From Farm to Florist - Celebrate the Opening of the Seattle Wholesale Grower's Market

Seattle finally has its own flower market, which is really something to celebrate. Ever since I roamed around the Paris flower market last autumn I wondered why we didn't have one here - all that fresh bounty and seductive diversity of flower and foliage that makes its way into the flower shops. And now we do!

Although the Seattle market remains wholesale, for this year anyway, the public is invited to the Grand Opening Celebration on Wednesday, May 18 - details on the poster to the left. This is your chance to meet the people who do the hard work of planting, nurturing, harvesting and transporting local, fresh flowers..

The Market is at the original Rainier Brewery Building Malt House at 5840 Airport Way South in Georgetown.....see you there.....

Comments

[Chris]

Well, I hope they have better luck growing flowers there in Seattle than I am having here in Gig Harbor right now...it is 46 and cloudy with more rain on the way! :( My moss is doing great though! :)

[Susan]

I read your article from Seattle Times (Sunday, may 15 2011) about Daphnes. Daphnes are hard to grow. I plant six times and all died,finally gave after that. I check your website www.valeaston.com, next to open more window to find I can post a comment. What I would like so see an average yard, people's yard that are small, an average house that most of us have, transform into paradaise. I am tired of seeing big houses and beautiful large yard (acres of acres of land) which average american does not have-of course advertisement. Try connecting to average american. What plants can they have in a small yard. What is the advantage of planting perennial over annual? What are the hardy planst here in Washington? The average american plant like me wants to know what plant to buy to get my money the most.

[valerie Easton]

Hello Susan,
My newest book "The New Low Maintenance Garden" is all about smaller, easier-care, more modest gardens that are still beautiful and productive....I think it will answer most of the questions you ask here. There's info about it and a little video on the right hand column here - you can find it in bookstores and libraries....
Valerie