Our favorite garden at the Northwest Flower & Garden Show

One of the biggest components of a great garden show is the awful show garden . Garden designers expend calendar month planning them , and then only have a solar day or two to set up them on the group discussion nub trading floor . It ’s pretty miraculous when you see them , to cogitate of what run into them .

This year at the Northwest Flower & Garden Show in Seattle , Fine Gardening get to present an prize for the garden we loved best , and the one that came out on top was a charming female parent / daughter garden produce by Sue and Courtney Goetz from Tacoma . They each rede their own version of a garden getaway , with back to back garden cottages and garden .

Both sheds were painted the same bully smoky shade of purpleness , and both sported lots of glass , but Sue ( Mom ) says that her adaptation of a pickup involves rick off all the electronic distractions in her life and reading a good book , so her little getaway was quaint and old - fashioned inside . Meanwhile , Courtney ( Daughter ) says her estimate of winding down is settling down with a good TV game , so her getaway had a computing machine and lots of computer address to popular civilisation . The gardens were similarly themed . It was so much sport , and while I was n’t on the FG judging team , I wholeheartedly agree with the choice ! The first three photos ( first 3 in left-hand editorial ) are from Sue ’s getaway , and the next four are from Courtney ’s . I know the zombie - fighting station !

Beyond the garden , I had so much playfulness at the show , and the talk of the town went over well . Everyone loved your gardens , and they were definitely exhort by your stories , so give thanks YOU ! I MUST give a peculiar outcry - out to May ( GrannyMay ) & Catherine ( GrannyCC ) , who SAVED MY LIFE . They chew the fat me up ( I implore them to ) until the last possible second before the talk began , and keep me calm and distracted so I did n’t faint . I was just a turn flighty … May even got to remain firm up and get a round of hand clapping when I featured her garden , as did Glenda ( Nurserynotnordstroms ) and Linda ( Meelianthus ) ! Everyone was so impossible skillful . I even got to meet Cherry ( PerenniallyCrazy ) ! I swan , we need to plan a GPOD meetup . In the meantime , I have a feeling we ’ll be back in Seattle for the show again next year … .

Happy Valentine ’s Day !

I ’ve been getting feedback that , while all the snow pics latterly are nice , everyone ’s feeling the motivation for more GREEN pic in the GPOD these days . I think we ’re all getting a bit weary winter … . so I need your assistant ! Send in picture of your gardens from last summer ! ( [ electronic mail protected ] ) Be certain to distinguish me a turn about yourself and your garden when you send in your pics . You ’re much more potential to be boast if I have all that stuff and nonsense at hand . Thanks , everyone !

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