Celebrities & Speakers - Tacoma Home + Garden Show

Ciscoe Morris Author, Radio and TV Host

Ciscoe Morris Author, Radio and TV Host

Award-winning radio, TV host, columnist & author, Ask Ciscoe and Oh La La

Ciscoe appears regularly on KING5 TV and hosts a Saturday morning gardening show on KSQM 91.5 radio that can be streamed at ksqmfm.com. Ciscoe wrote a weekly column in the Seattle Post Intelligencer followed by the Seattle Times for over 17 years, and his book, Ask Ciscoe was a national bestseller. His second book, Oh, La La was an Amazon best seller. Ciscoe has been a longtime WSU Master Gardener, an ISA Certified Arborist and a WSNLA Horticulturist. In 2020, he was the recipient of the B.Y. Morrison Communications award from the American Horticultural Society (AHS).

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Attend his seminars on the Garden Stage -

True Confessions: Stories from the Garden - Friday, January 27 at 12:00 pm

These Are a Few of My Favorite Plants - Saturday, January 28 at 12:00 pm

Marianne Binetti Author, Garden Expert

Marianne Binetti Author, Garden Expert

Syndicated columnist & author, Vegetables for Washington & Oregon

Known for her light-hearted and fun approach to garden writing, Marianne writes a syndicated column that runs in over a dozen newspapers and writes weekly for the Tacoma News Tribune garden page. You may recognize Marianne from her many appearances on HGTV.

The Seattle native is the author of over ten gardening books. Her latest books are Vegetable Gardening for Washington and Oregon, Edible Gardens for Washington and Oregon; Container Gardening for Washington and Oregon; and Herbs for Washington & Oregon.

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Twitter: binettigarden
Instagram: @mariannebinetti

Catch her speaking about -

Shady Business - Embracing Your Garden on the Dark Side - Saturday, January 28 at 3:00 pm

Container Gardens with a Northwest Twist - Sunday, January 29 at 1:00 pm

Sue Goetz CPH, EcoPro, Author, Designer

Sue Goetz CPH, EcoPro, Author, Designer

Designer, Creative Gardener and author, Complete Container Herb Gardening

Sue Goetz is an award-winning garden designer, writer, and speaker and the author of Complete Container Herb Gardening, A Taste for Herbs and The Herb Lover's Spa. Through her business, Creative Gardener, she works with clients to personalize outdoor spaces, from garden coaching to complete landscape design.

Her garden design work has earned Gold medals at the Northwest Flower & Garden Festival as well as the Sunset Magazine award, Fine Gardening magazine award, and The American Horticultural Society Award. Sue is also staff designer at Watson's Nursery in Puyallup, WA.

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Instagram: @CreativeGardener
Twitter: @GardenerSue
Facebook: Creative Gardener

Learn from Sue speaking about

Easy Container Gardens for Food and Flavor - Saturday, January 28 at 2:00 pm

Garden Design for Bees and Butterflies and Other Good Things! - Sunday, January 29 at 2:00 pm

Lorene Edwards Forkner Author, Gardening Contributor

Lorene Edwards Forkner Author, Gardening Contributor

Author, Color In and Out of the Garden and gardening contributor for The Seattle Times

Lorene Edwards Forkner is an author and speaker whose work centers on exploring the wonders of the natural world. She writes a weekly gardening column for Pacific NW Magazine in The Seattle Times and is the author of numerous gardening titles, including her latest, Color In and Out of the Garden (Timber Press, 2021). Lorene tends a small city garden in Seattle where she explores seasonal pleasures, delicious flavors, and creative experimentation.

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Listen to Lorene speaking about:

Beginner's Guide to Growing Great Vegetables - Thursday, January 26 at 2:00 pm

James Ullrich Owner - Knox Cellars Mason Bees

Sean & Allison McManus Authors, YouTube Channel Hosts

Sean & Allison McManus Authors, YouTube Channel Hosts

**Co-owners of Spoken Garden, co-author of The First-time Gardener, YouTube channel host and bloggers**

Sean and Allison McManus are the Tacoma-based co-owners and content creators of Spoken Garden, a business, blog, podcast and YouTube channel dedicated to helping people become better gardeners. Sean is Head of Podcast Production, along with horticulturist, podcaster, and blogger. His past positions include Landscape and Project Coordinator, Senior Gardener, Research and Assistant Greenhouse Grower.

Allison is Head of Video Production, along with photographer, podcaster, and blogger. Her past positions include National Board-Certified Science Educator and former middle school Science Teacher for 13 years, life-long gardener and natural outdoor enthusiast. They are the co-authors of The First-time Gardener: Growing Plants and Flowers.

Don't miss Sean & Allison -

The Fundamentals of Pruning Shrubs for Health and Beauty - Thursday, January 26 at 1:00 pm
Stress-free Planting Advice and Best Practices for New Gardeners - Friday, January 27 at 2:00 pm

Linda Chalker-Scott PhD, Professor, Author

Linda Chalker-Scott PhD, Professor, Author

WSU Horticulture Professor and author, The Informed Gardener and Gardening with Native Plants of the Pacific Northwest

Dr. Linda Chalker-Scott has a PhD in Horticulture from Oregon State University and is an ISA certified arborist and an ASCA consulting arborist and serves as WSU’s Extension Urban Horticulturist and a Professor in the Department of Horticulture.

Linda also is the award-winning author of five books: the horticultural myth-busting The Informed Gardener and The Informed Gardener Blooms Again from the University of Washington Press, and Sustainable Landscapes and Gardens: Good Science–Practical Application from GFG Publishing, Inc., and How Plants Work: The Science Behind the Amazing Things Plants. Her latest book is Gardening with Native Plants of the Pacific Northwest from UW Press, winner of several national awards. She is also editor for the Western Arborist magazine.

Catch Linda speaking about: