Yesterday the Girl and I attended the Northwest Home and Garden show in Seattle. The show is going on through Sunday, February, 24 and is a total must see if you are a local gardener. There is a staggering amount of display to visit and we took so many photos it was crazy!
Our favorite display garden of course was this Hobbit House. It had me swooning for low ceilings, moss paths and little bites of elfin foods. If only I could transport this whole scene to my backyard I would have the best garden/art studio on the planet.
This year there was a HUGE antique mart too. For the venue, I didn’t think the prices were to bad either. Lot’s of watering cans, old signs, berry baskets, cool chalkboards, and lots and lots of vintage wire items too.
Oh, and let’s not forget about the flowers. The Girl ran off with the camera and I now have over 500 pictures of every flower under the moon. I had no idea she was such a sucker for flowers. Now I’m thinking I should plant her a secret garden of some sort. Just for her to photograph. Hmmm.
This lady was a hoot. She sat in her display garden and waved like a real royal. If only I had some tea and biscuits to offer her.
Check this out. I cannot remember the name of the plant but I do remember the garden club ladies telling us it was very hard to grow and only does well in very humid climates.
In addition to all the flowers, bulbs, display gardens, and demonstrations, there was also a boatload of home and garden vendors as well as numerous artists.
In a nutshell, this years Northwest Home and Garden show was the awesome possum! We have a ton of pictures so I’ll try and post more later this afternoon.
Peace Out Girl Scouts,.
Have a great day!
~Mavis
Lisa says
I attended yesterday also, but after 4 hours we’d had enough. There were whole sections we missed/skipped. The darn coconut game took up too much of our time and even then my ADD kicked in with 3-4 gardens left to look at.
The plant in the vertical pallet is Selaginella kraussiana ‘Aurea'(Golden Spikemoss). It IS difficult to grow, but when you can it looks fantastic. It has a tendency to rot out in the middle if it is too wet. It is best grown in a partially shady location that is moist, but not wet. In a long term situation it would not grow in the vertical garden like pictured.
One of my favorite gardens was the one that was 1/2 a girly garden and 1/2 a man’s garden. It wasn’t so much the whole design of it, but there was a combination of the yellow hellebore, orange sedge, pink tulips and ‘Carmel’ Heuchera. It would only look good for a very short period of time, but the effect was impressive.
Angie says
Wish I could have gone!
Mavis, I trust you lingered over those rain barrels with their $65 price tag, thought about the barrels you have stashed in your backyard and BATHED in the righteous glow of getting something for NOTHING! 😀
Mavis says
I thought $65 was a bit pricey. 🙂
laurene says
There is so much farm house furniture around however I am still
unable to locate a farm house model nest of tables – starting to assume
they do not really exist!
April says
I’m totally in love with that Hobbit house! Ever since watching Lord of the Rings, I keep imagining myself in a home like that. I just don’t want people to think I’m a total nerdy weirdo when they come over though! : P