Hints about next year's flower and garden show

I had a chat yesterday with folks from Special Events Management, which owns and operates the Chicago Flower & Garden Show. It wasn't really an on-the-record chat, so I have to be careful here, but here's what I think I can get away with saying:

There will be a show at Navy Pier, on March 6-10, 2010. After this year's highly successful experiment in partnering garden designers with cultural institutions, next year's show will partner designers and theaters. The floor plan is being redesigned to allow more flow between gardens.

Despite the economic recession, there is no shortage of ambition and ideas for this show, but I'm not sure how many of the ideas we discussed will gel, so I think I'd better stop here. Suffice it to say: I am confident this show will continue to thrive and grow toward being a real central event for the gardening community in Chicago.

Got a garden question? I recommend you call or e-mail the Plant Clinic of The Morton Arboretum in Lisle, the Master Gardeners of the University of Illinois Extension or the Plant Information Service of the Chicago Botanic Garden in Glencoe.

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