2020 Northwest Flower & Garden Festival Recap
“The strawberry planter and plantable business cards are always the biggest hits. We love the idea of giving our booth patrons a piece of advertising that’s multi-purpose.”
Kirsten Dunn
Well, that’s a wrap for this year’s Northwest Flower & Garden Festival! This year, we decided to center our booth around making the most of your space, so we brought some of our favorite multi-use projects to the festival: the wine rack trellis, garden shed, and rolling planter. The planter is my favorite because of how much I learned while building it—I had to redo the plan for it multiple times, but I kept going until I figured it out. I love how it came together and how it reminded me that there’s growth in struggle. The show gets better each year, but this year I really felt like we found our flow. Setting up and tearing down our booth went smoothly, and the whole Dunn team had a great time working it. Since it was my sixth year at the festival, I felt equipped to prep my team for what to expect during the festival, and we all were able to connect with the festival-goers. The strawberry planter and plantable business cards are always the biggest hits. Last year, we used lavender seeds in the cards, but this time we switched back to basil. We love the idea of giving our booth patrons a piece of advertising that’s multi-purpose—just like the rest of our booth’s theme. A lot of people don’t want just another business card, but they do want a fresh herb to cook with. It’s always rewarding to see the smiles on people’s faces when we tell them it’s a plantable card. One woman even went to the trouble of emailing us through the Dunn Lumber website to thank us for the card—and that put a smile on our faces!
