Northwest Flower & Garden Show

Marianne Binetti

Marianne Binetti is a syndicated columnist, a staff columnist for the Seattle PI, and a prolific magazine, radio and TV host of garden shows, including KIXI Radio, HGTV, Discovery Channel, the Do-It-Yourself Network and Animal Planet.  Her next book will be titled Panty Hose, Hot Peppers and Tea Bags for the Garden to be published by Rodale Press in 2006.  She has also written Best Garden Plants for Washington and Oregon (2005), Gardening Month by Month (2004), and Best Perennials for Washington and Oregon (2003), all published by Lonepine Press, and many others.  Website - www.binettigarden.com

Oh Behave! Designing the Well-Behaved Garden

Friday, February 10 at 7:15 pm in the Hood Room

This is a bushel full of maintenance and design tips on how to keep a garden tidy, including pruning tips, easy care and fussy plants, edgings, mowing and overall design of a well-behaved garden.  A must for the busy person who wants a lovely garden but doesn’t have time to tend fussy plants.  A book signing will immediately follow this seminar.

Get Growing Symposium

Starting a Garden with Less Time, Less Money and Less Stress!

Part 4 - Dirt Cheap Gardening & Landscaping for Less

Saturday, February 11 at 1:30 pm in the Rainier Room

Learn the best tips for how to get free plants, free advice, free soil, recycle and restore “junk” for your garden, practical kitchen cupboard remedies for pest control, free fertilizers, and more!  Part of the “Get Growing Symposium-Starting a Garden with Less Time, Less Money and Less Stress!”  A book signing will immediately follow this seminar.