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Floral competition, landscape displays, and a garden marketplace
to be featured along with the host of PBS-TV’S, The Victory Garden

Troy, NY-The 18th Annual Capital District Garden and Flower Show will be held March 18-20 at the 60,000 square-foot McDonough Sports Complex on the campus of Hudson Valley Community College. This year the show will feature Roger Swain, “the man with the red suspenders” and host of PBS’s, The Victory Garden. In addition to The Victory Garden, Swain is co-host of the syndicated People, Places and Plants television show. He is a Harvard graduate, a Ph.D., the author five books and the editor of Horticulture magazine.

One of upstate New York’s premier annual events, the show’s grand garden marketplace affords gardeners the opportunity to find those unique garden and craft items from hundreds of specialty dealers. This year’s show offers a variety of new vendors to go along with many of the old favorites from previous shows.

For eighteen years the Capital District Garden and Flower Showhas welcomed Spring to the area for the 15,000 visitors who regularly come to see the area’s best in floral competitions and full scale landscape displays. The McDonough Complex will be the three-day home to some of nature’s most beautiful wonders and the show will inspire every gardener in attendance to turn their own spaces into works of gardening art. This year the show’s theme is “Secret Gardens” and there is no doubt that every gardener will find the secrets to making their own gardens the very best they can be.

This year’s show runs:

· Friday, March 18 10am-8pm

· Saturday, March 19 10am-8pm

· Sunday, March 20 10am-5pm

“Whether it’s the incredible landscape displays, the elegance of the floral competition or the one-of-a-kind products and crafts of the grand garden marketplace, this show has something for everyone,” said Brenda Ladd, the show coordinator.

The three-day show includes:

	The Grand Garden Marketplace with over 140 vendors featuring many unique garden and craft items, fresh flowers, tools, books, patio furniture and much, much more.
	The areas finest landscape artists creating full scale landscape displays
	A floral design competition with the theme “Secret Gardens”
	Over 50 demonstrations and lectures on all aspects of gardening to help everyone from the beginner to the seasoned gardening pro.
	Cooking demonstrations by members of the American Culinary Federation Empire State Chef's Association
	Raffle Prizes with exciting drawings every hour
	Soil Testing by Cornell Cooperative Extension - for a minimum donation of $1. Attendees wishing to have their soil tested are asked to bring a dry sample in a sandwich-size bag. Results will be forwarded 2-3 days after the show.
	Twilight hours – Saturday 5 – 9 pm— Enjoy an “evening” viewing of the landscape displays lit only with garden lighting. The effect recreates the gardens by starlight.

Tickets for the Capital District Garden and Flower show are $10 at the door, children 12-16 are $4, and all children under age 12 are admitted free. Discounted advance sale tickets are available at all Price Chopper stores for $8.00 starting February 20. Parking for the three day event is free. For more information about the show, contact Tom Schreck at Wildwood Programs at (518) 356-6410, ext. 428.

The Garden Show weekend gets started with a Preview Reception on Thursday evening, March 17 from 7-9:30pm. The reception offers a sneak preview of the 100 arrangements in the floral design competition and 15 landscaped garden displays. The cost of the reception is $40 and reservations can be made by calling 518-786-1529.

Partial proceeds from the Capital District Garden and Flower Show benefit Wildwood Programs. Wildwood serves people of all ages with developmental disabilities, complex learning disabilities and autism in the 13 county region of the Capital District.

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Floral competition, landscape displays, and a garden marketplace to be featured along with the host of PBS-TV’S, The Victory Garden

Floral competition, landscape displays, and a garden marketplace
to be featured along with the host of PBS-TV’S, The Victory Garden