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A SURE SIGN OF SPRING - That old sayng: When the crocuses bloom, it’s time to go to the 2018 Northwest Flower and Garden Festival, is true this year. The festival is Feb. 7-11 at the Washington State Convention Center. – Photo by Don Coyote
God sent bolts of pure Colors, painted in large swaths, acreage wide:
Long, filled with pure blues, yellows, reds. Blended, against blue gray skies,
Snow White mountains, high.
A Joy to behold.
Struts beloved Irises, Daffodils, Tulips, Sunflowers, Dahlias.
Bulbs to be shipped all over the globe.
Proud alluvial soil, deep, rich in nurturing, brown, gray bulbs.
Glows theses bulbs that contain the seeds of magical miracles.
Off, forward to Seattle to the second largest garden show in our United States.
Proud Bulb Growers of Skagit Valley merchandise its pride and joy.
If you have never attended a garden show now is the time.
The displays feeds one’s imagination.
Throws IDEAS to run fast to your yard and get soil underneath your nails.
Fast forward to 2018’s FLOWER and GARDEN FESTIVAL
Dates: February 7-11
Where: Washington State Convention Center, Seattle
PURCHASE TICKETS ON LINE now at GARDENSHOW.COM
I recommend taking a bus: it drops one off at the door.
Phone. 360-466-3821. For reservations, bus departure times
Cost: Around $55, which includes ticket for show
The bus leaves from CHRISTIANSON’S nursery & greenhouse,15806 Best Road.
Or, drive yourself, the ticket price lets you go back as many days or times you like.
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