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

February 19-23, 2025

Seattle Convention Center

705 Pike Street, Seattle, WA

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From growing to designing… flower farmers, designers, and industry leaders share tips and tricks for your most beautiful blossoms ever…

The Seminars by Category are listed in chronological order. Please check the Seminar Schedule for a full list of ALL our seminars. No ticket refunds for Speaker cancellation.

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The Fragrant Flower Garden Stefani Bittner - Author, owner Homestead Design Collective 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 year's worth of flowers, foliage, and fragrance. Wednesday, February 19, 2025 / 1:00 PM / Rainier Room	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 year's worth of flowers, foliage, and fragrance. Wednesday, February 19, 2025 1:00 PM
The Herbal Rosarian Sue Goetz - Owner Creative Gardener, Author Complete Container Herb Gardening Discover the purposeful herbal side of roses. Herbalists treasure the fragrant flowers for their sweet flavor, healing skincare, and medicinal virtues. Learn about their role in history used by apothecaries and used in modern day. Find out the best garden rose varieties to grow and use for herb preparation and flavor. Harvesting and preserving tips, recipes for skin care, culinary, and crafting. Wednesday, February 19, 2025 / 1:30 PM / DIY Stage	The Herbal Rosarian Discover the purposeful herbal side of roses. Herbalists treasure the fragrant flowers for their sweet flavor, healing skincare, and medicinal virtues. Learn about their role in history used by apothecaries and used in modern day. Find out the best garden rose varieties to grow and use for herb preparation and flavor. Harvesting and preserving tips, recipes for skin care, culinary, and crafting. Wednesday, February 19, 2025 1:30 PM
Get Bossy with Your Bulbs: Divide, Force, and Plant Successively for a Colorful, Bloom-filled Garden Sean and Allison McManus - Owners/hosts Spoken Garden, Authors The First Time Gardener Be the boss of your bulbs by learning how to divide them, force them to bloom early, and plant them successively. Take advantage of how bulbs reproduce in your garden and learn how to divide or separate bulbs like daffodils, tulips, dahlias, bearded iris, gladiolus, and more, so you can spread them around your garden, share them with friends or family, or create new container designs without spending money on more bulbs. Discover how to force your bulbs to bloom early to get a jump on the growing season. Also, learn which specific bulbs you can plant successively throughout the summer to have months of blooms. Wednesday, February 19, 2025 / 3:15 PM / DIY Stage	Get Bossy with Your Bulbs: Divide, Force, and Plant Successively for a Colorful, Bloom-filled Garden Be the boss of your bulbs by learning how to divide them, force them to bloom early, and plant them successively. Take advantage of how bulbs reproduce in your garden and learn how to divide or separate bulbs like daffodils, tulips, dahlias, bearded iris, gladiolus, and more, so you can spread them around your garden, share them with friends or family, or create new container designs without spending money on more bulbs. Discover how to force your bulbs to bloom early to get a jump on the growing season. Also, learn which specific bulbs you can plant successively throughout the summer to have months of blooms. Wednesday, February 19, 2025 3:15 PM
Alternative Orchid Growing Techniques Joseph J Grienauer - Owner Emerald City Orchids This session will start with standard practices for orchid growing in pots and quickly move into alternative methods of growing orchids, with physical demonstrations for different methods. These will include examples of mounted orchids and a mounting demonstration, water culture orchids, and growing in a basket. The session will also address the differences in growing inside a home near a window, under lights, in a greenhouse, terrariums, and other types of environments. Wednesday, February 19, 2025 / 5:00 PM / DIY Stage	Alternative Orchid Growing Techniques This session will start with standard practices for orchid growing in pots and quickly move into alternative methods of growing orchids, with physical demonstrations for different methods. These will include examples of mounted orchids and a mounting demonstration, water culture orchids, and growing in a basket. The session will also address the differences in growing inside a home near a window, under lights, in a greenhouse, terrariums, and other types of environments. Wednesday, February 19, 2025 5:00 PM
Blooms & Bubbles: Make a Seasonal & Sustainable Centerpiece [additional ticket required] Gina Lett-Shrewsberry - Sustainable floral designer and event stylist, member Slow Flower Society Misty Vanderweele - Award-winning floriculturist and founder of All Dahlia'd Up Flower Farm Take inspiration from the season’s best blooms and follow nature as your guide as you create a lovely spring centerpiece with instruction from two floral pro’s. Gina Lett-Shrewsberry and Misty VanderWeele will demonstrate eco-friendly floral design tips and coach your selection of locally-grown and domestic cut flowers and foliage. Watch them demonstrate how to create a lush spring vase design and then channel your inner florist as you do the same. The workshop includes all the supplies and instruction for making a spring-inspired arrangement. Thursday, February 20, 2025 / 2:30 PM / Main Stage	Blooms & Bubbles: Make a Seasonal & Sustainable Centerpiece [additional ticket required] Take inspiration from the season’s best blooms and follow nature as your guide as you create a lovely spring centerpiece with instruction from two floral pro’s. Gina Lett-Shrewsberry and Misty VanderWeele will demonstrate eco-friendly floral design tips and coach your selection of locally-grown and domestic cut flowers and foliage. Watch them demonstrate how to create a lush spring vase design and then channel your inner florist as you do the same. The workshop includes all the supplies and instruction for making a spring-inspired arrangement. Thursday, February 20, 2025 2:30 PM
DIY Flower Seed Paper Janice Cox - Author Natural Beauty at Home, natural cosmetics expert Seed paper is a popular trend right now. Companies and garden enthusiasts are using recycled paper with seeds, herbs, and dried botanicals embedded in it as postcards, invitations and business cards. Imagine sending someone a beautiful card that also grows flowers. In this session, learn how to upcycle scrap paper such as junk mail, newspaper, shopping bags and computer documents into beautiful and useable seed paper creations. Thursday, February 20, 2025 / 3:15 PM / DIY Stage	DIY Flower Seed Paper Seed paper is a popular trend right now. Companies and garden enthusiasts are using recycled paper with seeds, herbs, and dried botanicals embedded in it as postcards, invitations and business cards. Imagine sending someone a beautiful card that also grows flowers. In this session, learn how to upcycle scrap paper such as junk mail, newspaper, shopping bags and computer documents into beautiful and useable seed paper creations. Thursday, February 20, 2025 3:15 PM
Garden to the Max Teresa Paige Woodard - Award-winning author, educator and America in Bloom advisor For those of you compelled to make room for “just one more plant,” this talk is for you. In Teresa’s newest book Garden to the Max (Timber Press 2024), she dives into the maximalist style as it boldly unfolds in the garden. She will take you on an inspiring journey across the country with gorgeous images by photographer Bob Stefko of 20 maximalist gardeners. She'll share how these talented garden creatives curate plant collections, defy rules, build drama with multiples of plants, or max out all-sized spaces to support nature. While many are drawn to the maximalist style, it’s not as simple as throwing everything and the kitchen sink and seeing what sticks. There’s artistry in curating collections not to look like a hoarder’s mess. There’s finesse in using bold colors without appearing gaudy. There are tricks for daringly growing tropical plants outside their traditional growing zones. And there’s a skill to magically layering plants without creating garden chaos. Teresa will encourage you with these maximalist gardeners' ideas and their bounty of plants, showy colors, foliage patterns, statement containers and thoughtful accessories. Her wish is for gardeners to find great joy in designing highly personalized jam-packed patios, exuberant tropical paradises, wildly diverse habitats for birds and butterflies, and stylized plant collections. Besides, the Earth and all its wildlife will thank you. Thursday, February 20, 2025 / 4:00 PM / Hood Room	Garden to the Max For those of you compelled to make room for “just one more plant,” this talk is for you. In Teresa’s newest book Garden to the Max (Timber Press 2024), she dives into the maximalist style as it boldly unfolds in the garden. She will take you on an inspiring journey across the country with gorgeous images by photographer Bob Stefko of 20 maximalist gardeners. She'll share how these talented garden creatives curate plant collections, defy rules, build drama with multiples of plants, or max out all-sized spaces to support nature. While many are drawn to the maximalist style, it’s not as simple as throwing everything and the kitchen sink and seeing what sticks. There’s artistry in curating collections not to look like a hoarder’s mess. There’s finesse in using bold colors without appearing gaudy. There are tricks for daringly growing tropical plants outside their traditional growing zones. And there’s a skill to magically layering plants without creating garden chaos. Teresa will encourage you with these maximalist gardeners' ideas and their bounty of plants, showy colors, foliage patterns, statement containers and thoughtful accessories. Her wish is for gardeners to find great joy in designing highly personalized jam-packed patios, exuberant tropical paradises, wildly diverse habitats for birds and butterflies, and stylized plant collections. Besides, the Earth and all its wildlife will thank you. Thursday, February 20, 2025 4:00 PM
Moss Gardens: A Winter Super Power! Susan Larder - Sustainable florist, Slow Flowers Society member An exciting part of being a seasonal and sustainable designer is working within the constraints of the season. Those constraints are our opportunities. Take the moss garden... For Susan, winter means snow cover and not a bloom until hellebores in April. Yet, she has turned this seeming lack into an opportunity. In this demonstration, I will demonstrate building different sizes of moss gardens using substrate, biochar, sand, moss, bulb kits, and other natural elements. Thursday, February 20, 2025 / 5:00 PM / DIY Stage	Moss Gardens: A Winter Super Power! An exciting part of being a seasonal and sustainable designer is working within the constraints of the season. Those constraints are our opportunities. Take the moss garden... For Susan, winter means snow cover and not a bloom until hellebores in April. Yet, she has turned this seeming lack into an opportunity. In this demonstration, I will demonstrate building different sizes of moss gardens using substrate, biochar, sand, moss, bulb kits, and other natural elements. Thursday, February 20, 2025 5:00 PM
Anemone and Ranunculus 101 Anne Long - Owner of The Dahlia House, Skagit Valley Washington Enter the wonderful worlds of anemone and ranunculus - the cool weather harbingers of spring! Learn about the array of varieties available and all the tips and tricks you need to know to plant, tend and successfully harvest these cherished beauties. Friday, February 21, 2025 / 10:00 AM / Plant Academy	Anemone and Ranunculus 101 Enter the wonderful worlds of anemone and ranunculus - the cool weather harbingers of spring! Learn about the array of varieties available and all the tips and tricks you need to know to plant, tend and successfully harvest these cherished beauties. Friday, February 21, 2025 10:00 AM
The Easiest Seed-Starting: Winter Sowing and Seed Snails Erica Browne Grivas - Lifestyle journalist Indoor seed sowing can be fun, but seedlings often need special lights, constant monitoring, regular potting up to larger pots, and then hardening off. It can take over your house – and life - for months as your kitchen is lit with eery purple light and counters are swallowed by plants. What if you could sow your seeds outdoors, wait until the seeds come up, and transplant once? Enter the magic of winter sowing. It lets you plant seeds from late winter through spring no matter how cold it gets. By creating a sheltered area with upcycled milk jugs or plastic storage bins, potted seeds can even sit in the snow – if we get any. As a bonus you’ll grow hardier, tougher plants than if grown indoors. Simply keep seedlings watered and away from high temperatures, and the seeds come up when the conditions are right. With winter sowing, you can plant once – no potting up - and transplant directly when plants reach 2-4” tall. They are already hardened off! Learn which plants work best in the Pacific Northwest, how to time your sowing, and get ready to try this stellar timesaving technique. Seed snails are a new viral method that saves so much space. Created by Farida Sober in the UK, you roll up your seeds and potting mix, fitting many more seeds than in a potting tray, with no repotting necessary. Works indoors or out! Friday, February 21, 2025 / 10:00 AM / DIY Stage	The Easiest Seed-Starting: Winter Sowing and Seed Snails Indoor seed sowing can be fun, but seedlings often need special lights, constant monitoring, regular potting up to larger pots, and then hardening off. It can take over your house – and life - for months as your kitchen is lit with eery purple light and counters are swallowed by plants. What if you could sow your seeds outdoors, wait until the seeds come up, and transplant once? Enter the magic of winter sowing. It lets you plant seeds from late winter through spring no matter how cold it gets. By creating a sheltered area with upcycled milk jugs or plastic storage bins, potted seeds can even sit in the snow – if we get any. As a bonus you’ll grow hardier, tougher plants than if grown indoors. Simply keep seedlings watered and away from high temperatures, and the seeds come up when the conditions are right. With winter sowing, you can plant once – no potting up - and transplant directly when plants reach 2-4” tall. They are already hardened off! Learn which plants work best in the Pacific Northwest, how to time your sowing, and get ready to try this stellar timesaving technique. Seed snails are a new viral method that saves so much space. Created by Farida Sober in the UK, you roll up your seeds and potting mix, fitting many more seeds than in a potting tray, with no repotting necessary. Works indoors or out! Friday, February 21, 2025 10:00 AM
Designing and Planting Your Shade Garden Jenny Rose Carey - Renowned gardener, educator, historian, and author This seminar will take the gardener through the stages from planning to the selection of plants that will thrive in shade conditions to the steps needed for successful planting. Shade gardens can bring special delight to any garden area. The keys to success for your shade gardens are good design and proper planting. Jenny Rose will take you through the easy-to-follow steps for planting a successful shade garden. Friday, February 21, 2025 / 10:45 AM / Hood Room	Designing and Planting Your Shade Garden This seminar will take the gardener through the stages from planning to the selection of plants that will thrive in shade conditions to the steps needed for successful planting. Shade gardens can bring special delight to any garden area. The keys to success for your shade gardens are good design and proper planting. Jenny Rose will take you through the easy-to-follow steps for planting a successful shade garden. Friday, February 21, 2025 10:45 AM
Large Scale Floral Installations Kiara Hancock - Acclaimed wedding and floral designer Go big or go home! Come learn how to make show-stopping statement floral installations! Whether an arch or hanging installation, an expert in putting the WOW in events of all types, Kiara will teach you the techniques you can use to master floristry on a large scale. And create an epic floral installation while you watch! Friday, February 21, 2025 / 1:30 PM / DIY Stage	Large Scale Floral Installations Go big or go home! Come learn how to make show-stopping statement floral installations! Whether an arch or hanging installation, an expert in putting the WOW in events of all types, Kiara will teach you the techniques you can use to master floristry on a large scale. And create an epic floral installation while you watch! Friday, February 21, 2025 1:30 PM
Blooms & Bubbles: Plant a Meditation Garden [additional ticket required] Susan Larder - Sustainable florist, Slow Flowers Society member We all know that plants and nature are essential ingredients for improved mental health and wellness, and our instructor, Susan Larder of Foraged Florals has the perfect project for bringing the garden indoors during the winter months. She will introduce you to the benefits of living with more plants in your life as you learn how to design and care for a tabletop garden under glass. Your design will include a bed of moss and a collection of spring ephemeral plants, ready to feed your spirit as you watch them grow. Friday, February 21, 2025 / 2:30 PM / Main Stage	Blooms & Bubbles: Plant a Meditation Garden [additional ticket required] We all know that plants and nature are essential ingredients for improved mental health and wellness, and our instructor, Susan Larder of Foraged Florals has the perfect project for bringing the garden indoors during the winter months. She will introduce you to the benefits of living with more plants in your life as you learn how to design and care for a tabletop garden under glass. Your design will include a bed of moss and a collection of spring ephemeral plants, ready to feed your spirit as you watch them grow. Friday, February 21, 2025 2:30 PM
Ten Roses You Should be Growing in the PNW Robin Jennings - Senior Brand Marketing Manager at Heirloom Roses In the wide world of roses, how can you pick the best variety for your PNW garden? Join Robin as she breaks down the ten essential roses for PNW gardens. Friday, February 21, 2025 / 3:00 PM / Plant Academy	Ten Roses You Should be Growing in the PNW In the wide world of roses, how can you pick the best variety for your PNW garden? Join Robin as she breaks down the ten essential roses for PNW gardens. Friday, February 21, 2025 3:00 PM
Plant Passions, Best Tips for Growing Cut Flowers Debra Prinzing and Robin Avni are co-authors of the forthcoming book, The Flower Farmers (Abrams, May 2025) There is an ever-expanding interest in the floral lifestyle as gardeners and homeowners aspire to become floral fluent. The backyard gardener has moved on from simply planting vegetables or bedding plants; they want to grow unique botanicals in their own cutting gardens, containers, and raised beds -- floral elements for everyday enjoyment and cherished celebrations. As gardeners seek ideas, inspiration, and expert information about best varieties, planting techniques, and unique seasonal blooms, they also are discovering the sustainable practices of North America's flower farmers -- a growing approach that is entirely adaptable to the residential cutting garden. In their new book, "The Flower Farmer," co-authors Debra Prinzing and Robin Avni, introduce the lives, farms, and flowers of growers across North America. Meet these intrepid, innovative, and artistic individuals who have built flower-filled lives. Learn about their "Plant Passions" and learn from their expertise about top botanical crops. We'll cover how to select must-have cultivars that the pro's grow and understand the best varieties for long-lasting arrangements. Friday, February 21, 2025 / 12:00 PM / Hood Room	Plant Passions, Best Tips for Growing Cut Flowers There is an ever-expanding interest in the floral lifestyle as gardeners and homeowners aspire to become floral fluent. The backyard gardener has moved on from simply planting vegetables or bedding plants; they want to grow unique botanicals in their own cutting gardens, containers, and raised beds -- floral elements for everyday enjoyment and cherished celebrations. As gardeners seek ideas, inspiration, and expert information about best varieties, planting techniques, and unique seasonal blooms, they also are discovering the sustainable practices of North America's flower farmers -- a growing approach that is entirely adaptable to the residential cutting garden. In their new book, "The Flower Farmer," co-authors Debra Prinzing and Robin Avni, introduce the lives, farms, and flowers of growers across North America. Meet these intrepid, innovative, and artistic individuals who have built flower-filled lives. Learn about their "Plant Passions" and learn from their expertise about top botanical crops. We'll cover how to select must-have cultivars that the pro's grow and understand the best varieties for long-lasting arrangements. Friday, February 21, 2025 12:00 PM
New Directions for Clematis: Up is Not the Only Option Linda Beutler - Author, Educator, Curator Rogerson Clematis Garden Clematis as ground cover? Yes! Clematis knitting perennials together? Yes! Clematis as container plants? Yes! Let's explore the other ways clematis may be used in gardens besides growing relentlessly up. There is more to life than growing clematis only on your built environment. Each new clematis does not require a new trellis. Friday, February 21, 2025 / 12:30 PM / Plant Academy	New Directions for Clematis: Up is Not the Only Option Clematis as ground cover? Yes! Clematis knitting perennials together? Yes! Clematis as container plants? Yes! Let's explore the other ways clematis may be used in gardens besides growing relentlessly up. There is more to life than growing clematis only on your built environment. Each new clematis does not require a new trellis. Friday, February 21, 2025 12:30 PM
Leveraging the Power of Lavenders Lloyd R. Traven - Plantsman, owner Peacetree Farm The use and production of lavender has exploded massively in the last decade, becoming easily the fastest growing part of perennial production world-wide. What is causing this movement and how can YOU participate? The world's foremost breeder and introducer of new lavenders takes you on a journey to illuminate getting onboard and sharing the joys of a plant that thrives right here in the Pacific Northwest. So many uses, so many reasons, and so many choices!! Let's see the options and help you make the best choices for your own requirements. Saturday, February 22, 2025 / 10:00 AM / Plant Academy	Leveraging the Power of Lavenders The use and production of lavender has exploded massively in the last decade, becoming easily the fastest growing part of perennial production world-wide. What is causing this movement and how can YOU participate? The world's foremost breeder and introducer of new lavenders takes you on a journey to illuminate getting onboard and sharing the joys of a plant that thrives right here in the Pacific Northwest. So many uses, so many reasons, and so many choices!! Let's see the options and help you make the best choices for your own requirements. Saturday, February 22, 2025 10:00 AM
Black Flora - Inspiring Profiles of Floriculture's New Vanguard Teresa Speight - Proud Native Washingtonian (DC), a mother, Grandmother, Steward of our Land, Garden Writer Author, Teri Speight will discuss the importance of the African American experience in the world of floriculture. Sharing examples from the portraits featured in the new edition of Black Flora: Inspiring Profiles of Floricutures New Vanguard (Timber 2024), Teri will discuss how some have thrived, others have experienced more challenges, and some have used their trowels to dig deeper to secure a space in this wonderfully colorful world. Their stories must be told to really understand how important it is to support small flower farmers, floral designers, and those who desire a life with flowers. Saturday, February 22, 2025 / 10:45 AM / Hood Room	Black Flora - Inspiring Profiles of Floriculture's New Vanguard Author, Teri Speight will discuss the importance of the African American experience in the world of floriculture. Sharing examples from the portraits featured in the new edition of Black Flora: Inspiring Profiles of Floricutures New Vanguard (Timber 2024), Teri will discuss how some have thrived, others have experienced more challenges, and some have used their trowels to dig deeper to secure a space in this wonderfully colorful world. Their stories must be told to really understand how important it is to support small flower farmers, floral designers, and those who desire a life with flowers. Saturday, February 22, 2025 10:45 AM
Blooms & Bubbles: From Garden to Vase: Spring Floral Design [additional ticket required] Gina Leighann Thresher - Owner From the Ground Up Floral Rebecca Raymond - Owner Rebecca Raymond Floral Design Learn floral design from two local floral professionals, Gina Thresher of From the Ground Up Floral and Rebecca Raymond of Rebecca Raymond Floral Design. These gifted floral designers will share some of their favorite eco-friendly techniques for creating an updated version of a spring centerpiece. Learn design techniques, including selection of flowers and foliage, proper scale, proportion, mechanics and placement of each stem as you design a fresh, romantic arrangement to grace your home. The workshop includes all the supplies and instruction for making a spring-inspired arrangement. Saturday, February 22, 2025 / 2:30 PM / Main Stage	Blooms & Bubbles: From Garden to Vase: Spring Floral Design [additional ticket required] Learn floral design from two local floral professionals, Gina Thresher of From the Ground Up Floral and Rebecca Raymond of Rebecca Raymond Floral Design. These gifted floral designers will share some of their favorite eco-friendly techniques for creating an updated version of a spring centerpiece. Learn design techniques, including selection of flowers and foliage, proper scale, proportion, mechanics and placement of each stem as you design a fresh, romantic arrangement to grace your home. The workshop includes all the supplies and instruction for making a spring-inspired arrangement. Saturday, February 22, 2025 2:30 PM
From Grocery Store to Glorious Gina Lett-Shrewsberry - Sustainable floral designer and event stylist, member Slow Flower Society Floral designer Gina Lett-Shrewsberry of Inspirations by Gina has created florals for brands, corporate events, weddings and more. Learn how to elevate the everyday flowers that you purchase as a supermarket bunch with design tips, and a few additional ingredients. Gina will create a centerpiece and also demonstrate how to design with bud vases for an affordable tablescape display. Saturday, February 22, 2025 / 5:00 PM / DIY Stage	From Grocery Store to Glorious Floral designer Gina Lett-Shrewsberry of Inspirations by Gina has created florals for brands, corporate events, weddings and more. Learn how to elevate the everyday flowers that you purchase as a supermarket bunch with design tips, and a few additional ingredients. Gina will create a centerpiece and also demonstrate how to design with bud vases for an affordable tablescape display. Saturday, February 22, 2025 5:00 PM
Captivating Camellias Nita-Jo Rountree - Speaker, Author Growing Roses in the Pacific NW Discover and or discover again these underused versatile shrubs that come in a variety of colors, sizes, and flower shapes. Nita-Jo explains how these plants are great for PNW gardeners and highlights some of her favorites as well as tips and tricks for the happiest camellias. Saturday, February 22, 2025 / 12:30 PM / Plant Academy	Captivating Camellias Discover and or discover again these underused versatile shrubs that come in a variety of colors, sizes, and flower shapes. Nita-Jo explains how these plants are great for PNW gardeners and highlights some of her favorites as well as tips and tricks for the happiest camellias. Saturday, February 22, 2025 12:30 PM
Ikebana - Communication With Plant Materials Nobuko Relnick - Teacher of Sogetsu School of IKEBANA (Japanese flower arrangement) for 30+ years Do you communicate with plant materials? Ikebana does. When we make ikebana, we have to know the characteristics of the plants you are handling. Not all plants make a great ikebana. We become very aware of the plants around us. In this session, Nobuku demostrates the principles of Ikebana for the beginner. Develop a deeper connection with plant materials in this introduction to an ancient plant-based art form. Sunday, February 23, 2025 / 1:30 PM / DIY Stage	Ikebana - Communication With Plant Materials Do you communicate with plant materials? Ikebana does. When we make ikebana, we have to know the characteristics of the plants you are handling. Not all plants make a great ikebana. We become very aware of the plants around us. In this session, Nobuku demostrates the principles of Ikebana for the beginner. Develop a deeper connection with plant materials in this introduction to an ancient plant-based art form. Sunday, February 23, 2025 1:30 PM
Blooms & Bubbles: Design a Beautiful Centerpiece [additional ticket required] Alicia Houston - Owner of Healer's Harvest Stacy Marshall - Owner of Pitchfork and Petal Draw inspiration from the garden to create a spring centerpiece with two farmer florists, Stacy Marshall of Petal and Pitchfork and Alicia Houston of Healer’s Harvest. Both women are known for their gorgeous designs using flowers from their farms, grown for local florists and clients. As you create your centerpiece, learn design techniques, selection of flowers and foliage, proper scale and proportion for a centerpiece, and mechanics and placement of each stem as you design a fresh, romantic arrangement to grace your table at home. The workshop includes all the supplies and instruction for making a spring-inspired arrangement. Sunday, February 23, 2025 / 2:30 PM / Main Stage	Blooms & Bubbles: Design a Beautiful Centerpiece [additional ticket required] Draw inspiration from the garden to create a spring centerpiece with two farmer florists, Stacy Marshall of Petal and Pitchfork and Alicia Houston of Healer’s Harvest. Both women are known for their gorgeous designs using flowers from their farms, grown for local florists and clients. As you create your centerpiece, learn design techniques, selection of flowers and foliage, proper scale and proportion for a centerpiece, and mechanics and placement of each stem as you design a fresh, romantic arrangement to grace your table at home. The workshop includes all the supplies and instruction for making a spring-inspired arrangement. Sunday, February 23, 2025 2:30 PM
Flowering Bulbs Crash Course for Beginners Sean and Allison McManus - Owners/hosts Spoken Garden, Authors The First Time Gardener Is this your first-time planting bulbs? Not sure how to get started? New gardeners (or anyone who needs a refresher) will learn hands-on skills and best practices for planting their flowering bulbs with confidence and ease. This session will provide skills you can apply to planting both spring blooming bulbs, like daffodils and tulips, and summer bloomers, like dahlias and gladiolus, to help your bulbs thrive, including correct planting depth, spacing, proper handling, and the materials and tools needed to get the job done. Sunday, February 23, 2025 / 3:15 PM / DIY Stage	Flowering Bulbs Crash Course for Beginners Is this your first-time planting bulbs? Not sure how to get started? New gardeners (or anyone who needs a refresher) will learn hands-on skills and best practices for planting their flowering bulbs with confidence and ease. This session will provide skills you can apply to planting both spring blooming bulbs, like daffodils and tulips, and summer bloomers, like dahlias and gladiolus, to help your bulbs thrive, including correct planting depth, spacing, proper handling, and the materials and tools needed to get the job done. Sunday, February 23, 2025 3:15 PM