Don’t let a small footprint limit your gardening dreams! Enjoy sessions with leaders in the small space gardening community to find new ways to grow beyond limitations…

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.

All seminars at the Northwest Flower & Garden Festival are FREE with your ticket!

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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
  

Small Space Solutions with Epic Gardening: Trellis Tricks

Wendi Phan - Founder It's Wendiland on social media

Join the team from Epic Gardening and their friends for a daily dose of Small Space Solutions. Each day at 4pm on the Main Stage, tips and tricks will be provided to gardeners working with limited gardening space. From growing your own groceries to grow bags to trellising, smart seed starting for smaller plants to containers that go-go-go... join this fun, interactive session daily and enjoy new ideas and insights from the experts at Epic Gardening!


Wednesday, February 19, 2025 / 4:00 PM / Main Stage

 

Small Space Solutions with Epic Gardening: Porch Pots

Erin Schanen - Gardener, writer, video creator and founder of The Impatient Gardener

Join the team from Epic Gardening and their friends for a daily dose of Small Space Solutions. Each day at 4pm on the Main Stage, tips and tricks will be provided to gardeners working with limited gardening space. From growing your own groceries to grow bags to trellising, smart seed starting for smaller plants to containers that go-go-go... join this fun, interactive session daily and enjoy new ideas and insights from the experts at Epic Gardening!

Thursday, February 20, 2025 / 4:00 PM / Main Stage

 

Seed Starting for Small Spaces

Kevin Espiritu - Founder & CEO of Epic Gardening

Jacques Lyakov - Garden Hermit at Epic Gardening

Join the team from Epic Gardening and their friends for a daily dose of Small Space Solutions. Each day at 4pm on the Main Stage, tips and tricks will be provided to gardeners working with limited gardening space. From growing your own groceries to grow bags to trellising, smart seed starting for smaller plants to containers that go-go-go... join this fun, interactive session daily and enjoy new ideas and insights from the experts at Epic Gardening!

Friday, February 21, 2025 / 4:00 PM / Main Stage

 

Urban and Small Space Gardening

Kathy Jentz - Author, editor and publisher of Washington Gardener Magazine, host of GardenDC Podcast

Teresa Speight - Proud Native Washingtonian (DC), a mother, Grandmother, Steward of our Land, Garden Writer

Do you live in an urban setting? Do you have little space to garden? Turn your growing dreams into reality and build a gorgeous and unique garden that showcases your personal style while still being functional and productive. Kathy Jentz and Teri Speight, authors of "The Urban Garden: 101 Ways to Grow Food and Beauty in the City" share their inspiring and practical tips to build your own home paradise.
Saturday, February 22, 2025 / 1:15 PM / Hood Room
  

The Greatness of Grow Bags

Kevin Espiritu - Founder & CEO of Epic Gardening

Jacques Lyakov - Garden Hermit at Epic Gardening

Join the team from Epic Gardening and their friends for a daily dose of Small Space Solutions. Each day at 4pm on the Main Stage, tips and tricks will be provided to gardeners working with limited gardening space. From growing your own groceries to grow bags to trellising, smart seed starting for smaller plants to containers that go-go-go... join this fun, interactive session daily and enjoy new ideas and insights from the experts at Epic Gardening!


Saturday, February 22, 2025 / 4:00 PM / Main Stage

 

Grow Like a Chef

Carissa Kasper - founder of Seed & Nourish Garden Design

Join coach and kitchen garden designer Carissa Kasper of Seed & Nourish as she shares the secrets of growing alongside chefs at Vancouver’s Fairmont Waterfront rooftop garden. From the dirty to the divine, find out what goes on up on the hotel rooftop from battles with crows and horsetail to garden parties and buzzing bees. 

Learn the top varieties to grow in a culinary garden, inventive ways they can be used, and how to host your own garden to table dinners.
Sunday, February 23, 2025 / 2:45 PM / Hood Room
  

Small Space Solutions with Epic Gardening: Grow Your Own Groceries

Bailey Van Tassel - Writer, author, founder of The Kitchen Garden Society

Join the team from Epic Gardening and their friends for a daily dose of Small Space Solutions. Each day at 4pm on the Main Stage, tips and tricks will be provided to gardeners working with limited gardening space. From growing your own groceries to grow bags to trellising, smart seed starting for smaller plants to containers that go-go-go... join this fun, interactive session daily and enjoy new ideas and insights from the experts at Epic Gardening!


Sunday, February 23, 2025 / 4:00 PM / Main Stage