2c • Florence Home & Garden Show • March 1, 2017
21 ST A NNUAL
F LORENCE H OME
& G ARDEN S HOW
here will be a few
new twists and
treats when the
21st annual Florence
Home and Garden Show
opens at the Florence
Events Center on March 3.
Those twists include tiny
homes, tractors and fairy
gardens.
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“This could be the best show we’ve ever
had,” said promoter Jon Thompson.
That’s because outside a display by Tiny
SMART Homes of Albany will show off the
finer points of living small. Alongside the
tiny homes will be the nearly 100 percent
recycled greenhouse from window purveyor
Mark and Company, and a wide selection of
lawn and garden tractors from Mid Valley
Tractor.
Tiny homes can range in size from just
under 100 square feet to a palatial 350
square feet, and the models produced by
SMART also include sustainable and eco-
friendly features without having to give up
comfort.
Marcelle Fisher, with Forbes Magazine,
said “compact-home living can still be just
grand,” adding they can be “simple, more
affordable and ecologically friendly.”
Mark Seery of Mark and Company will
have a display of affordable and energy
reducing windows
inside, but outside will be
what he likes to call “garden art”.
Seery and his crew began assembling
wood and glass greenhouses from old win-
dows they were taking out of homes and
businesses. The greenhouses are functional,
but also extremely attractive.
Alongside the tiny home and the green-
house, there is a wide selection of Kubota
tractors from Mid Valley Tractor.
Once people move indoors at this year’s
show, they will see many familiar exhibits,
including a centerpiece display created by
Laurel Bay Gardens.
“Laurel Bay has been with us for every
show,” said Thompson. “This year they are
back again and, in keeping with the theme of
doing something a little different, they’ll be
talking about how to create tiny gardens and
fairy gardens.”
Fairy gardens
can be any size
and
feature
small features
that are intended
to attract fairies. A
tiny “Tinkerbell” size
bench, or even a miniature
arbor, will make fairies feel comfortable
in any size garden.
For those short on space, Laurel Bay
can help create a tiny garden to fit any
home. Laurel Bay staff will be presenting
seminars on both tiny and fairy gardens
during the weekend. Any one can learn
how to create their own.
There will be lots of things on display to
help people improve their homes and gar-
dens, but there will also be some tasty
things as well. Noti’s Winter Green Farm
will have a display of their organic good-
ies, Bandon’s Face Rock Creamery will
have samples and Kitchen Kraft will be
offering classes on low-fat, but very tasty
cooking.
The Florence Home and Garden Show
is presented by the Siuslaw News and
Coast Broadcasting, KCST and KCFM. It
is sponsored by Bi-Mart and Three Rivers
Casino Resort.
It will run three days in March, Friday,
March 3, to Sunday, March 5, at the
Florence Events Center.
Tickets are $2, or free admission on
Saturday from 4 to 6 p.m.
The show is sponsored by Three Rivers
Casino Resort, Bi-Mart and Central Lincoln
PUD. It’s presented by Coast Radio and the
Siuslaw News.
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