: Innovative Landscape Technologies, innovativelandscapetechnologies.com; Verterra Landscape Design, verterradesign.com

Redefining Andante Andante allows passage through music that slows the tempo … allowing listeners to catch their breath and relax. Welcome to a small garden of tranquility.

A grand piano is one of the centerpieces of this garden, allowing the visitor to find the inspiration to compose and create in this calming setting. Falling water from a tumble of ancient concert hall ruins spills into a pond and through a shady glen, and a combination of foliage textures and colors create visual serenity.

Stop by for periodic live piano performances of original compositions by one of the creators of this garden!

Inspirations to take home: Old World lighting adorning living spaces; ponds and water features Creators: Mark the Pond Guy, markthepondguy .com; Bogan Limousine Excursions (garden tours), boganlimousineexcursions.com; The Creative Gardener, thecreativegardener.com

Rhythm and Roots — A Tribute to Bluegrass A combination of bluegrass instruments stand ready for the musicians to arrive. The

This Northwest native contemporary-style garden looks as if it has been there for years, with a warmth and richness of texture and color that nature enthusiasts will find alluring and comforting.

rustic shelter reminds us of the importance of using the things from the past to simplify our lives today. An iron pergola brings beauty with strength. The area is surrounded by native plantings, and accented with herb and flower gardens.

framed by a forest of stunning White Birch and evergreens. They stand sentinel over a river of Acorus Grass cascading down the slope to the rain garden. Between winter storms, this garden invites one to wander over a stepping stone path that appears to float over the garden.

Inspirations to take home: Plant groupings and water features

A mesmerizing kinetic metal sculpture dances in the wind and visually intertwines with rock and natural elements to create a special place to

Creators: Susan Browne Landscape Design; Issaquah Landscaping, issaquahlandscaping.com

Inspirations to take home: Use of trees as a garden focal point Creators: Heritage Tree and Land, heritagetl .com; Machias Nursery, machiasnursery.com

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Rice Above Rice is the center of life for the indigenous people of the northern Philippine mountain provinces. Rice Above has been inspired by the tropical, high-altitude environment and Filipino culture. The garden is a harmonious arrangement of conifers, tropical ornamentals and edible plants — with a touch of bonsai display to signify antiquity. Adding to the authenticity, building materials and water pots, called “bangas,” have been custom created for this garden.

Inspirations to take home: Use of hardy tropical plants; art and inscriptions celebrating ethnic cultures Creators: Redwood Builders LLC Landscaping, redwoodbuilderslandscaping.com; Puget Sound Bonsai Association, psba.us

Rock & Roll Meets Heavy Metal — The Convergence Zone Inspired by the Puget Sound Convergence Zone, this garden celebrates the symphony of winter plants, rain, wind, rock and metal exploding in a crescendo of texture and color.

Sit under an architecturally striking balcony shelter and be embraced by the weather as it converges over the garden.

Sculptural rock pierces lush plantings that are

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represent the musicians in this garden.

With a decorative backdrop created with the help of the Volunteer Park Conservatory, orchids will be displayed on tiers complete with musician’s chairs, music stands and a conductor’s podium.

The Resonating Sounds of Nature — Finding Peace and Solace in the Garden Inspired by the work of Dr. Jeffery Thompson, director of the Center for Neuroacoustic Research, this eclectic Northwest garden creates a three-dimensional sound environment based on primordial sounds found in nature.

Behind the beauty are messages of education about cultivating orchids at home, and information about their endangered habitats around the globe.

Immerse your senses in the soothing sounds of rainwater falling on drums and trickling through the stream. The garden’s layout — with its walls, patio and overhead construction — also supports a primordial state of consciousness.

Inspirations to take home: Orchids as a small-space indoor gardening alternative for all ages

Inspirations to take home: A combination of sound, space and visuals for a nurturing environment

Creators: Northwest Orchid Society, nwos.org

Creators: Sublime Garden Design, LLC, sublimegardendesign.com; Natural Concept Landscape Company, Inc., nclandscape.com

Tales of Wonder: In a Persian Garden Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s symphonic suite “Scheherazade” is based on the legends told in “One Thousand and One Arabian Nights.”

This garden’s inspiration comes from the music score, which combines dazzling colorful orchestrations and an interest in the Arabian world.

This romantic Persian-style enclosed garden celebrates the sense of fairy-tale wonder that animates those beloved stories in the garden’s design and colorful decor. Tags with colored jewels provide growing-zone information about the plantings, and “flying carpets” illustrate beyond-the-ordinary planting options for a living green roof.

Inspirations to take home: Where to plant based on temperatures and garden locations Creators: Fancy Fronds, fancyfronds.com; ALBE Rustic Furniture, alberustics.com; Aw Pottery, awpottery.com

The Dinner Bell Rings: Eat Your Yard Incorporating edibles into garden design, Dinner Bell Rings: Eat Your Yard is a symphonic demonstration of this growing trend.

The goal: 99 percent of the plants used are edible!

This garden’s practical design engages all five senses, utilizing creative applications of recycled and affordable materials for today’s cost- and environment-conscious urbanhomesteading family.

The garden includes an elegant “tunable trellis:” One can literally strum along to a favorite tune, plucking its strings.

Inspirations to take home: Perennials are edible, too; use of salvaged wood Creator: Cascadian Edible Landscapes, eatyouryard.com

Twistin’ the Night Away Here is a rustic urban retreat where you can kick off your shoes, turn on the tunes and spend the evening twistin’ the night away.

A pathway of cocoa bark twists leads to a spacious patio for wine tasting under twinkling lights. While the sounds of the cascading water fills the senses with renewal, meander down to the bridge for a moment of reflection. Take in the sight of the waterfall as its waters empty into a heart-shaped pool.

Inspirations to take home: Use of natural plant materials for landscaping; creating intimate outdoor environments Creator: Dakara Landscape Design, dakaralandscape.com

Winter’s Come and Gone — A Lullaby “Winter’s Come and Gone” is a contemporary American folk song. Follow the verses beyond the rain and snow, sing your sorrows to the birds and receive their reassurance: “Winter’s come and gone, a little bird told me so.”

Embracing the dream of spring as viewed from the windowsill of a child’s playhouse, the innovative design behind this garden utilizes a regionally sensitive plant palette, permeable paving, recycled glass and living walls.

The song’s multiple verses are represented here through themed gates and plantings, a timber-framed arbor, hardscape elements and other features.

Inspirations to take home: Creation of native bird and wildlife habitats Creators: Washington State Nursery & Landscape Association, wsnla.org; Oly Mountain Fish Compost, olyfish.com Designed by: Native Root Designs, nativerootdesigns.com

Show Sponsors TM

Gardeners know that a beautiful garden is the result of a friendly partnership with Mother Nature. Like a good gardener, the Northwest Flower & Garden Show values the support and participation of its own sponsorship partners.

“Our partners help us bring this show to life each year through their generous sponsorship support and contributions,” says Northwest Flower & Garden Show Producer Terry O’Loughlin of O’Loughlin Trade Shows.

Sponsors for the 2012 Northwest Flower & Garden Show include:

Subaru of America, Inc. Subaru of America, Inc. is producing Subaru Ranch, a fun, down-home garden display on the Skybridge.

It’s a big red barn full of good times and rip-roaring music in a good, old-fashioned hoedown setting. Plantings reminiscent of the Wild West abound here, adding to the exciting atmosphere. Stop by for free giveaways.

Located in the South Lobby entrance, check out the Subaru Impreza Improv display. This display will come alive with tree-pruning demonstrations in conjunction with Corona Tools. Musician Kenny Coleman will also be doing a special performance for attendees.

Subaru proudly presents “Growing a Greener World: Gardening to Make a Difference,” a seminar presented by awardwinning show host Joe Lamp’l (of PBS’s “Growing a Greener World”). Following his Friday and Saturday seminars, Lamp’l will greet showgoers at the Skybridge garden display. Visit the Subaru display on the Skybridge for more information on front-row reserved seats for five seminars.

The company is offering special show promotions for Subaru owners and show attendees. Follow tweets at @subaru_life using hashtag #NWFGS.

Alaska Airlines Alaska Airlines presents the Seasonal Variation getaway garden — depicting getaways to Hawaii (winter) and Alaska (summer) in two colorful vignettes. The Hawaiian setting focuses on lush tropical flora,

a relaxing spot set in sand and beach gear for that special island getaway. The Alaskan summer vacation setting includes a completely outfitted campsite surrounded by tall conifers and other native-looking plants — the perfect place to unwind.

Alaska Airlines is also offering two Text2-Win opportunities in the Northwest Flower & Garden Show Flyaway contest.

The largest giveaway in show history, the two Flyaway trips include the grand prize of a pair of round-trip, coach-class tickets to Maui and a five-night stay at “Hawaii’s Most Hawaiian Hotel,” the Ka’anapali Beach Hotel. The runner-up receives a pair of round-trip, coach-class tickets to Alaska’s Glacier Bay, a three-night stay at Glacier Bay Lodge and a two-day cruise.

Pendleton The show has teamed up with Pendleton to offer the limited-edition “Counting Sheep” Eco-Wise Wool® baby blanket. Proceeds will benefit the Seattle Children’s PlayGarden. The blankets can be pre-ordered for $60 (regularly $74) or purchased at the show for the same special price of $60. In addition, show tickets purchased online or at participating outlets can be redeemed for 20 percent off one regular-price Pendleton apparel item at participating Pendleton stores in Washington or Oregon.

Media partners Our media sponsors play a key role in getting the word out about the show. For many years, the show has worked closely with The Seattle Times to develop special sections and show programs to help attendees plan and schedule their day (or days!) at the show. KING 5 and its Home Team have provided support through the station’s programming lineup and on-air personalities.

Behind-the-scenes partners We would not be able to stage a show of this complexity without Marenakos Rock Center and Sawdust Supply Company, Inc. They provide the key materials necessary to create the amazing display gardens and other show attractions. We’re fortunate to work with these outstanding partners — their tireless efforts before, during and after the show help make this event a reality.

For information on all of our partners, visit gardenshow.com