When you visit the Northwest Flower & Garden Show our 109 FREE seminars and demonstrations will help you turn your garden dreams into reality, with hundreds of fresh, functional new ideas for your garden. And we inspire the next generation of gardeners with our lively entertainers on our Sprout Stage in the PlayGarden!
Attend the special seminars that suit your interests: green ideas that emphasize organic gardening and sustainability, small space garden inspiration for condos and apartments, getting-started tips for beginners, and loads of planning ideas for new homeowners. It’s all included in your ticket price, so drop in every day and learn something new!
The Seminars are located in the state-of-the-art Conference Center at the Washington State Convention Center. Click here for a map.
Handouts
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Speaker Biographies
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= Book Signing | 
= Small Space Gardening | 
= Edible Gardening | 
= Good For Beginners
Wednesday, February 20
Rainier Room
(60 minutes except where noted)
10:00 AM
A Tale of Two Gardens
Personal Insights Creating Two English Gardens
11:30 AM
Subaru Presents: Women in the Garden
Breaking Down the Kitchen Walls
1:00 PM
Don’t Stop at The Edge
Creating Livable Gardens with Style
2:30 PM
The Artist (in the Garden)
Using the Garden as Your Canvas
4:00 PM
Transcendent Planting
Exceeding Expectations with Plants
5:30 PM
Scenes from the Street
Gardening in the Public Eye
7:00 PM (45)
Container F-X
Create Dazzling Superstars for Your Garden
Hood Room
(60 minutes except where noted)
9:30 AM (45)
Drama Without the Drinking
High Performance Plants with Low Water Needs
10:45 AM
Design Like A Pro
Turn Your Yard into the Garden of Your Dreams
12:15 PM
All the Garden’s a Stage
Sustainable Plant Characters for Your Garden
1:45 PM (45)
Container Classics
Containerscaping for Year-Round Color
3:15 PM (45)
Introducing Harmony into Your Garden
Strategies to Wake a Weary Garden
4:30 PM (45)
Design Solutions for Small Spaces
Easy Tricks to Get More from Your Space
5:45 PM
Winning Garden Performances
Gardens Stars & Best Supporting Perennials
7:15 PM (45)
You Planted What?!
How to Avoid Gardening Gaffes & Design Disasters
DIY Stage
(60 minutes except where noted)
9:30 AM
Pruning Japanese Maples
Pruning Maples From an Arborist’s Point of View
11:15 AM (45)
Focus on Foliage
Container Gardens That Really Work
1:30 PM
Garden to Table
Eating Local In The Depth Of Winter
What to Grow for a Bountiful February Harvest
3:15 PM (45)
Garden to Table
Plant Now, Eat Later
Rewarding Recipes from the Garden
4:45 PM
Sprout!
Start Your Summer Garden from Seeds
6:30 PM
Discover Aeroponic Gardening
How to Get Healthy Produce in Little Space
Sprout Stage
(45 minutes except where noted)
11:30 AM
Sing Along & Grow a Song!
1:15 PM
Sing Along & Grow a Song!
Full Schedule
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