Comments on: Sneak Peek! Display gardens of the Northwest Flower and Garden Show 2009 http://heavypetal.ca/archives/2009/02/sneak-peek-display-gardens-of-the-northwest-flower-and-garden-show-2009/ Gardening: from a West Coast, urban, organic perspective. Mon, 21 May 2012 18:18:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: cindy http://heavypetal.ca/archives/2009/02/sneak-peek-display-gardens-of-the-northwest-flower-and-garden-show-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-74015 cindy Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:06:32 +0000 http://heavypetal.ca/?p=1517#comment-74015 sustainability is an all round tough one, i just hope that they take their own advice and repurpose / reuse. having said that, and since i can't journey west to make it to this specatular show (looking forward to more from heavy petal!), i am now chomping at the bit for the upcoming Canada blooms show march 18 but that sure seems a long way off right now... sustainability is an all round tough one, i just hope that they take their own advice and repurpose / reuse. having said that, and since i can’t journey west to make it to this specatular show (looking forward to more from heavy petal!), i am now chomping at the bit for the upcoming Canada blooms show march 18 but that sure seems a long way off right now…

]]> By: Knox Gardner http://heavypetal.ca/archives/2009/02/sneak-peek-display-gardens-of-the-northwest-flower-and-garden-show-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-74005 Knox Gardner Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:41:47 +0000 http://heavypetal.ca/?p=1517#comment-74005 I think this entire theme is contrived, considering the point of the show is to get folks to shop like mad, and if you consider the cost of the outdoor furniture on display (and last year's tons of steel for those outdoor kitchens!). Last year there was a display garden with lots of veg, including a green roof of corn and chickens! It was a total inspiration. I can't wait to go today and see what Raintree Nursery has. I want to come home with some berries and a tea plant to try. I would have loved to meet you today as I so enjoy reading your blog! They need a garden blogging forum somewhere... I look forward to the rest of your coverage and will be posting my own pictures as well today. I think this entire theme is contrived, considering the point of the show is to get folks to shop like mad, and if you consider the cost of the outdoor furniture on display (and last year’s tons of steel for those outdoor kitchens!).

Last year there was a display garden with lots of veg, including a green roof of corn and chickens! It was a total inspiration.

I can’t wait to go today and see what Raintree Nursery has. I want to come home with some berries and a tea plant to try.

I would have loved to meet you today as I so enjoy reading your blog! They need a garden blogging forum somewhere…

I look forward to the rest of your coverage and will be posting my own pictures as well today.

]]> By: Jen http://heavypetal.ca/archives/2009/02/sneak-peek-display-gardens-of-the-northwest-flower-and-garden-show-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-73989 Jen Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:27:40 +0000 http://heavypetal.ca/?p=1517#comment-73989 Thanks for the sneak preview. I am not going, and I know that I will regret it. Having gone for so many years, while it was a spectacular show. I just wanted to live with my memories this year. What sad news that it might no longer be with us anymore. That said, it was a inspiration, and a wonderful treat to see plants blooming in what for us was still the end of winter. Jen Thanks for the sneak preview. I am not going, and I know that I will regret it. Having gone for so many years, while it was a spectacular show. I just wanted to live with my memories this year.

What sad news that it might no longer be with us anymore.

That said, it was a inspiration, and a wonderful treat to see plants blooming in what for us was still the end of winter.

Jen

]]> By: Karen http://heavypetal.ca/archives/2009/02/sneak-peek-display-gardens-of-the-northwest-flower-and-garden-show-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-73825 Karen Wed, 18 Feb 2009 07:54:07 +0000 http://heavypetal.ca/?p=1517#comment-73825 Thanks for the peek! I'm going tomorrow morning, with the hordes. I'm also blogging it for the show's site, so I'll leave my more sarcastic comments for here or my own blog. :) I wondered about that too, how "green/sustainable" is it to truck all that stuff in and out again? Not very, I'm sure. Look forward to reading your posts! Wonder if we'll pass each other without realizing it... if there is a next year, we should organize a bloggers' forum or something. Or at least a group lunch. Thanks for the peek! I’m going tomorrow morning, with the hordes. I’m also blogging it for the show’s site, so I’ll leave my more sarcastic comments for here or my own blog. :) I wondered about that too, how “green/sustainable” is it to truck all that stuff in and out again? Not very, I’m sure. Look forward to reading your posts! Wonder if we’ll pass each other without realizing it… if there is a next year, we should organize a bloggers’ forum or something. Or at least a group lunch.

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