Northwest Flower & Garden Festival 2027
Event Date
February 17–21, 2027
Location
Seattle, WA
Expected Exhibitors
300
About This Show
AI-drafted summaryThe Northwest Flower & Garden Festival is the Pacific Northwest's largest flower and garden show, held each February at the Seattle Convention Center in downtown Seattle, WA. Across five days it fills the show floor with elaborate professionally designed display gardens, a marketplace of hundreds of vendors, and a deep slate of horticulture seminars, making it a signature late-winter destination for gardeners across Washington, Oregon, British Columbia, and beyond.
The event draws a broad audience of home gardeners, plant enthusiasts, landscape and design professionals, and families. Whether you are a seasoned green thumb or just beginning, the Festival is built to spark ideas for beautiful, thriving living spaces, combining inspiration, education, and shopping under one roof.
Attendees can tour more than 20 display gardens, browse thousands of unique finds in the garden marketplace, and attend well over 100 free seminars covering everything from container design and houseplants to native plants, food gardening, and small-space solutions. With hands-on activities, book signings, and specialty features throughout, it offers something for every level of gardener.
Show Highlights
Signature features of the Festival include:
- Display Gardens – more than 20 full-scale, professionally designed and judged show gardens.
- Seminars – 115+ free educational sessions across categories such as Container Design, Floral Gardening & Design, Garden Travel, Grow Your Own Food, Houseplants, Native/Pollinator gardening, Resilient Gardening, Small-Space Gardening, and Wellness, plus Master Gardener CE credit opportunities.
- Plant Market & Marketplace – hundreds of vendors offering plants, tools, and garden accessories.
- Specialty zones and features – including Blooms & Bubbles, City Living, Container Showdown, House of Plants, Traveler's Tea, and a Kids Treasure Hunt.
- Extras – book signings, awards, sweepstakes, and special programming such as Cultivating Place LIVE! and Houseplant Happy Hour.
Seminars are free with show admission and seating is first-come, first-served; the full seminar schedule is typically posted in early November.
Registration
Tickets can be purchased online (print-at-home) or on-site at the Seattle Convention Center box office and self-service kiosks in the Atrium Lobby. Online sales typically open at the end of October. At the show, tickets are sold until one hour before closing each day.
Tickets are not date-specific (valid any one day unless otherwise noted) and are transferable to a friend or family member, but all sales are final with no refunds or exchanges. Daily re-entry is available with a hand stamp.
For reference, 2026 ticket prices were:
- Early Bird General Admission (purchased before the show): $24
- General Admission (during show days): $29
- Two-Day Pass: $42
- Five-Day Pass: $85
- Half-Day Pass (after 3pm Wed–Sat / 2pm Sun): $15
- Student (ages 13–23): $14
- Children (12 & under): FREE
- Group rate (minimum 20 tickets, promo code GROUP20): $18 each
2027 pricing had not yet been published at the time of research (listed as "Coming Soon"). Please confirm current prices on the official ticketing page.
History
The Northwest Flower & Garden Festival is a long-running annual event and is billed as the largest flower and garden show in Seattle, Washington. It is produced by Marketplace Events, a major producer of consumer home and garden shows. The event, historically known as the Northwest Flower & Garden Show, is now presented as the Northwest Flower & Garden Festival and is held at the Seattle Convention Center (the venue formerly known as the Washington State Convention Center).
Exhibitors
Exhibitor Information
Detailed exhibitor list is being compiled. Check back soon or visit the official show website for the most current information.
Last updated: August 17, 2026
Frequently Asked Questions
When and where is the 2027 Northwest Flower & Garden Festival?
The Festival takes place February 17-21, 2027, at the Seattle Convention Center - Arch, located at 705 Pike Street in downtown Seattle, WA. Hours are 9am to 8pm Wednesday through Saturday and 9am to 6pm on Sunday.
How do I buy tickets and how much do they cost?
Tickets are sold online as print-at-home tickets and on-site at the Convention Center box office and kiosks, with online sales typically opening at the end of October. In 2026, early bird general admission was $24, general admission $29, students (13-23) $14, and children 12 and under were free; 2027 pricing was not yet published at the time of research.
Who should attend the Festival?
The event welcomes home gardeners, plant lovers, families, and landscape and design professionals of every experience level. Whether you're a seasoned gardener or just getting started, it offers inspiration, education, and shopping in one place.
What can I see and do at the show?
Highlights include more than 20 professionally designed display gardens, over 115 free seminars, a large plant market and vendor marketplace, and specialty features such as Container Showdown, House of Plants, Traveler's Tea, and a Kids Treasure Hunt. Seminars are free with admission and seating is first-come, first-served.
What is the best way to get there and is parking available?
The venue is in downtown Seattle and organizers strongly recommend public transit, since Link light rail's Westlake Station is just blocks away and the garages nearby fill quickly. Parking is available in the Convention Center Arch and Freeway Park garages (with the Summit Garage as backup), and spaces can be reserved in advance via SpotHero.
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