It should make for a great show for everyone.” “With the nice weather we’re expecting a good turnout ,” Bibens said. Louis last year, should match attendance numbers of the inaugural National Green Centre in 2011 (approximately 2,200). National Green Centre executive director Sarah Woody Bibens said the unseasonably pleasant weather this weekend – which is projected to last through Monday in the greater Kansas City area – should ensure a big walkup crowd on the show’s last day. Some 1,800 attendees either made it to Overland Park Convention Center on Sunday or have registered to attend Monday, when the show concludes. By the time the Day One highlight event got underway, the Sweet Melissa Plant Fashion Show played to a standing-room-only crowd gathered “on the runway” to ogle and cheer some 50 new plant introductions. The second annual National Green Centre welcomed an enthusiastic turnout that grew as the day progressed Sunday. They’re water-wise and easy care and uniquely fit the needs of the Western gardener,” said Kip McConnell, director of Plant Development Services.įor more information, or to become a wholesale grower or garden center partner, visit OVERLAND PARK, Kan. “We’re really excited about these new introductions. Distribution will expand to the 13 Western states in the Sunset magazine reading area in the coming years. The Sunset Western Garden Collection will hit retail shelves beginning in April 2012 in California. “Gardening continues to be a core interest of our readers, and it is exciting to be able to introduce our favorite plants directly to them in a launch that coincides with this spring’s publication of The New Sunset Western Garden Book and the re-launch of our popular online Plant Finder database that includes the introduction of a companion mobile app.” “We are thrilled that Sunset’s garden experts and Plant Development Services have collaborated to develop this unique line of high quality plants specifically for Western gardeners,” said Barb Newton, president of Sunset Publishing.

The first live plant collection to focus exclusively on top performing plants for the Western gardener-the Sunset Western Garden Collection-will debut this spring with 23 new introductions, according to Sunset magazine and Plant Development Services Inc.

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