FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Name: Official Northwest Flower & Garden Festival
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Location: Seattle Convention Center

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Rainier Room

(All seminars 60 minutes unless noted)

10:00 AM (60 Minutes)	Proven Garden Stalwarts: Survivors & Thrivers Presented by Fine Gardening Magazine Dan Hinkley - Director, Heronswood Garden and author, The Explorer’s Garden View More Hostas and hydrangeas. Every gardener knows them and most of us have at least a couple varieties in our beds and borders. That’s why they (and a handful of other common perennials and shrubs) are known as stalwarts: plants you can count on to perform day in day out, without asking for much in return. But aren’t you bored with these same plants? If the answer is yes, then this lecture featuring lesser-known garden stalwarts—tested by renowned plantsman Dan Hinkley-- is for you.	Proven Garden Stalwarts: Survivors & Thrivers Presented by Fine Gardening Magazine Hostas and hydrangeas. Every gardener knows them and most of us have at least a couple varieties in our beds and borders. That’s why they (and a handful of other common perennials and shrubs) are known as stalwarts: plants you can count on to perform day in day out, without asking for much in return. But aren’t you bored with these same plants? If the answer is yes, then this lecture featuring lesser-known garden stalwarts—tested by renowned plantsman Dan Hinkley-- is for you. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2024 10:00 AM
11:30 AM	Cultivating Place: A Garden Culture of Care Jennifer Jewell - Award-winning author and public radio podcast host of "Cultivating Place" Conversations on Natural History and Human Impulse to Garden" View More In this interactive talk, Jewell explores the philosophy of Cultivating Place, her national, award winning-public radio program and international podcast, based on the belief that gardens/gardeners are powerful agents and spaces for change in our world, helping to address challenges as wide ranging as climate change, habitat loss, cultural polarization, and individual and communal health and being. Exploring how this power is exemplified in her weekly podcast as well as all three of her books, Jewell sends listeners home inspired, empowered, and hopeful as to their garden's potential.	Cultivating Place: A Garden Culture of Care In this interactive talk, Jewell explores the philosophy of Cultivating Place, her national, award winning-public radio program and international podcast, based on the belief that gardens/gardeners are powerful agents and spaces for change in our world, helping to address challenges as wide ranging as climate change, habitat loss, cultural polarization, and individual and communal health and being. Exploring how this power is exemplified in her weekly podcast as well as all three of her books, Jewell sends listeners home inspired, empowered, and hopeful as to their garden's potential. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2024 11:30 AM
1:00 PM	Garden Gems Dan Heims - Award-winning author, and president of Terra Nova Nurseries, Inc. View More Dan has been exposed to more plants, in more places, than your average bear. This talk is a fun compilation of some of the newest, most exciting perennials, tropicals, and woodies seen today. Dan pulls together these plants from worldwide trips, botanical gardens, plant shows, and nurseries. Indulge the nerd within.	Garden Gems Dan has been exposed to more plants, in more places, than your average bear. This talk is a fun compilation of some of the newest, most exciting perennials, tropicals, and woodies seen today. Dan pulls together these plants from worldwide trips, botanical gardens, plant shows, and nurseries. Indulge the nerd within. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2024 1:00 PM
2:30 PM	Feel Good Friday Panel: Gardens & Wellness Moderator: Kim Stoddart - Award winning U.K. garden journalist, editor (Amateur Gardening Magazine) and author The Climate Change Resilient Vegetable Garden Heather Andrews - Award-winning pollinator garden designer, photographer, and garden writer Leo Carver - Ayurvedic specialist, speaker and author, Growing Consciousness: The Gardener's Guide to Seeding the Soul Stephanie Rose - Award-winning author, Garden Made and Garden Alchemy; founder of GardenTherapy.ca Amy Wagenfeld - Occupational therapist and award-winning author, "Therapeutic Gardens: Design for Healing Spaces" View More Join a panel of garden wellness practitioners from around North America to hear inspiring stories of how gardens and flowers have important impacts on individuals and communities. Kick off the weekend with a dose of garden goodness...	Feel Good Friday Panel: Gardens & Wellness Join a panel of garden wellness practitioners from around North America to hear inspiring stories of how gardens and flowers have important impacts on individuals and communities. Kick off the weekend with a dose of garden goodness... FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2024 2:30 PM
4:30 PM	Clever Design Tips for Everblooming, Low-Maintenance Gardens Kerry Ann Mendez - Award-winning speaker, garden designer and author of 4 gardening books, including The Right-Size Flower Garden View More This inspiring lecture will surprise you with creative, easy-to-implement strategies for extending the blooms of popular plants for weeks! Also showcased are time-saving design tips including distinctive plant combinations that provide unstoppable color spring through fall, as well as groundcover tapestries that smother weeds and delight pollinators. You will also learn valuable lessons from before and after design projects to avoid costly landscape mistakes	Clever Design Tips for Everblooming, Low-Maintenance Gardens This inspiring lecture will surprise you with creative, easy-to-implement strategies for extending the blooms of popular plants for weeks! Also showcased are time-saving design tips including distinctive plant combinations that provide unstoppable color spring through fall, as well as groundcover tapestries that smother weeds and delight pollinators. You will also learn valuable lessons from before and after design projects to avoid costly landscape mistakes FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2024 4:30 PM
6:00 PM	Perfect Plant Combos for Every Garden Nita-Jo Rountree - Author, Growing Roses in the Pacific Northwest View More Have you ever put a few plants together and been disappointed by the results? Do you yearn for a garden to look like the magazine photos? Nita-Jo will share her rules of garden design to help you learn how to easily combine plantings in borders and containers to get that picture-perfect look. Photos of acclaimed gardens will illustrate numerous outstanding examples that will provide ideas and inspiration for your perfect combos with panache.	Perfect Plant Combos for Every Garden Have you ever put a few plants together and been disappointed by the results? Do you yearn for a garden to look like the magazine photos? Nita-Jo will share her rules of garden design to help you learn how to easily combine plantings in borders and containers to get that picture-perfect look. Photos of acclaimed gardens will illustrate numerous outstanding examples that will provide ideas and inspiration for your perfect combos with panache. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2024 6:00 PM

Hood Room

(All seminars 60 minutes)

9:30 AM	Paint by Number Perennials Sue Goetz - Owner, Creative Gardener and author, Complete Container Herb Gardening and A Taste for Herbs View More Paint your garden with perennial plants for multi-seasons of interest. Learn how to combine three (or more) perennials to create puddles of color and texture to add to existing garden borders and containers. Tips and plant lists for combinations to try with inspiration for all gardens from sun to shade. Be inspired to get out pencils and paper and have fun designing- learn about how to create patterns and group plants with a matrix planting approach.	Paint by Number Perennials Paint your garden with perennial plants for multi-seasons of interest. Learn how to combine three (or more) perennials to create puddles of color and texture to add to existing garden borders and containers. Tips and plant lists for combinations to try with inspiration for all gardens from sun to shade. Be inspired to get out pencils and paper and have fun designing- learn about how to create patterns and group plants with a matrix planting approach. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2024 9:30 AM
10:45 AM	The Weird & Wacky Plant Show Michael Perry - Hortpreneur, TV presenter, speaker and author, "Hortus Curious", AKA Mr. Plant Geek View More Michael Perry introduces us to his weird and wacky plant show featuring some of the biggest, smallest, unluckiest, smelliest and otherwise fascinating plants! A self-proclaimed plant geek, he will share some great stories about these unusual plants, perhaps inspiring you to check them out yourself!	The Weird & Wacky Plant Show Michael Perry introduces us to his weird and wacky plant show featuring some of the biggest, smallest, unluckiest, smelliest and otherwise fascinating plants! A self-proclaimed plant geek, he will share some great stories about these unusual plants, perhaps inspiring you to check them out yourself! FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2024 10:45 AM
12:00 PM	Less Water, More Blooms: Drought-Tolerant Flower Gardening in the Pacific NW Mara Grey - Garden consultant and author, The Lazy Gardener and The Complete Idiot's Guide for Flower Gardening View More Flowers lift our spirits and soothe our hearts. Whether you garden in a corner or on a hillside, using drought-tolerant plants makes sense. The list you have to choose from is larger than most people realize. And it's constantly expanding. This seminar covers the ways to increase drought tolerance, how to choose plants to fit your situation and tips for using water effectively. Includes handouts with lists of over 200 flowers to choose from	Less Water, More Blooms: Drought-Tolerant Flower Gardening in the Pacific NW Flowers lift our spirits and soothe our hearts. Whether you garden in a corner or on a hillside, using drought-tolerant plants makes sense. The list you have to choose from is larger than most people realize. And it's constantly expanding. This seminar covers the ways to increase drought tolerance, how to choose plants to fit your situation and tips for using water effectively. Includes handouts with lists of over 200 flowers to choose from FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2024 12:00 PM
1:15 PM	The Fragrant Flower Garden Stefani Bittner - Owner of Homestead Design Collective and author View More There is nothing like the beauty and scent of a flower-filled garden and home. The Fragrant Flower Garden shows you how to grow flowers that are a feast for the nose as well as the eyes, from a naturally perfumed carpet of sweet alyssum and the warm, spicy scent of gardenia to the heavenly aroma of lilacs. A beautiful garden is one where you can find joy in every sense--literally. The Fragrant Flower Garden makes this dream a reality with garden design guidance for a yearís worth of flowers, foliage, and fragrance.	The Fragrant Flower Garden There is nothing like the beauty and scent of a flower-filled garden and home. The Fragrant Flower Garden shows you how to grow flowers that are a feast for the nose as well as the eyes, from a naturally perfumed carpet of sweet alyssum and the warm, spicy scent of gardenia to the heavenly aroma of lilacs. A beautiful garden is one where you can find joy in every sense--literally. The Fragrant Flower Garden makes this dream a reality with garden design guidance for a yearís worth of flowers, foliage, and fragrance. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2024 1:15 PM
2:45 PM	Postcards From Plants: Advice for Garden Makers and Houseplant People C.L. Fornari - Author, Coffee for Roses and The Cocktail Garden Hour and award-winning co-host, Plantrama Podcast View More What if you could receive colorful, humorous postcards from plants, each containing tips for success with your plants and gardens? This presentation is illustrated with fun and artful photo collage postcards done by artist and author C.L. Fornari. From vegetable gardens to perennials, houseplants to herbs, C.L. gives plant pointers with a touch of attitude and the validation that what people do in their yards and gardens is important. Learn how to grow plants using Nature as your garden coach, and be inspired to create your own art from flowers and leaves.	Postcards From Plants: Advice for Garden Makers and Houseplant People What if you could receive colorful, humorous postcards from plants, each containing tips for success with your plants and gardens? This presentation is illustrated with fun and artful photo collage postcards done by artist and author C.L. Fornari. From vegetable gardens to perennials, houseplants to herbs, C.L. gives plant pointers with a touch of attitude and the validation that what people do in their yards and gardens is important. Learn how to grow plants using Nature as your garden coach, and be inspired to create your own art from flowers and leaves. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2024 2:45 PM
4:00 PM	Bloom: The Secrets of Growing Flowering Houseplants Year-Round Lisa Steinkopf - The Houseplant Guru, prolific writer, and speaker View More This program will help you keep plants blooming in your home year round. There are so many flowering houseplant choices and those plants can be made to bloom from year to year with the right care. If room is a concern, the four plants I think could give you blooms year-round will also be discussed.	Bloom: The Secrets of Growing Flowering Houseplants Year-Round This program will help you keep plants blooming in your home year round. There are so many flowering houseplant choices and those plants can be made to bloom from year to year with the right care. If room is a concern, the four plants I think could give you blooms year-round will also be discussed. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2024 4:00 PM
5:15 PM	Timing the Bloom Cyndie Warbelow - Greenhouse-nursery owner and operator, and author, Northern Garden Symphony: Combining Hardy Perennials for Blooms All Season View More Many design considerations for both annual and perennial gardens are the same, but one additional one for perennial gardens is the sequential bloom time of perennial plants. This aspect of perennials often intimidates gardeners, but understanding it is key to designing a perennial garden that is colorful all season. I will present a simple approach to categorizing and choosing plants based on bloom time, illustrate its use in designing an example garden, and leave participants with the ability to put the power of bloom time to work in their own perennial gardens.	Timing the Bloom Many design considerations for both annual and perennial gardens are the same, but one additional one for perennial gardens is the sequential bloom time of perennial plants. This aspect of perennials often intimidates gardeners, but understanding it is key to designing a perennial garden that is colorful all season. I will present a simple approach to categorizing and choosing plants based on bloom time, illustrate its use in designing an example garden, and leave participants with the ability to put the power of bloom time to work in their own perennial gardens. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2024 5:15 PM

DIY Stage

(All seminars 60 minutes)

10:00 AM	Secrets to a Perfect Hand Tied Bouquet Tracy Yang - Owner of JARN Co. Flowers View More Tracy Yang & Nick Songsangcharntara are operators and owners of JARN Co. Flowers, a small family flower farm in Monroe, WA. Known for their signature bouquets at markets, Tracy & Nick have mastered the art of making beautiful market bouquets. Come watch the demonstration and learn the secrets behind their sell-out market bouquets!	Secrets to a Perfect Hand Tied Bouquet Tracy Yang & Nick Songsangcharntara are operators and owners of JARN Co. Flowers, a small family flower farm in Monroe, WA. Known for their signature bouquets at markets, Tracy & Nick have mastered the art of making beautiful market bouquets. Come watch the demonstration and learn the secrets behind their sell-out market bouquets! FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2024 10:00 AM
11:45 AM	Flower Printing on Fabric Stephanie Rose - Award-winning author, Garden Made and Garden Alchemy; founder of GardenTherapy.ca View More Learn the secrets to an everlasting garden by using flowers from your home garden to print on fabric. Stephanie Rose, author and expert on garden-based crafting, breaks down the steps to one-of-a-kind fabric you can use for multiple applications: in your home, as gifts or your wardrobe. Enjoy the memory of a beautiful garden season for years to come all around you...	Flower Printing on Fabric Learn the secrets to an everlasting garden by using flowers from your home garden to print on fabric. Stephanie Rose, author and expert on garden-based crafting, breaks down the steps to one-of-a-kind fabric you can use for multiple applications: in your home, as gifts or your wardrobe. Enjoy the memory of a beautiful garden season for years to come all around you... FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2024 11:45 AM
1:30 PM	The 4 F's of Floral Design Kiara Hancock - Bold and passionate wedding and floral designer View More Learn about the different types of flowers used to make a dynamic floral arrangement (The 4 F's) and each of their individual purposes. This workshop will teach everything you need to know about what flowers to include to create a beautifully crafted, visually appealing, and movement-filled floral arrangement for any occasion!	The 4 F's of Floral Design Learn about the different types of flowers used to make a dynamic floral arrangement (The 4 F's) and each of their individual purposes. This workshop will teach everything you need to know about what flowers to include to create a beautifully crafted, visually appealing, and movement-filled floral arrangement for any occasion! FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2024 1:30 PM
3:15 PM	Natural Beauty from the Garden Janice Cox - Expert on making natural cosmetics, and author, Natural Beauty at Home and Natural Beauty for All Seasons View More Have you ever wanted to create your own self care products? Janice Cox, author of Natural Beauty at Home and Natural Beauty from the Garden will demonstrate several easy do-it-yourself body care recipes and treatments that you can create yourself at home using your favorite garden plants. Learn how to make basic products such as creams, toners, bath soaks and infused oils.	Natural Beauty from the Garden Have you ever wanted to create your own self care products? Janice Cox, author of Natural Beauty at Home and Natural Beauty from the Garden will demonstrate several easy do-it-yourself body care recipes and treatments that you can create yourself at home using your favorite garden plants. Learn how to make basic products such as creams, toners, bath soaks and infused oils. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2024 3:15 PM

Main Stage

11:00 AM	Container War: Friday Host: Marianne Binetti Kate David - Award-winning owner and designer of Hello Garden Cindy Funes - Container garden designer and owner of Garden Revelry LLC	Container War: Friday FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2024 11:00 AM
1:00 PM	Bring It Home! - British Friends Go Shopping Host: Perla Sofía Curbelo-Santiago - Founder of Agrochic, and author, ¡Verdura! Living a Garden Life Michael Perry - Hortpreneur, TV presenter, speaker and author, Hortus Curious, AKA Mr. Plant Geek Kim Stoddart -Award winning U.K. garden journalist, editor (Amateur Gardening Magazine) and author The Climate Change Resilient Vegetable Garden View More Join first time NWFGF guests, speakers and authors "Mr. Plant Geek" Michael Perry and garden resiliency expert, Kim Stoddart, for their British perspective on Festival finds, exhibitors and fun! They'll shop the show and share the treasures they'd take home (and maybe bring along an exhibitor or two) and tell you what they'd do with them in their own home gardens. Hosted by garden wellness expert, Perla Sofia Curbelo-Santiago each Bring It Home! ends with a mini-mindfulness moment you can enjoy in your home garden for years to come. There might be a giveaway but you have to show up to find out...	Bring It Home! - British Friends Go Shopping Join first time NWFGF guests, speakers and authors "Mr. Plant Geek" Michael Perry and garden resiliency expert, Kim Stoddart, for their British perspective on Festival finds, exhibitors and fun! They'll shop the show and share the treasures they'd take home (and maybe bring along an exhibitor or two) and tell you what they'd do with them in their own home gardens. Hosted by garden wellness expert, Perla Sofia Curbelo-Santiago each Bring It Home! ends with a mini-mindfulness moment you can enjoy in your home garden for years to come. There might be a giveaway but you have to show up to find out... FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2024 1:00 PM
4:00 PM	Garden to Glass Happy Hour Mixology Demo Robin Haglund - Educator, founder and president of Garden Mentors® and Garden Mentors Academy View More Step up your home-garden entertainment game with Robin's garden-to-glass insights! In this hands-on presentation drafted from her Herbal Happy Hour Garden online program, Robin demonstrates how to craft unique & delicious libations harvested from beautiful garden-grown plants she'll discuss. Get ready to shake things up with step-by-step details for crafting grow-your-own cocktails, mocktails & more - direct from your happy hour garden!	Garden to Glass Happy Hour Mixology Demo Step up your home-garden entertainment game with Robin's garden-to-glass insights! In this hands-on presentation drafted from her Herbal Happy Hour Garden online program, Robin demonstrates how to craft unique & delicious libations harvested from beautiful garden-grown plants she'll discuss. Get ready to shake things up with step-by-step details for crafting grow-your-own cocktails, mocktails & more - direct from your happy hour garden! FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2024 4:00 PM
4:30 PM	Flirty Flower Friday Kristen VanderYacht - Celebrity floral designer, author and host of Netflix Big Flower Fight View More Pacific Northwest’s very own celebrity floral designer, Kristen Griffith-VanderYacht - host of Netflix Big Flower Fight - will demonstrate a fabulous seasonal arrangement inspired by his beautiful new book, Flower Love: Lush Floral Arrangements for the Heart and Home. Attendees will have the chance to meet Kristen, buy a signed copy of Flower Love and maybe get a flower filled photo op...	Flirty Flower Friday Pacific Northwest’s very own celebrity floral designer, Kristen Griffith-VanderYacht - host of Netflix Big Flower Fight - will demonstrate a fabulous seasonal arrangement inspired by his beautiful new book, Flower Love: Lush Floral Arrangements for the Heart and Home. Attendees will have the chance to meet Kristen, buy a signed copy of Flower Love and maybe get a flower filled photo op... FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2024 4:30 PM

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What’s a ProTip? Some speakers provide a handout for their sessions. We post them each evening of the show for you to download.

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