Northwest Flower & Garden Festival: Come With Me

For those of you who are new to my blog, I'd like to answer the question: Who am I and why am I writing so extensively on the Northwest Floral and Garden Festival? 

I am a blogger who writes about things that bring delight - food, design, travel, garden, crafts, sugar, ribbon etc. I've publish over 2,500 posts these last 12 years, all with my original photography. I have also written 3 books on Moments of Delight, Finding Delight and Paris: Delight in the City of Light

In terms of gardening, I love it all. My mission is to dissolve the barrier between busy American women, who get their information and inspiration through their phones, and the “you-need-to-know-a-lot” world of horticulture.

Some facts about me:

• My rose garden in Michigan boasted 19 hybrid tea and English roses. I'm starting over in a new zone and so far so good! I have 11 magnificent roses that will be featured here this spring.
• I made a pilgrimage to England and met the Davids Austin in their rose garden. I wept and they thought it was charming.
• I've eaten more nasturtiums than kale.
• I love gardening and my Dad and I used to plant strawberry pots full of herbs -  we would tuck herbs like Pineapple Sage or Chocolate Mint into each opening. 
• I make business card cases out of beautiful seed packets.
• I regularly visit lavender farms, dahlia barns and the American Orchid Society.
• I eat grow, buy and decorate my baked goods with edible flowers and buy candied violet petals whenever I see them.
• I have an imaginary magazine called Delight that often features my floral portraits on the cover. I turn these magazine covers into modern day bags.
• I love every flower from hydrangeas to lily of the valley and back - flower arranging in unusual vases is my strength. 

I am a suburban gardener from Southeastern Michigan who suddenly moved to Seattle and started a new life with my husband in the Pacific Northwest.

I probably love a lot of things that you love and after years of hearing about the Northwest Flower and Garden Festival, I finally had the chance to attend when we were shopping for an apartment near Seattle in 2014. I was so impressed by the sheer scale of the gardens, the volume of vendors selling not only garden tools and implements, but also plants, indoor/outdoor artwork, garden design elements, water features as well as clothing, hats and clogs that make a day outdoors more pleasant. I have returned to the Northwest Flower & Garden Festival every year, covered it in my blog and I am thrilled to lend them my support. 

Fast forward 5 years and I am now a Regional Director of GardenComm, formerly GWA: Association of Garden Writers and I've been asked to judge a new award to be given at the show!

Next week, when the Northwest Flower & Garden Festival opens on February 20th, I'll be there. 


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