Celebrity Garden Expert Michael Weishan at the South Bay Home and Garden Show

(Santa Clara, CA, January 2010) --- If the weather outside is frightful, the South Bay Home & Garden Show is here to make your home delightful! Join one of the most respected lecturers, writers and TV personalities, Michael Weishan, at the 2010 event, where he'll be a featured speaker from January 22 - 24. Weishan, the former host of "The Victory Garden" on PBS is taking his craft to another level by teaching consumers the art of "Greening the Victory Garden", providing a fun-loving style and his practical, dirt-under-the-nails gardening expertise that empowers audiences around the country to get up and get dirty.

Celebrity speaker Weishan is a renowned specialist in residential garden design, and has a three part seminar series acclaimed by home and garden lovers everywhere. The first is an overview to the history of the "Victory Garden", focusing on why it worked and how it can easily be implemented today in the Bay Area. The second is entitled “It’s All in the Plants”, and includes the importance of laying out the garden in advance. Learn what types of edible flowering annuals for beauty and flare are perfect for your own backyard while learning valuable harvesting tips. His final seminar is about “Going Green in the Garden” which will center on frugality and healthy, home grown vegetables, as well as the importance of putting the garden to bed for the year. Each one of his topics includes recycling, and planning tips made easy.

Nominated to the prestigious Garden Club of America’s National Speakers List, Weishen was also the gardening editor at Country Living for five years and host of PBS' “The Victory Garden”. He is currently the coordinator of a brand-new garden blog made popular through his website, entitled “Old House, Old Garden” which narrates the tales, tips and techniques of Traditional Gardening. He has appeared on numerous national TV programs including The Today Show, CBS Early Show, and his own weekly NPR program, The Cultivated Gardner. An honors graduate of Harvard University, Weishan is active in the Adams House Senior Common Room at his alum mater, and has published three successful books: The New Traditional Garden, From a Victorian Garden, and The Victory Garden Companion.

In addition to Weishan, the South Bay Home & Garden Show features hundreds of local home remodeling and renovation experts, lush landscaping, and a star-studded lineup of celebrities such as Anthony Gilardi of HGTV, who will be leading a series on woodworking and local kitchen and bathroom guru Steven Katkowsky, a regular on ABC-TV. Katkowsky has a dynamite presentation on how to “add up” to three times the storage space in any living area.

The all new South Bay Home & Garden Show is now proudly run by Nor Cal Events, and is certain to be the ultimate home and garden destination for the New Year. Expect this exciting show to provide the answers to all your interior design, construction and gardening needs – and it’s just as easy as 1, 2, 3.

WHO: Author, Host and Garden Expert Michael Weishan
WHAT: South Bay Home & Garden Show
WHERE: Santa Clara Convention Center, 5001 Great America Pkwy, Santa Clara CA
WHEN: January 22-24, 2010
HOURS: Friday: Noon – 8pm, Saturday: 10am – 7pm, Sunday: 10am – 5pm
COST: General Admission, $10, online $7; Seniors (65+)$8 online $5; Children 12 & Under are Free; Active Military in uniform or per valid ID will receive one FREE admission compliments of Nor Cal Events.
PARKING: FREE parking at the Santa Clara Convention Center
INFO: http://www.southbayhomeshow.com/ or call 408-236-2000
PRESS: The Larose Group at 650-548-6700 or hlaurie@prmagic.com / lstigge@prmagic.com


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