The annual four-day expo runs from Thursday, Feb. 23 to Sunday, Feb. 26 at the BMO Centre, Stampede Park and is Calgary’s largest home and garden show of the year. More than 400 exhibitors and vendors are getting ready for spring and summer with the latest products, services and home technology, with celebrity appearances and sage advice from Canada’s most followed home and garden design influencers.
“Things like building a foundation is totally different here. Digging out West you’d hardly see a pebble but digging down here, there’s nothing but rock. And there’s different techniques because of our climate. Like, we gotta gum our shingles, ‘cause if not they’ll blow out to the ocean. We’re blowing 120 kilometre an hour winds on a good day,” he says.Article content
Emma Terrell, the Urban Botanist, will appear on the Main Stage at the Calgary Home and Garden Show. Courtesy, Calgary Home and Garden ShowJoining Spracklin in the Main Stage line up is another first-timer — Emma Terrell, the Urban Botanist, an Ottawa-based biology major who will discuss how Canadians can and should bring more nature indoors.