Gardening Show

You're invited to the 16th Annual Gardening Show!

Saturday, January 25, 2020

8 a.m. to 4 p.m. CST
(Chicago time)

Admission at the door
$10 Cash or Check

Children under 12 Free

Free Door Prizes

Free Parking

 

16th Annual Gardening Show Highlights:

• This year's theme is "2020 Vision for Your Garden." To focus in on 20/20 vision, we're partnering with Valparaiso Lions Club whose Recycle for Sight program helps improve the vision of people in need. To see how you can be part of the Spectacular Spectacles Challenge, click here.
• A Seed & Bulb Exchange - quite possibly the largest on-site event of its type in the country. Your $10 paid admission (cash or check) includes free Seed & Bulb Exchange tickets. We're working hard to open the Show with an inventory of 10,000 packets of seed and an assortment of canna and daffodil bulbs. So many choices!
• Presentations by national, regional and local gardening speakers.

• Demonstrations - hands on "how to" topics on basic gardening skills.

• The Happening Place in Building 3 where there are lots of things TO DO!

• More than 125 exhibitor and vendor booths with products and services for and about gardens and gardening.

• Garden photography contest. Check here for all the latest news on entry categories and deadlines.

• Gently used gardening books and magazines. Bargains begin at $0.25 each.

• Children's Corner educational activities

• Catered dining service

• The chance to win one of five $100 cash door prizes

• Discounted hotel rate for overnight guests

Perennial favorite, Suzie's Cafe and Catering, is joined by Tate's Place at the 16th Annual Gardening Show. Together they delight our palates. Whether it's coffee and pastry, a cinnamon roll as we open, soup & salad or sandwich for lunch, we'll enjoy tempting culinary choices! To view 2020 menu items, please click here.

 

The 16th Annual Gardening Show is sponsored by
Purdue Extension - Porter County and
Porter County Master Gardeners Association (PCMGA).