Archives Accession # 24

2.00.85.00 Northwest Flower and Garden Festival (formerly Northwest Flower and Garden Show)

Date statement: : 1989-2023
Summary:

 3 file boxes 

Description:

 Box 1, show publications:
2/14-18/2024,  "I [heart] Spring," seminar guide.
2/15-19/2023, Festival Official Show Guide, 30 pp.
2/9-13/2022, seminar guide, stapled folder.
2/26-3/1/2020, seminar guide, stapled folder.
2/20-24/2019, Festival schedule, 23 pp. booklet.
2/20-24/2019, Festival Official Guide, booklet, 30 pp.
2019, complimentary ticket.
2/7-11/2018, Preview Guide, 23 pp.
2018, Official Show Guide, 27 pp. 
2009, mailer with Seminar Schedule, brochure.
2/20-24/2008, Official Show Guide, 16 pp., stapled. 
5/2005, "Clippings" newsletter.
2/6/2005, "Your Official Guide to Spring," show guide, Seattle Times, 20 pp., stapled.
2/4-8/2004, "Discovery Blooms" show guide, 20 pp., photocopy.
2/4-8/2004, brochure with seminar schedule and ticket order form.
2/4/2004, seminar schedule, 2pp., printed.
2/19-23/2003, invitation card for "Festa Botanica."
2002, Exhibitor Application Package, 8 1/2 x 11 trifold. 
2/6-10/2002, Official Show Guide, 20 pp. photocopy.
2/4/2001, Official Show Guide, 20 pp. Seattle Times.
2/7-11/2001, "New Paths" information folder.
1/30/2000, Official Show Guide, Seattle Times, 20 pp.
4/1995, "Clippings" newsletter.
2/9-13/1994,"Treat Yourself to Spring" brochure. 
2/11-13, seminar schedule, printed sheet.
3/92, Packet on forcing, including NWFGS "Tips on Forcing Plant Material," by Duane Kelly (typed),  "Forcing the Issue," American Nurseryman 4/15/1989, and "Greenhouse Forcing Of Azalea," by Gordon Grant, no source given, 1992 , and "Forcing bulbs for the Philadelphia Flower Show," the green scene, 7/1989, and "Forcing Hardy Bulbs," by Margaret Bowditch, Fine Gardening, Sep/Oct 1990, and "Forcing Hardy Bulbs" by Rosalie Davis, Horticulture, 10/1989.
2/15-18/1991, Show booklet, 70 pp.
3/7/1990, "Flower Show Wrap-up," press release 3 pp.
2/16/19/1990. Show booklet, 62 pp.
1990, information trifold.
1990, media information in pocket folder.
1990, Amateur Competition Schedule, stapled booklet, 20 pp.
1990, "Children's Gardens Highlight Flower Show," press release, 2 pp.
1989, "Twenty-Five Gardens Highlight Show!!," press release information with separate description of each garden, 1 or 2 pp. each. 
  List of 25 gardens at show, n.d.  "A Winter Feast" information sheet, n.d.  "In a bamboo grove," information sheet, n.d.  "Ferns, Water, and Woods" information sheet. n.d.  "Gardens of Art" information sheet, n.d. "Centennial Celebration" information sheet, n.d. "A Spring Garden" information sheet, n.d. "Introspections" information sheet, n.d. "Oriental Art," information sheet, n.d.  "A Celebration of Flowers" information sheet, n.d.  "A Rose Garden" information sheet, n.d. "The Emperor's Royal Court" information sheet, n.d.  "A Northwest Garden" information sheet, n.d. "A Jardin de France" information sheet, n.d. "City Solitude" information sheet, n.d. "Water Efficiency in the Urban Landscape" information sheet, n.d.  "The Four Seasons" information sheet, n.d. "A Garden in Nature" information sheet, n.d. "A Romantic City Garden" information sheet, n.d. "An Oasis in the City" information sheet, n.d. "A Garden in Time" information sheet, n.d. "Ikebano Ikebana Garden" information sheet, n.d. "Splendor Under Glass" information sheet, n.d.
10/1989, Clippings newsletter. 
1989 pocket folder with press information.
2/22/1989,"Garden Winners Named for NW Flower Show," press release,, stapled with 2/23 "First Northwest Flower/Garden Show Overwhelming Success!!," press release.
2/17-20/1989, Show guide, 46 pp. 
2/17/1989, brochure with order form.
1989, glossy trifold with 2 enclosures, one addressed "Dear Educator."
1989, stapled brochure with early registration form [2 copies].
1989, "Free Parking and Shuttle Service" information sheet.
2/17-20/1989, Seminar Schedule [2 copies].
2/16/1989, "Benefit Preview Party," invitation card.
1989, "Boeing Space Garden" description, 2 pp.

Box 2: original newsprint articles, show guides and programs:
Show guide 2010
Show guide 2009.
Pacific Northwest Gardens contest winners, Seattle Times 2/15/2009.
"Softening the City" PNW Gardens contest winners, Seattle Times 2/17/2008. 
 "Garden Winners," Seattle Times 2/5/2006. 
"Vivaciously Careful" and "Rock Solid" and "Perennial Passions," articles on PNW Gardens contest winners, Seattle Times, 2/6/2005.  
Articles on PNW Gardens contest winners, Seattle Times 2/1/2004.
Articles on PNW Gardens contest winners, Seattle Times, 2/16/2003.
Articles on PNW Gardens contest winners, Seattle Times 2/3/2002.
Articles on PNW Gardens contest winners, Seattle Times 2/4/2001. 
Articles on PNW Gardens contest winners, Seattle Times 1/30/2000. 
Show guide 1999. 
"Rustic Elegance," Seattle P-I, 2/17/1999.  
Show guide 1998. 
Ad for garden contest, Seattle Times, 2/1/1998.
Pacific Magazine Home and Garden issue, with show program and contest results, 2/2/1997. 
Pacific Magazine Home and Garden issue with show program and contest winners, 2/4/1996. 
Show guide 1997. Show guide 1996. Show guide 1995. 
Pacific Magazine Pacific Gardens issue, including show program 2/19/1995.  
Articles on PNW Gardens contest winners, Seattle Times, 2/6/1994. 
Show guide 1994. Programs for 1993 and 1992.

Box 3, folder 1: Northwest Flower and Garden Festival (Show) in the news:
2/12/2023, "Where Spring Springs Early," Seattle Times, 2 pp.
2/12/2023, "A Festival of Fragrance," Seattle Times, 12 pp.
2/6/2022,"A Show of Resilience," Seattle Times, 5 pp.
2/26/2020, "Flower and garden festival a hint of spring," and "How a garden helps salmon, orcas and us" printed from online articles, Seattle Times. 
7/31/2011, "The Way We Were," Seattle Times, . 
2/5/2006, "How the winners were chosen," for Pacific Northwest Gardens contest, Seattle Times.
2/10/2005, "Youth rocks show," Seattle P-I.
1/30/2005, "Flower & Garden 2005," Seattle Times .
1/30/2005, "Fresh spring scents with a Mardi Gras flair," Seattle Times.
2/29/2004,"Savoring personal lessons from the big garden party," Seattle Times. 
2/5/2004, "Saving the Rain," Seattle P-I.  
2/5/2004, "And the Winners Are . . .," P-I.
2004, "Follow that theme," by Valerie Easton, Seattle Times.
1/29/2004, "Visit the P-I's display garden," Seattle P-I.
"Pick up a poster - and some garden inspiration," Seattle Times, 1/25/2004.
1/15/2004, "Garden show judge pairs inspiration and practicality," article on Mary Keen, Seattle P-I (photocopy and website printout). 
4/2003, "Gardens of Delight," article on Duane Kelly, WashingtonCEO.
4/2003, "Northwest Flower & Garden Show Celebrates 15th . . .," Pacific Coast Nurseryman.
3/6/2003, "It's time to go with the glow" Seattle P-I.  
4/2002, "Roomier Northwest Flower & Garden Show a Hit . . . ," Pacific Coast Nurseryman.
1/18/2001, "New judging system . . ," Seattle P-I. 
1/18/2001, "Your own best judge," Seattle P-I. 
3/5/2000, "Gardens as Art," Seattle Times. 
1-30/2000, "How the contest judging worked," for Pacific Northwest Gardens contest, Seattle Times. "How the judging worked" for Pacific Northwest Gardens contest.
12/30/1999, "Growth decade for nursery industry," Seattle Times .
 2/14/1999, PNW magazine Special Garden Issue, including PNW Garden contest winner. 
 2/7/1999, "Fertile Minds," Seattle Times. 
4/5/1998, Letter on purple loosestrife error, Seattle Times (2 photocopies). 
2/1/1998, PNW magazine Special Garden Issue including show program and garden contest winners.
1/1998, "Nostalgic respite from winter " Seattle P-I. 
2/5/1997, "A love of gardening planted early," Seattle P-I. 
2/15/ 1991, "Designer's talent . . " article on Jane Packer, and an article on show seminar schedule, Seattle  P-I.
2/14/1990, "Saga of an overnight garden," Seattle Weekly.
1/31/1990, "Details Matter," Seattle Times.  
2/18/1989, "Spring comes early," Seattle P-I.  
2/13/1989, "Nurseries hope flower show will keep business blooming," Puget Sound Business Journal.
2/1/1989, "Petal Pushers, Seattle Weekly (original and photocopy).

Box 3, folder 2: Washington Park Arboretum display gardens at the Northwest Flower and Garden Festival (Show)
2020 Gateway to a Greener Earth brochure including tram tours flier.
3/1/2013, "Display Garden Plant Sale," Arboretum Foundation press release, 2 pp.
6 copies of booklet from WA Park Arboretum display of 2007, "Front-Porch Friendly."
WPA 2006 flier, "Woodland Path as Poetry of Landscape."
Arboretum Foundation garden information sheet, 2004: Gardens in a Forest Glade.
"Reflecting the Olmsted Tradition," garden flier 2003.

Accession date: 2012-01-10 Last updated: 2024-02-20 09:44:18
Subjects: Arboretum Foundation, Seattle Trade Center, Washington Park Arboretum, Seattle, City of, Northwest Flower and Garden Festival, Pacific Gardens contest

Names	Role	Function
Kelly, Duane	Other (oth)	Creator

Location	Note
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