Sure, we’re in the throes of winter but nothing says “hello spring!” like the Colorado Garden & Home Show. An impressive 400,000 square feet of the Colorado Convention Center will transform into a virtual marketplace of garden and home improvement ideas Feb. 9 – 17, 2013.

More than 600 companies from 25 states and Canada will introduce new technologies and trends in landscaping, gardening, energy-efficient heating and cooling products, window treatments, siding, flooring, lighting, indoor and outdoor fireplaces, patio furniture, gutters, sound systems, storage systems, greenhouses, decks, spas and more.

Kids will love this year’s 5,500-square foot “Flowers and Flight” Entry Garden with Wings Over the Rockies air and space theme that features a Piper J-3 Cub, Velocity XL airplane, DK-1 “Der Kricket” airplane, Flying Machine from Around the World in 80 Days, and a 20 ft. rocket.

You will also find:

• 14 inspiring landscaped gardens with rich colors, fragrances and textures
• The Hot Products Zone for must-have new gardening and home improvement products
• Exhibit of eclectically designed cakes on Feb. 9 and 10 only
• 50 free educational seminars and how-to demonstrations
• Flower sale on Feb. 13 ($2 per pot)

One hundred percent of every ticket sold is used to provide scholarships for education in the green and agricultural industry, and fund horticulture-related grant projects throughout Colorado.

Show Hours and Admission

Show hours: Saturdays, 10 a.m. – 8 p.m.; Sundays, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.; Monday through Friday, Noon – 8 p.m.

•  General Admission $12

• Senior Ticket (at the door) $10

• Children 12 and under free

Discount adult tickets may be purchased at TicketsWest beginning Jan. 15, 2013.

Contest
We have 20 tickets up for grabs for the Colorado Garden & Home Show; each winner will win two tickets. Please go here to enter. Contest deadline is January 24, 2013.