Once again, Connecticut Gardener will be at the Connecticut Flower & Garden Show in Hartford this year. We’ve been there every year since 2010 and Pamela Weil, who founded CG 25 years ago, had a booth for years before our time (we think since the inception of the show!). Look for us in Booth 831, the same great location at the crossroads (see map below).
The show runs from Thursday, Feb. 21 through Sunday, Feb. 24 at the Connecticut Convention Center in downtown Hartford. The Marriott Hartford Downtown is right next door. Here are the hours of the show: Thursday (10-7), Friday (10-8), Saturday (10-8) and Sunday (10-5).
Purchase tickets at the show. No online ticket sales.
$18 – Adult General Admission
$16 – Seniors (Thursday & Friday Only)
$5 – Children 5-12
FREE – Children under 5
Save $2 off general admission pricing by purchasing your tickets at one of their advance sale locations on or before Feb. 17, 2019.
• Natureworks – 518 Forest Road, Northford, CT 06472
• Woodland Gardens – 168 Woodland Street, Manchester, CT 06042
• Garden Barn – 228 West Street, Vernon, CT 06066
• Moscarillo’s Garden Shoppe – 2600 Albany Ave., West Hartford, CT 06117
Speakers
A partial list of speakers: Carol Quish (Healthy Gardens), Dawn Pettinelli (When Good Worms Go Bad & Garden Ornaments), Deborah Tricket (Power Couples – Perennial Pairings for Jaw-Dropping Gardens and Containers & Beauty and the Bees – A Different Way of Looking at Garden Design), Diane St. John (Monarch Butterfly Habitat at Home), George Trecina (Using Tropical Plants in the CT Landscape & My Garden: Lessons Learned), Karen Bussolini ( Herb Liberation & Eco-Friendly Garden Coaching), Laurie Masciandaro (Connecticut’s Historic Gardens), Mike McGrath (The Good, The Bad, The Ugly: Getting Toads, Birds and Bugs to Eat Your Garden Thugs & Grow Your Best Tomatoes EVER), Nancy DuBrule-Clemente (Nancy’s Favorite Plants & Houseplants: From Urban Jungle to Winter Oasis), Pamm Cooper (Gardening to Support Native Pollinators & Butterflies), Pat White (Benefits of BioChar Soil), Patrick Comins (Improving Your Backyard Habitat for Birds & Other Wildlife), Petra Page-Mann (10 Keys to Container Gardening & 5 Keys to Prevent Tomato Disease), Renee Marsh (Re-Inventing Groundcovers & Garden Thugs I Love), Rob Townsend (Water Garden Basics), Roger Swain (Tender Vegetables for Tough Times), Steve Walowski (Organics 101 – An Organic Approach to Lawn Care), and Trish Manfredi (Creative Floral Design from Forest & Field).
Parking
The garage at the Connecticut Convention Center is open 24/7. Additional parking is available at the Connecticut Science Center garage (460 spaces), Front Street South garage (232 spaces) and Front Street North garage (651 spaces).
Parking Rates
• $3.00 first hour
• $2.00 each additional hour
• $19.00 daily maximum
Marriott Hartford Downtown (parking for overnight guests)
• $23.00 valet
• $19.00 self-park
