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Saturday, February 12
Our Seminar Schedule is sorted by date, then by room and time. Want to find specific topics? Use our Seminars by Category pages to find the seminars just right for you.
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Book Signing 
ProTips We post Speakers' Pro Tips every evening by 9 pm after the show closes for the day. If you would like to access the 2022 SPEAKER PRO TIPS just click on the pink paper icon on the seminar schedule to download and print their Pro Tips, or go to the dropdown menu for a listing of all Speaker Pro Tips. We keep the schedule up for months after the show, so you can access all the Pro Tips as you get back out into the garden.
If you do not see paper symbol, it means that the Speaker didn’t provide any Pro Tips for that seminar.
Click here for the full Book Signing schedule.
All seminars at the Northwest Flower & Garden Festival are FREE with your ticket!
RAINIER ROOM
(All seminars 60 minutes unless noted)
10:00 AM | GARDENING WITH CULPEPPER: THE HEALING POWER OF HERBS | 
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11:30 AM | SOUL SURVIVAL: THE HEALTH, PHYSICAL AND MENTAL BENEFITS OF GARDENING | |
1:00 PM | FIVE STEPS TOWARD A MORE DROUGHT RESILIENT GARDEN |
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2:30 PM (90 minutes) | GARDEN 101: WHAT’S BUGGING YOUR GARDEN? TOP FIVE GARDEN PESTS: APHIDS AND WEEVILS AND SNAILS, OH MY! | |
ATTRACT MORE BENEFICIAL BUGS TO YOUR GARDEN |
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BUGS: THE HIDDEN WORLD IN THE GARDEN |
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4:30 PM | GARDEN LUST: NEW MUST-HAVE PLANTS FOR 2022 | |
6:00 PM | WHAT TO GROW NOW: A GARDEN PRIMER ON STARTING THIS YEAR’S BACKYARD FARM Amy Pennington - Urban farmer and author, Salad Days, Urban Pantry, Apartment Gardening and Fresh Pantry
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HOOD ROOM
(All seminars 60 minutes)
9:30 AM | GREAT PLANT PICKS: PLANTS FOR A BETTER PLANET |
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11:00 AM | BIOINTENSIVE VEGETABLE GARDENING IN SMALL SPACES |
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12:30 PM | POWER UP GARDEN BEAUTY; POWER DOWN GARDEN MAINTENANCE
Kerry Ann Mendez - Award-winning speaker, garden designer and author of 4 gardening books, including The Right-Size Flower Garden
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2:00 PM | GARDENING FOR WILDLIFE WITH NATIVE PLANTS
David Deardorff - Award-winning co-author, What’s Wrong With My Houseplant? and Saving Nature: One Yard At A Time
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3:30 PM | BIG FLOWER DREAMS: FLOWER FARMING TIPS FOR THE BACKYARD CUTTING GARDEN |
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5:00 PM | JAW-DROPPING, TRAFFIC-STOPPING, “GET-YOUR-NEIGHBORS-TALKING” CONTAINERS | |
6:30 PM | THE FACTS OF LIGHT: HELPING HOUSEPLANTS THRIVE
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DIY STAGE
(All seminars 60 minutes)
10:00 AM | THE INS AND OUTS OF IRRIGATION: CHOOSING A WATERING SYSTEM FOR YOU | |
11:45 AM | NO MORE SQUARE SHRUBS: FUNDAMENTALS OF PRUNING SHRUBS AND TREES | |
1:30 PM | GROWING ORCHIDS LIKE A PRO
Joe Grienauer - Orchid expert and owner, Emerald City Orchids and 2022 Show Garden Co-Creator
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3:15 PM | HERBAL HAPPY HOUR GARDEN MIXOLOGY
Robin Haglund - Educator, founder and president of Garden Mentors®
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5:00 PM | COLORS FROM THE DYE GARDEN
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