The following is from the 2007 show:

Fall Home/Garden show 2007 – Display Gardens

See what the pros can do. 6 top professional landscape contractors show their best work.

Entry Garden: Snap, Crackle, Pop! Designer: Tiger Palafox, Mission Hills Nursery There is nothing ho-hum in this exciting landscape display, so appropriate for a local home garden. Variegated versions of familiar easy-to-grow plants add a special zing to this lush garden, proving that something special doesn’t have to be out-of-this-world exotic. Display Gardens: High Sierra Holiday Designer: Calvin Briers, Advanced Waterscape Nothing is more refreshing in the landscape than the musical flow of a tumbling stream. Let the landscape be your escape to refresh and relax by this cool high sierra garden. Go With the Flow Designer: Bob Eitelman, Landscapes to Behold Lush soothing waterfalls sparkle and flow, then disappear beneath the ground, re-emergeing beyond the land bridge to flow into a tranquil pond. Sit and enjoy the serenity. Bright and Beautiful Designer: Jeff Moore, Solana Succulents Colorful waterwise succulents are featured in this beautiful garden. Aloe, euphorbia, agave, and more lend their various hues and interesting textures to this striking, sustainable, easy care landscape. Go Native Designer: Jonathan Bosch, Suncoast Natural Waterfeatures California natives and waterwise plants contribute a low carbon footprint to this lovely easy care garden. The narrow stream flows to a pondless destination, so appropriate for beauty and conservation. Inside Garden: Garden Gate Designer: Shellene Mueller, Designs by Shellene Small is beautiful. This mini-scale garden features a custom gate and is accented with succulent plants. It’s a perfect entry for a very special place.

Meet The Experts

Whatever your next house or garden project... you'll find the experts at the San Diego Fall Home/Garden Show.

Do your research as you get new ideas and inspiration from the experts who have created vignettes and display gardens just for the show. Most of them will be available to answer your questions.

Schedule an appointment with an interior designer to go over your personal interests and ideas for your home.

Bring your garden pest and disease problems to the Master Gardeners.

Browse the vendor displays for the latest home products. These folks come with a lot of knowledge. From structure to systems to furnishings and artwork, it's all at the show.

Talk about building codes, restrictions, inspections and processes with representatives of the City of San Diego Building Department. They have lots of information and want to keep you from making costly mistakes.

Check out the Garden Market Place at the show. The plants are all grown for local San Diego conditions and these experts will tell you how to make them thrive in your garden.

If you enjoy plants don't miss the San Diego Horticultural Society whose members have probably tried growing everything there is to grow and can let you know what's easiest to kill as well as what's easiest to grow.

Fascinated with orchids but don't know a thing about them, consult the Orchid Doctor!

You can even choose the perfect pet by consulting the experts of the San Diego Humane Society.

Bring your questions, you're sure to find answers at the Fall Home/Garden Show!

Meet The Designers

Free consultation with a professional interior designer! This is your opportunity to get advice from a professional interior designer free of charge and with no obligation. ASID members and affiliates are volunteering to help people with their design interests and problems. Designers will be available throughout the show hours and will be glad to address any questions from how to find a designer to a specific design question. First come, first served, so come to the Showcase Building when you come to the show and set an appointment time for your consultation while you are at the show.

University of California Cooperative Extension
Master Gardeners of San Diego

The University of California Cooperative Extension office is a strange and wonderful hybrid of cooperating government agencies. These include Federal, State and County Departments of Agriculture and the University of California agricultural programs.

Under this umbrella, the Master Gardeners of San Diego are a trained group of volunteers who help extend the reach of these services to home gardeners. This group of dedicated people are not paid but are compensated by the gratitude of solving problems for individuals in their community.

Many of the Master Gardeners agree that the training to become one just opens the door to so many different aspects of horticulture that they spend the rest of their lives learning. With the latest research information from the University of California, they stay up to date on the pests and diseases affecting local plant material and means to control them.

They may not have the answer to your problem at their fingertips, but they have the resources to research it and get back to you. We are lucky to have such a devoted organization in our community.

Gardeners Marketplace

The garden marketplace is filled with local San Diego nurseries, growers and plant lovers. It is staffed by the people who grow the plants right here in our region, so they are able to answer any questions you might have and share their tips. A browse through the marketplace is like driving all over the county to find the very best plants.

There are two parts to the garden marketplace, commercial and not-for-profit garden related groups who love to share their enthusiasm and knowledge on plant related topics. While there are some general gardening groups, many of the plant societies are specialized to a particular type of plant. Stop and talk to these folks, they have a wealth of knowledge and would love to have you join their group.

Growers and Nurseries

Ben’s Subtropicals – Assortment of fruiting subtropical plants, eugenias, bananas, gingers and more.

California Tropical Fruit Tree – The best of the best! Leechee, longan, jujube, persimmon, starfruit, jaboticaba, guavas, mangos, champaca, and bamboo.

Everything Orchids – Live orchid plants, bromeliads and companion plants.

Flower Girls – Beautiful garden plants, planted decorative containers for home and garden.

Hula Tropical – Plumerias, bromeliads, tillandsias, bamboo and adeniums.

Jungle Jacks – Palms, cycads and plumerias

Mesa Exotics – Carniverous plants: venus flytrap, pitcher plant. Possibly orchids.

P.M. Plants – Rare fruit trees, imported rare banana selection, indoor flowers, garden accessories, including bamboo.

Swale Plants – Cacti, succulents and palms.

Zalinda Farms – Beautiful hanging baskets and container plants, lots of color, premium plants and mixed container gardens

Special Interest Plant Related Organizations

California Rare Fruit Growers – Subtropical plants, displays and information.

CHIRP for Garden Wildlife, Inc. – Butterfly garden kits, live butterfly exhibit (weather permitting), Sage & Songbirds Festival information.

San Diego Floral Association – Membership information, meeting information, books.

San Diego Herb Club – Herb plants and club information.

Master Gardener Association of San Diego County – Home gardening information.

The Water Conservation Garden – Information about California-friendly plants and California friendly gardening practices for San Diego’s dry climate.

San Diego County Water Authority – Lots of literature on water conservation programs, equipment savings, waterwise landscaping. Demonstration materials.

Homeowners New Project Checklist

Thinking about building a custom home or upgrading your current home?

Here are a few things to think about before you get started:

	Location: different governments and regulations govern the building codes in different areas, see which ones apply to you.
	What is the zoning where you want to do the work?
	Will the project require a permit? (Almost everything does!)
	Will you need a drawing? Who will do it, an architect or contractor? The more complex the project and detailed the drawing, the more it will cost but the more accurate and complete the bids will be.
	Who will do the work? You really will want a licensed contractor. Two excellent websites are those of the City of San Diego (http://www.sandiego.gov/development-services.com) and the State of California Contractors License Bureau (http://www.clsb.ca.gov). The information on these two sites is exceptional. You can even look up the specific contractor to make certain he or she is licensed for the type of project you need.
	You really want three bids. IF your drawings are complete, and IF you make NO changes, there will be NO surprises. The project should come in on budget.
	Do not pay the full project in advance! State law provides for a maximum of a 10% deposit, if required, in advance. And, always hold back approximately 10% until after the inspector (city or county) signs off the project. Once the project is signed off, pay the final balance.
	Whether you live in the City of San Diego or not, use their website as a guide for your building and remodeling project. It is thorough, it is good, and it is free. The State of California site demonstrates and explains the necessary written agreements which you must have, and allows you to look up the individual contractors by name or license. Make certain they are qualified for the type of project you need.

Art Face to Face Art, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder... and there will be plenty to behold at the Fall Home Show. Artists find beauty and inspiration in a vast array of subjects and media — and are ready to share their unique outlook and talents with art lovers of all types. The Fall Home Show’s "ART/Face to Face" serves as a special canvas for artists and artisans to exhibit what inspires and touches them. As visitors meet the artists and explore the creations of their world, they’ll no doubt be inspired themselves. Art also takes many forms. Find out about just some of them at the "ART/Face to Face" exhibition from sterling and oils to wood, glass, textiles and ironwork — the forms you’ll find art taking at the show are as varied as artists, and art lovers, themselves.