Spring in February arrives annually at the Connecticut Convention Center! Explore exhibits overflowing with fresh flowers, plants, herbs, bulbs, seeds, gardening books, garden equipment & much more. View beautifully landscaped gardens full of greenery and stop by the Federated Garden Clubs of Connecticut design & horticulture competition. We also offer over 80 hours of seminars and demonstrations across a variety of topics.

For Attendees

The colorful, fragrant show features acres of spacious gardens with the 2025 theme, “Signs of Spring”, with creative and practical ideas for house, apartment and condo dwellers alike. We encourage you to bring your families along to come and enjoy the scents & sights of Spring, while enjoying plenty of things to do for all ages!

Seminar Schedule:

Thursday, February 20, 2025

11am: Alastair Ong, Esq. - Al's Top Secret Compost Recipe at Room 11
11am: Deborah Tricket - Wine & Chocolate at Room 12
11am: Jen Plasky - Perfect Performing Planters at Room 13
12:30pm: Len Giddix - Your garden can’t keep its mouth shut! at Room 11
12:30pm: Diane St. John - Every Yard Matters - How to Create A Healthy Monarch Butterfly Habitat at Home at Room 12
12:30pm: Terry Walters - Clean Cooking at Room 13
2pm: Matthew Hargraves - Fine Art & Flowers at the Wadsworth Atheneum at Room 11
2pm: Deborah Tricket - 10 Most Popular Container Plants & Why You Shouldn't Use Them at Room 12
2pm: Denise Ciastko - Native Pollinator Seeds: “What is the Seed Saying” at Room 13
3:30pm: Len Giddix - Broken Tulip Survivors! The Tulips that cheated death at Room 11
3:30pm: Paula Wolf - Intro to Beekeeping at Room 12
3:30pm: Jackson Madnick - Lawn Secrets & Tips to Better Existing Grass at Room 13
4:30pm: Nancy DuBrule-Clemente - Growing Your Own Cut Flowers at Room 11
4:30pm: Rob Townsend - Water Gardening Basics at Room 12
4:30pm: Amy Lopez - Bloom Where Planted at Room 13

Friday, February 21, 2025

11am: Adam Wheeler - Magical Witches of Winter: A Closer Look at the Genus Hammamelis at Room 11
11am: Kathy Connolly - Foundation Gardens and Native Plants at Room 12
11am: Jen Plasky - Perfect Performing Planters at Room 13
12:30pm: Pamm Copper - Gardening Fact or Fiction at Room 11
12:30pm: Rob Townsend - Water Gardening Basics at Room 12
12:30pm: Paula Wolf - 5 Fascinating Behaviors of Honeybees at Room 13
2pm: Doug Tallamay - Home Grown National Park at Room 11
2pm: Jackson Madnick - Lawn Secrets & Tips to Better Existing Grass at Room 12
2pm: Amy Lopez - Therapeutic Horticulture at Room 13
3:30pm: Steve Walowski - Organics 101 - An Organic Approach to Lawn Care at Room 11
3:30pm: Nancy DuBrule-Clemente - Native Plants for EcoRegion 59 at Room 12
3:30pm: Larry Huzi - Eco-conscious Contemporary Floral Designs at Room 13
4:30pm: Len Giddix - Your garden can’t keep its mouth shut! at Room 11
4:30pm: Kathy Connolly - Leave the Leaves, Save the Stems at Room 12
4:30pm: Terry Walters - Clean Cooking at Room 13

Saturday, February 22, 2025

11am: Nancy Debrule Clemente - Planning your Organic Edible Garden at Room 11
11am: Donna Katsuranis - Moon Gardening at Room 12
11am: Terry Walters - Clean Cooking at Room 13
12:30pm: Len Giddix - Broken Tulip Survivors! The Tulips that cheated death at Room 11
12:30pm: Heather Zidack - Learing to Speak Horticulture at Room 12
12:30pm: Jen Plasky - Perfect Performing Planters at Room 13
2pm: Christine Cook - What Is Pollination at Room 11
2pm: Donna Katsuranis - Meditation Gardens at Room 12
2pm: Peter Picone - Plants Make a Difference for Wildlife at Room 13
3:30pm: Matthew Hargraves - Fine Art & Flowers at the Wadsworth Atheneum at Room 11
3:30pm: Steve Walowski - Organics 101 - An Organic Approach to Lawn Care at Room 12
3:30pm: Amy Lopez - Therapeutic Horticulture at Room 13
4:30pm: Len Giddix - Your garden can’t keep its mouth shut! at Room 11
4:30pm: Rob Townsend - Water Gardening Basics at Room 12
4:30pm: Laurie Masciandaro - Connecticut's Historic Gardens at Room 13

Sunday, February 23, 2025

11am: Matthew Hargraves - Fine Art & Flowers at the Wadsworth Atheneum at Room 11
11am: Dr. Nick Goltz - Be a Plant P.I.! Learn to Detect, Identify and Prevent Plant Diseases at Room 12
11am: Denise Ciastko - Native Pollinator Seeds: “What is the Seed Saying” at Room 13
12:30pm: Len Giddix - Your garden can’t keep its mouth shut! at Room 11
12:30pm: Rob Townsend - Water Gardening Basics at Room 12
12:30pm: Terry Walters - Clean Cooking at Room 13
2pm: Christine Cook - Dragonflies at Room 11
2pm: Diane St. John - Every Yard Matters ~ How to Create a Healthy Monarch Butterfly Habitat at Home at Room 12
2pm: Jen Plasky - Perfect Performing Planters at Room 13

Date: February 20-23, 2025

Hours:

Thursday: 10am – 7pm
Friday: 10am – 8pm
Saturday: 10am – 8pm
Sunday: 10am – 5pm

Location: Connecticut Convention Center - 100 Columbus Blvd, Hartford, CT 06103

Ticket Pricing:

$17 – Advance discount tickets online
$20.70 – Adult general admission at the door ($20 if using cash)
$5.18 – Children 5-12 ($5 if using cash)
FREE – Children under 5

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