Northwest Flower & Garden Show

Nita-Jo Rountree

Nita-Jo is the owner and landscape designer for LeGrand Gardens.  She sold retail booth space for the Atlanta Flower Show (now known as the Southeastern Flower Show).  She then went on to become the manager of merchandising and marketing for Hastings Nature and Garden Center in Atlanta, where she was the buyer of plants and hard goods. During her time in marketing she appeared on the CBS Evening News, in Horticulture magazine, and in numerous newspaper articles promoting the garden center.  She also achieved lifetime status as a Georgia Master Gardener.  She is a member of the Board of Directors of the Northwest Horticulture Association.  Relatively new to the Pacific Northwest, Nita Jo and her husband garden in Bellevue.

Amazing Annuals – Big Bangs for the Bucks

Thursday, February 9 at 7:30 pm in the Hood Room

Annuals can carry a garden through every season.  In many cases, a few can go a long way.  Find out which annuals are the best to use today, and how to combine them in both garden beds and in containers.  What are the new trends in annuals? Which ones are the real workhorses, giving you months of seasonal beauty?  They’re not necessarily your grandmother’s begonias anymore!  There will be all that and more in this colorful, engaging presentation.