A Great Idea! - THE NORTHWEST FLOWER & GARDEN SHOW

摘要

Even during the darkest season in the Pacific Northwest, gardeners have cause to rejoice, because each February, it's time for the Northwest Flower & Garden Show. This event has become so much a part of our gardening lives that it is difficult to remember when it didn't exist, but it began only 20 years ago when its founder, Duane Kelly, had a great idea. Duane and Alice Kelly visited the Philadelphia and New England flower shows in 1987. Back in their hotel room, Duane told Alice that he thought they could put on a flower show in Seattle. It is a tribute to their relationship that Alice didn't disagree. Duane was a businessman and had started other successful ventures; she knew that his great idea wasn't just a fanciful dream, but a notion that could become reality.