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Slide Show: The NW Flower & Garden Show

February 13, 2012

Chickens aren’t a fad – they’re here to stay. At least, I think so. So I liked "The Dinner Bell Rings: Eat Your Yard" by Cascadian Edible Landscapes. It was cute (combine chickens and an old VW and how can you go w

This display titled "Birdsong" was created by the Seattle’s Washington Park Arboretum on conjunction with Seattle Audubon. It won the gold medal and was definitely the most natural of the displays, full of wildlife-friendly and winter-

Judith Jones of Fancy Fronds Nursery in Gold Bar, WA presented my favorite display garden but she only won a crystal award. I loved the theme ("Tales of Wonder: In a Persian Garden") with plenty of fe

Judith Jones of Fancy Fronds fern nursery in Gold Bar, WA. She and her fellow ferniac took the theme all the way!

Ravenna Gardens Nursery had a wonderful terrarium display that won an award. I noticed that the book I co-authored – Terr

This was my favorite display at the Seattle show, made by Cultivar, LLC, a Seattle landscape design & build firm, and collaborating with terrarium maker midnightblossom.com. The display was called "Portholes & Ti

Side view with windowboxes affixed to a mossy wall.

A suspended terrarium

Thanks to this past weekend’s trip to Seattle for the NW Flower & Garden Show, I feel like it’s spring! I couldn’t make it to the media preview event, but I did get some time on the show floor Thursday morning, before it opened to the public. It’s great because the lights are on and it’s much easier to take photos that don’t look like they’re undersea. Why are the lights so darned dim for these...

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