Garden Shows & Hob-nobbing with Celebrities

The San Francisco Flower & Garden Show was last month, and I was invited to a pre-show party with lots of celebs from the horticulture world. Hanging out with the pros was like getting a seat at the grown-up table at Thanksgiving. And as long as nobody used Latin plant names, I could pretend like I knew what I was talking about!

Check out the lovely garden of our hostess, Rebecca Sweet. I could spend hours here taking notes and getting ideas for my yard.

 

Remember The Edible Front Yard giveaway? I met the author, Ivette Soler, and got my book autographed. Read her saucy garden blog at The Germinatrix.

Thanks to Charlotte "Daffodil Planter", H. Potter provided a fabulous door prize. Many entered--and Ivette walked into the party and promptly won it! Stinker. Here is Charlotte intensely explaining some aspect of the planter to Ivette. Or maybe she's just reminding her not to drop it...hard to say.

Almost done name-dropping! Here is the lovely and sweet Laura Livengood Schaub, who helped advise me on healing gardens along with Jenny Peterson. See, Mom? There were redeeming, educational aspects--it wasn't just a party (heeheehee).

There was maximum silliness as time passed, though. Here is Billy Goodnick wearing "Crimes Against Horticulture" police tape. If you've ever seen a ridiculously pruned bush or tree and thought, "What the h*** were they thinking?" then you need to talk to Billy.

There were tons of other garden geeks there, but I didn't get pictures of everybody. Whew! By the time I dragged back into Sacramento, it was late, late, late. And it was so hard to focus on work the next day...next year, I think I'll make a weekend of it. =)