Episode 59: Northwest Flower and Garden Festival Review

We visited the most impressive flower show in the U.S. and came home with more than just inspiration

Over the form of the preceding several years , the staff ofFine Gardeninghas travel to A LOT of peak and garden shows across North America . But one show that takes spot every February in Seattle systematically rises to the top : The Northwest Flower and Garden Festival . The display gardens are more than just impressive — they’re truly inspiring and boast an unbelievable array of divers plants . These are garden that not only have the wow - factor , but also give attendees solid ideas for their own backyard that are achievable . This year was no exclusion . conjoin Steve and Danielle as they walk through the show and partake in what they come across , from a cottage garden with swarms of lively lady beetle to a variegated daphne so fragrant , you’re able to almost sense it through your headphone .

Expert testimonial : Courtney Olander , landscape clothes designer from Seattle , Washington .

Pot fountainin the Blue Bayou show garden at the NWFGS

Cool plant:‘Maejima ’ variegate wintertime daphne ( Daphne odora‘Maejima ’ , Zones 7 - 9 )

Expert testimony : Courtney Olander , landscape painting designer from Seattle , WA ( courtesy of Courtney Olander )

Exampleof the exploit the indoor / outside joining from a recent node of Olander Garden design ( good manners of Olander Garden Design )

Pretty conifer : Golden spreader fir ( Abies nordmanniana‘Golden Spreader ’ , Zones 5 - 8) ( courtesy of Olander Garden Design )

New plant life alert:‘Angyo Star ’ fatshedera ( x Fatshedera lizei‘Angyo Star ’ , zone 7 - 9 )

Ladybugsassembled on a fence post in the Hill Top Farm display garden designed by Christianson ’s Nursery & Greenhouse

Climbing roseson the fencing separate onlookers from the vegetable garden in the Hill Top Farm display garden

Front scene of the Hill Top Farm display garden with a simulated house front in the back

Video Clip : The winner of theFine Gardeningaward at the 2020 Northwest Flower and Garden Festival Hill Top Farm

A glimpseinside the Ravenna Gardens satellite workshop at NWFGS

New favorites:“Scared ” unicorn pots and “ raging ” llama pots enchant our eye at the Swanson ’s Nursery artificial satellite shop at NWFGS

A modern fountainin the Live Like It ’s leap : An Urban Garden by Folia Horticultural & Design

nerveless concept : This bowlder , cleaved in one-half , makes for quite the assertion at the entrance to the Urban Garden display garden

Arbor breathing in : A wattle arbor ( using various bleached twigs / gleanings ) sit around in the middle of the Washington Park Arboretum : Gateway to a Greener Earth exhibit garden

Cool plant:‘White Icicle ’ flowering currant ( Ribes sanguineum‘White Icicle ’ , Zones 6 - 8)

Another awing find:‘Carsten ’s Wintergold ’ mugo pine tree ( Pinus mugo‘Carsten ’s Wintergold ’ , zone 2 - 7 )

landscape painting designer Susan Calhoun at Plantswoman Design ( courtesy of Susan Calhoun )

Where the Wild Things Growdisplay garden with a drama collapsible shelter in the background and a clay puddle in the front

Side viewof the Where the Wild Things Grow display garden

Dinosaur eating garden gnomein the Where the Wild Things Grow display garden

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