Denver may be buried under snow but Spring isn’t too far away and nothing can prepare you better for it than the 53rd Annual Colorado Garden & Home Show February 11 – 19, 2012.

The Colorado Convention Center will have 400,000 square feet dedicated to a virtual marketplace. Learn about innovative gardening and home improvement ideas, products and services in more than 1,400 booths. Attend one of the 50 FREE educational seminars and how-to demonstrations for cutting-edge gardening and home improvement ideas.

Families visiting the show will have plenty to make them smile when they are greeted by a variety of four-foot butterflies flying through the air, and a play land of kids, bugs and creatures made entirely from balloons. This fun and playful characters will come to life in the 5,500-square-foot “Blooms, Balloons & Butterflies” Entry Garden presented by Bellco. Town & Country Landscaping of Lone Tree, Colo., is responsible for the design, construction and installation of this unique garden.

A new component for 2012 show is kid-sized playhouses. The Colorado Garden & Home Show worked with Alpine Lumber and local home builders on the construction of four 8’x10’ custom-built playhouses each valued at $5,000. The playhouses will be displayed in feature gardens and other locations during the show.

Three will be awarded to three of five nonprofits. Show attendees may vote for which nonprofit they want to “win” one of the houses. Participating nonprofits include Excelsior Youth Center, Florence Crittenton Services of Colorado, Rocky Mountain MS Center, Ronald McDonald House and Safehouse Denver. The other playhouse will be awarded to one attendee. Attendees may register to win at the entrance of the show and other areas on the floor.

General admission is $12 and children 12 and under are free. For additional details visit www.gardeningcolorado.com.

Contest
Mile High Mamas is giving away 16 tickets to the Colorado Garden & Home Show! Please go here to enter. Contest deadline is February 8, 2012.