Don’t Miss the 12th Annual Spring Home & Garden Show in The Woodlands

THE WOODLANDS, TX – Ready to add some updates to your living space? Need some inspiration for your home? Discover new home products and resources that will increase the value and livability of both your indoor and outdoor environments at the 12^th Annual Spring Home & Garden Show in The Woodlands.

If you’ve attended the Spring Home & Garden Shows previously, you’ll be excited to know what’s new at the 2014 event, set for Saturday and Sunday, March 8 and 9 at The Woodlands Waterway Marriott at 1601 Lake Robbins Drive in The Woodlands.

Exciting new vendors in 2014 include:

–          Wimberley Glassworks

–          Stewart Land Designs

–          Buddy Lee “Encore Azalea”

–          Cyclers Brewing Craft Beer Tasting Tent

–          Patio1

Wimberley Glassworks has been creating hand-blown glass lighting and art pieces in San Marcos, Texas, for over 20 years. They will be a featured exhibitor showcasing many of the hand-blown interior and exterior lighting, which will help homeowners to see things in a different light. Owner Tim deJong relocated to the Hill Country from Canada in 1991 and has grown Wimberley Glassworks into the premier art glass and custom light studio in the Southwest. WGW.com.

Outdoor living spaces offer many options for entertaining family and friends, or growing business relations. Stewart Land Designs offers a turnkey service from initial consultation and design to implementation and development with the help of a professional staff of degreed horticulturists and landscape designers. This team of talented professionals can create unique and functional designs using your natural environment to create aesthetic appeal. At the show, you will see examples of their creations of serene and tranquil outdoor living environments through fountains, pools and waterfalls. StewartLandDesigns.com.

Buddy Lee is a nationally known plant breeder and horticulturist who crossbred traditional spring-blooming azaleas with summer-blooming azaleas to invent the Encore Azaleas, the only patented brand of azaleas to bloom through spring, summer and fall. Come to the show to learn more about this amazing plant. EncoreAzalea.com.

Also new to the Spring Home & Garden Show this year is Cyclers Brewing Craft Beer. Clay Wicker has created craft beers distributed through Houston’s Silver Eagle Distributors and brewed just north of Montgomery. Although the brewery is not open to the public, Spring Home & Garden Show attendees can enjoy samples of some local favorites from noon to 4 p.m. on both days.

Patio1, a name known throughout the greater Houston area for their patio selections designed and finished to client specifications, will make their Spring Home & Garden Show debut this year. Its furniture, accessories and cushions are made for life and can be customized by choice of fabric color for cushions or material — teak, cast aluminum, wicker, or wrought iron. Whether your taste leans toward traditional, contemporary, casual, or rustic — there is something for you at Patio1. Patio1.com.

Back by popular demand from spring 2012 is the Grogan’s Mill Farmers Market. They will be set up at the show on Sunday. All vendors are local and offer sustainably and organically grown grass-fed beef, farm-fresh eggs, locally roasted coffee, local honey, breads and pastries, prepared tamales, Indian cuisine and Mediterranean food, bath products, orchids, olives, jellies, sauces and sweets. With plenty of variety, there will be something for everyone!

Not to be missed at the show, is the ever-popular The Dining Diva Molly Fowler! Live on the Whirlpool Cooking Stage, The Dining Diva will demonstrate fun and unique recipes using the latest products and designs by Whirlpool Corp. Families will be wowed with easy and entertaining recipes such as West Texas Chili, Mediterranean Rice Salad Go Texan and Blue Magnolia Bread Pudding Mix. To preview The Dining Diva, visit thediningdiva.com.

Hours for the 12th Annual Home & Garden Show in The Woodlands are Saturday 9:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. and Sunday 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Tickets are priced at $9 for adults and $8 for seniors, with children 12 years and younger admitted for free.

Free covered parking is available in the parking garage behind the convention center next to the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion on Six Pines and Lake Robbins. After parking, take the pedestrian skywalk connector to the 4^th floor of the garage that will lead you to the hotel/convention center. Follow the signs that will direct you to take the escalator down to the lobby and the show entrance.  

For more information about the show, a downloadable show-admission discount coupon and special exhibitor offers, call 832-274-3944 or visit WoodlandsShows.com.