Random Fun from the Northwest Flower and Garden Festival

The amazing woman who introduces the speakers at the Northwest Flower and Garden Festival compared the show to a spring ephemeral that blooms gloriously for a few days and is then gone for another year.  Fortunately, there are still three days of the show left.  Today was very busy so I'll  share some random cool stuff from the day before the show opened. 




Some details from Millennium Landscape & Construction's Garden "Mother Nature as Muse - Mixing Magic & Materials." 









I'd heard of Sycopsis sinensis but had never seen one in bloom in person before.  It's available at Christianson's Nursery.








Just thinking of how hard so many people work year round to produce this delightful show makes me tired but I'm so grateful that they do as the show is a highlight of the garden year and signals the beginning of the garden year for me. (We won't discuss the years when there's been snow on the ground during the show.)

I hope your weekend plans include dropping by the convention center to enjoy the sights and smells and be inspired.