Speakers & Celebrities - Tacoma Home + Garden Show

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Ciscoe Morris Author, Radio and TV Host

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

Ciscoe Morris is a well-known gardening personality in the Pacific Northwest. He is featured regularly on KING 5’s New Day Northwest, KING 5 News, and Evening. His radio show, Gardening with Ciscoe, airs on KSQM every Saturday at 9 a.m.

After writing a newspaper column for many years—first for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and later for The Seattle Times—he stepped away to focus on his newest book, Oh, La La! (Sasquatch Books, 2020). On average, Ciscoe gives more than fifty garden presentations each year. He is also one of only two people who have spoken at the Northwest Flower & Garden Festival every year since its inception.

In addition to earning numerous environmental awards for his work at Seattle University, Ciscoe was recently honored with the prestigious B.Y. Morrison Communications Award from the American Horticultural Society. He can often be found working in his Northeast Seattle garden—which has been featured in several publications—or leading garden tours around the world.

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Marianne Binetti Author, Garden Expert

Syndicated columnist & author, Vegetables for Washington & Oregon

Marianne is a garden writer, speaker, and world-of-gardens travel tour leader with a degree in Horticulture from Washington State University. She is the author of several gardening books, writes a long-running syndicated garden column for the Tacoma News Tribune, Daily Olympian, and other publications, and has appeared on HGTV and numerous media outlets.

Marianne gardens on two acres in Enumclaw, Washington, where she tests plants and ideas that inspire her readers and audiences. With her husband, she leads garden tours around the world—her 2026 tour, “Spotlight on Northern Italy,” invites travelers to explore gardens and culture in full bloom.

Marianne Binetti has been speaking at the Tacoma Home and Garden Show for more than 35 years, back when Ed Hume suggested her as speaker after reading her weekly garden column.

binettigarden.com

Twitter: binettigarden
Instagram: @mariannebinetti

Carrie Morlang Owner - Knox Cellars Mason Bees

The proprietor of Knox Cellars Orchard Mason Bees, established 1991, Carrie Morlang of Bremerton, WA is continuing the legacy of the founder Brain Griffan of Bellingham, WA and Jim Ullrich of Bremerton, WA who made the company what it is today. They are both valued mentors. Carrie is dedicated to staying current on the best husbandry practices for hosting Orchard Mason Bees. She has been hosting Orchard Mason Bees in her backyard for many years and has valuable experience to support others who would like to 'Bring Back the Bees' by hosting our beloved native pollinator the Orchard Mason Bee in their backyards. Hosting OMBs will increase the yield of fruit trees, berry bushes and improve our native natural environment. Come learn about this cute, docile hardworking bee and their special attributes.

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Sue Goetz CPH, EcoPro, Author, Designer

Designer, Creative Gardener and author, Complete Container Herb Gardening

Sue Goetz, CPH, ecoPRO, is an award-winning garden designer, writer, and speaker. Through her design firm, she helps clients create personalized outdoor spaces - from garden coaching to complete landscape design - blending beauty with purpose.

The author of three books, including, most recently, Complete Container Herb Gardening (Cool Springs Press, 2020), Sue shares her lifelong passion for herbs and creative gardening through writing and teaching. Her motto, “…inspiring gardeners to create,” defines her hands-on workshops and presentations that spark creativity in and out of the garden.

A certified professional horticulturist with the Washington State Nursery and Landscape Association and an ecoPRO-certified sustainable landscape professional, Sue’s work has appeared in numerous publications, including The American Gardener, Fine Gardening, and Pacific Horticulture.

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