Looking for signs of Spring? Doors open Friday, March 4th at noon for this year’s Florence Home & Garden Show at the Florence Events Center. The 24th annual show runs Friday and Saturday only this year and admission is free. Show hours were expanded on Friday, noon-6 p.m. and Saturday doors are open from 10 a.m.– 6 p.m.
“We made a few changes to the show as we hopefully exit the two year pandemic, explained Thompson. We’re offering free admission to keep the lines from forming and encourage attendance. We eliminated the four- hour Sunday but start two hours earlier on Friday.”
Thompson said the show line-up features 15 new vendor booths that have never been in the show before.
“We’ve got five or six vendors demonstrating and selling new household products. We’ve got food tasting opportunities and wide variety of vendor services and products from granite countertops and cabinets to electricians and fencing.
Laurel Bay Garden’s Centerpiece Design features indoor plants & décor, native landscape and water features.
The show incorporates more than 40 vendor exhibit booths, landscape design, food tasting, demonstrations and giveaways. There will be a grand prize drawing for $500 in cash, $250 gift certificate from Laurel Bay Gardens and a hybrid water heater and Nest thermostat from Central Lincoln PUD.
The American Rhododendron Society Florence Chapter will be giving away a Rhododendron each hour of the show.
Three Rivers Casino and Resort, Oregon Pacific Bank, Central Lincoln PUD and the Florence Area Chamber of Commerce are sponsoring the event which is hosted by Coast Radio and The Siuslaw News.
The Oregon Health Authority requires masks at this time and Florence Events Center and show producers are asking that everyone follows the mandate.