The Northwest Flower & Garden Festival returns with all the promising colors, inspiration and hope of spring.

In dark midwinter you really can’t blame a gardener for dreaming of more pleasant days ahead. Thankfully, after a year off due to the pandemic, we can once again satisfy our seasonal reveries. The Northwest Flower & Garden Festival is back with “Greetings from Spring” when lavish displays transform the cavernous Washington State Convention Center into a botanical wonderland that’s recognized as one of the country’s top flower shows.

Dramatic show gardens on the main floor provide theatrics and splash—literally, past gardens have included impressive boulder strewn waterfalls, trickling rills, and reflective ponds. Built with blood, sweat and likely a few tears, garden creators have just under 72 hours to bring their ambitious plans to life before the public shows up eager to fill their garden-starved selves with scores of spring flowers and the fragrance of moist soil.

Read the entire story in The Seattle Times

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