Friday, March 6, 2020

NWFG 2020: things to buy and what I bought

What's a garden show without things for sale, right? I conclude my coverage of the 2020 NWFG Festival with a look at some of the show vendors and what I brought home...

First up is the work of Erin Pietsch Clay Art. One of her vases appeared in Kim's "Midnight Jungalow" garden (shown in this post) and Kim introduced me to Erin, which caused me to slow down and appreciate her incredible work. I am usually guilty of walking right past most of the artist booths, not wanting to get caught up in hauling home more ceramic pieces that I don't have room for.

I came very very close to purchasing this. Isn't it wonderful?

The Ravenna Gardens booth is always a must-see.

Lorene Edwards Forker's "seeing color in the garden" prints!

And lots of kokedama...

I think I need to break down and buy this book. A friend told me I was on the list of media folks to receive a preview copy but I have not.

Oh Andy's Orchids, I knew I'd be dropping some money here, what with my success keeping the plants I bought last year alive and blooming.

I took these photos on Thursday, but sadly didn't get around to buying until Friday, when most everything I was taken with was gone.

Shoulda, coulda, woulda...

There were more plant vendors this year than in the last few years, although N&M has been a mainstay.

If you attend the HPSO's big Hortlandia spring plant sale then their booth will look very familiar.

It was very difficult to resist those wonderfully colored Yucca 'Bright Star'...

Mangaves...

Coniogramme emeiensis 'Golden Zebra' from Sundquist Nursery

More plants!

The Plant Farm came all the way from Spokane...

Alpine Gardens from Oregon.

The vintage market that had taken up the entire back corner of the last room of the show was gone. Just a few vendors like this remained.

Also from Oregon, the nurseries of the Cascade Nursery Trail represented! That's Pat Thompson from Secret Garden Growers on the left.

I resisted buying any of their plants because I'll have the chance to do so back home at Hortlandia and NOT pay Seattle's intense 10% sales tax. Oh and notice that face peeking out of the sign on the left? That's my friend Ann, propagator at Secret Garden Growers and now everyone's favorite garden show poster girl.

Here's my NWFG Fest haul. I couldn't resist the metal bucket/planter, it was a great price. On the far right is an Epiphyllum sp. that I bought not at the show, but at the Ravenna Gardens shop in U-Village, it made it into the photo anyway.

Orchid on a stick #1 is "Bulbophyllum sp. mini rambling laxiflorum type" from Cambodia. You know I'll be experimenting with rooting those little guys elsewhere.

Orchid on a stick #2 (the stick is a piece of arctostaphylos wood) is Dendrobium rosellum, from Sumatra. That foliage was just too cool to pass up. I bought the hanging test tubes from the Ravenna Gardens booth at the show, the twine will be replaced with wire, cause that's how I roll.

Finally, I brought home this Magnolia macrophylla leaf from Kim at Urban Soule. She asked for some of Clifford's leaves last summer and cast them in cement. This one was a gift.  Pretty cool, eh?

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20 comments:

  1. Nancy MumptonMarch 06, 2020

    How do you stop from overspending? I would go crazy there!

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    1. Well then you should definitely go next year!

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  2. I thought there were more plant vendors this year... maybe at the expanse of the vintage market. I know we probably linger at different booths; had I stood by the orchids long enough you'd show up eventually :-D As it was, I walked right by it, spending more time with the Tillandsia grower. Erin Pietschs' work, which I didn't remember from the show (system overload), is stunning. That wall mount bud is fantastic.

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    1. Yes there is definitely system overload. I think that's part of why I didn't shop the orchid booth the first day I was there.

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  3. Yes to the test tubes and bucket! I'd have fought you for them ;). And I want that book too...Looks like a fine show. So cool that Andy's Orchids makes it all the way to Seattle for the show.

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    1. No need, there was enough for both of us! Well, I think there may have been one other bucket like that one, but there were bigger ones too. Andy's is a regular at the show, it's only the last two years that I've managed to appreciate what they're selling.

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  4. The birch verticals are incredible. I desire them!

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  5. I would definitely have to put a spending limit on myself - so many great choices!

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  6. Ah yes the market. Hard not to break the bank. Can only bring back certain stuff to Canada which limits the choice. My score was an Iochroma and Red Jade Abutilon from N & M herbs. You are so lucky to be able to shop at their nursery. Almost came home with the silver Dyckia but too spiny to carry on the plane.

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    1. Ah come on, you could have done it! (the dyckia)

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  7. I have not gone to our garden Expo for a couple of years as it is winter here and so the plants for sale are very limited. Yours seems to be full of interesting displays and great plants. I look forward to seeing what you do with your purchases.

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    1. There were a couple years where you'd have been hard pressed to find more than two or three plant vendors here, I am thrilled with the returned focus on plants.

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  8. I love the ceramic pieces planted with succulents and was already envisioning where I could put them before I discovered they weren't likely to be available in my part of the country in the foreseeable future. You've whetted my appetite for the SoCal Spring Garden Show in late April - its merchandise isn't nearly as innovative but it will have to do.

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    1. I hope your show surprises you this year.

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  9. Fun stuff. Thanks for giving us a look.

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  10. So much to see. Yes, I think you need that book--I hope you get your copy. The Magnolia leaf is very special.

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  11. I'm a bit late commenting on this post, but it's just what I needed today. I'm so plant/nursery-starved!!! Great haul. Can't wait to see where the things you bought will make an appearance in the danger garden!

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