Show Events


There is  no better place to play
than in the garden - The 43rd
Garden Show is all about beauty,
gardening education and involvement
activites for the public which
are both fun and have great prizes! 
Join us throughout the Show
for FUN in the Gardens.

After you have reviewed these pages,
please check Show Details for Entertainment. 
We are experiencing difficulty with Show Events
and moved Entertainment temporarily to Show Details. Thanks.

Buy multi-day tickets to come back endless
times to enjoy all the beauty,
education and fun events.


Throughout The Show

Here's Your Chance to WIN "THE ULTIMATE GARDENING TOOL" 

Look closely at the Show Program given out at the gate.

  One thousand programs per day will have a Generation Green sticker on them.

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 Take the program
with the Generation
Green Sticker
to the center of the
Great Gardens (Look
for the SUV). It is
your ticket to try
your luck at opening
the combination
--and your
chance to win "The
Ultimate Gardening
Tool" - The Awesome
2010 Honda 4WD
Touring Pilot.
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Throughout the show, visit with Roger Scholfield and his crew in the center of the Great Gardens, Expo Hall

 

The Ultimate Gardening Tool Chance to Win
a Honda 4WD Touring Pilot SPONSORED BY

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7017 E. Kellogg
Wichita, Kansas 67207
Toll Free 866-608-6400
http://www.scholfieldhonda.com 


 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3

We may not have a guy named Elton or Billy
but we do have the
GARDENER GUY NAMED PAUL JAMES

 

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3RD
Wichita welcomes
Paul James
HGTV's Gardener Guy


5:00 to 6:15 PM 
MEET AND GREET PAUL JAMES
IN THE GREAT GARDENS, EXPO HALL


 
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  6:30 PM         
"QUESTIONS FOR THE GARDENER GUY"
UPSTAIRS IN ROOM 210 ON THE MEZZANINE

Bring your gardening questions
Laugh A lot; Learn the latest in gardening

www.gardenerguy.com

Here's tips on parking:  Park at Lawrence Dumont.
If you come for the Meet and Greet with Paul James
at 5:00 PM, you will beat the concert traffic.  Park at
Lawrence Dumont (plenty of good spots available at
that time of day); ride Ivan's Bright Green Party
Buses right to the door of Century II. Meet Paul
James from 5:00 PM TO 6:00 PM.  Grab a snack to eat. 
At 6:30 PM attend Paul James' "Questions for the
Gardener Guy". Leave Century II at 7:30 PM;
walk the 3 blocks to the arena; see the great
concert; catch the Q Line Buses back to Lawrence
Dumont.  (The Perfect Plan)

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ENTERTAINMENT

March 3, 2010
Wednesday
1:00 PM-2:00 PM

Wichita Banjo Band 

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Carrie Heiman

March 3, 2010
Wednesday
3:00 PM


LADIES NIGHT

 

LADIES NIGHT AT THE SHOW -
THURSDAY
MARCH 4

“Treasures in the Garden"

 
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The evening is
all about
Treasures In The Garden and
fun for the ladies!

5:00 PM to Closing

 DECORATE A
GARDEN HAT CONTEST

Ladies wearing a garden hat
(fancy or functional), that is
decorated with live or
permanent flowers and other accessories will receive $2
off gate ticket and will enter the
Garden Hat Contest. 
Garden Hat Contest runs
from 5:00 PM until 7:15 PM.
Winner announced at 7:30 PM

 LADIES, GET EXCITED!  
1st, 2nd & 3rd Place Prizes are
a $900, $400 & $200 
SHOPPING SPREES AT
TREE TOP NURSERY &
LANDSCAPE
(Exhibitors are not elegible)

 

Ladies Night Treasure Hunt! 
7:00 PM
Ladies, look for the medallion in the Treasure Hunt.  
Collect all clues & find the medallion first.  A fun event with a first place prize of a $500 shopping spree at Tree Top Nursery  & Landscape Inc. 

 Bring a friend to help you figure out the clues.  

 

Ladies Night is
sponsored and
hosted by

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5910 E. 37th North, Wichita, KS 67220
316-686-7491
www.treetop-nursery.com

 SPECIAL EXHIBITS DESIGNED FOR LADIES' ENJOYMENT

 SPECIAL DISCOUNTS,
GIVE-A-WAYS & OTHER TREASURES BY GARDEN
SHOW EXHIBITORS

 Special Entertainment
Throughout Evening

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WICHITA CALEDONIAN PIPES & DRUMS
MARCH 4
LADIES NIGHT
6:00 PM IN EXPO HALL
7:00 PM IN CONVENTION HALL

  6:30 PM Emerald City Chorus Sweet Adelines International--
An All American art for of
a cappella singing

7:30 PM
Safira Center for World Dance
Flamenco Dance

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7:00 PM 
Safira Center for World Dance
Mid Eastern Dance

8:00 PM
Safira Center for World Dance
Gypsy Dance

 Ladies will be given a wrist band which
gains them one free return to show with
husband or a guest.
  
GALS! DON'T MISS LADIES' NIGHT
AT THE GARDEN SHOW!!!


Family Night 

 FRIDAY, MARCH 5
IS FAMILY NIGHT
IN THE GARDENS

 Three Contests!
Great Fun and Prizes
For All The Family!

 Family Night Contest 1
 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM

"Paint Two Faces
  For Fun"
Adult and Child
(Ages 4-9)

* Bring your paint supplies
   & props -
Face painting
   is
 done at the Show
* No Professionals, Please!
* Adult paints child's face
* Child paints adults's face
* Both paint something
   you find in the yard or
   garden
* Adult and child judged
   together
 
* Prizes:
     1st place:15 MOVIE 
     TICKETS 
     2nd place: 12 MOVIE  
     TICKETS, &
     3rd place: 10 MOVIE
     TICKETS 
     
*  Contest Schedule
       5:00 PM Check in in
           Great Gardens, Expo
           Hall
       Check in to 5:45 PM,
           face painting
       5:45 PM to 6:00 PM,
           parade of painted   
           faces through Show

       6:00 PM Judging in
           Great Gardens, Expo
           Hall Stage

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Just for the
Fun Of It!

Family Night is Sponsored by
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(316) 943-6886 
800 N. Ridge Rd., Wichita, KS 67212
www.johnsonslandscapes.com

and

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FAMILY NIGHT  Contest 2

"DECORATE  YOUR WHEELS"
5:30 PM to 6:30 PM

KFDI's Brian & Kellie Will Emcee and be Parade Hosts

Any Age from
1 to 100

Division one
Ages 5 and Under
*Bikes
(with training
     wheels)
*Scooters
*Tricycles
*Hot Wheels
*Wagons
*Wheelchairs

Prizes:
1st Place-$90 Toys
    R Us Card
2nd Place-$80 Toys
    R Us Card
3rd Place-$70 Toys
    R Us Card

Division two
Ages 6 and Over
*Bikes
*Scooters
*Wheelchairs
*Wheelbarrows

Prizes:
1st Place-$100 Visa 
    Card
2nd Place-$90 Visa
    Card
3rd Place-$80 Visa
    Card

Both Divisions must have living or silk flowers and/or plant, seeds, & grasses.  Other props allowed.

NO BALLOONS 
ALLOWED IN EITHER CATEGORY
(They scare the live eagle and owls on display in one of the Great Gardens.)

CONTEST SCHEDULE
*5:30 PM Check-in
  - Connecting
  Lobby
*5:30 after Check-
  in - Line Up -
  Behind bleachers
  in Convention Hall
*6:00 PM Wheels
  Parade through
  Show
*6:10 PM -6:30 PM
  Judging in Expo
  Hall on Stage 


 

 FAMILY NIGHT
CONTEST 3

KIDS TALENT CONTEST
"So, you think your kid
has talent!"


Ages 4 through 15

*Parent or legal guardian
  must pre-register
  child by Feb. 19, 2010
  by contacting Johnson's
  Legacy Landscape,
  at (316) 943-6886
  or email: 
 info@johnsons
  landscapes.com

*Information needed 
  at time of pre-
  registration:
   -Name of performer/s
    -Type of talent
    -Age/s of talent
    -# of youth performing at 
     one time
* At time of registration, 
   you will be assigned the time
   segment in which you will
   perform - either 10:00 AM to
   Noon or 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM

*Pre-Show Audition 
   Saturday, February 27, 2010
  
  (Time segment assigned at
   pre-registration)
  10:00 AM to Noon &
  1:00 PM to 3:00 PM

   
   Pre-Show Audition   
   K-State Research &
   Extension-Sedgwick County 

    21st Street North & Ridge Rd.,
    Wichita
 -  Sedgwick & 
    Meadowlark Rooms
 
*Talent performance 
  is limited to 4 
  minutes each at
  pre-show audition &
  Family Night

*8 Finalists selected
  at pre-show audition
  who will compete
  on Family Night
*All contestants, not
  just 8 finalists,
  should be at Family
  Night as 4 additional
  names will be drawn
  by lottery from a list
  of all contestants 
  who pre-auditioned,
  & who check in at
  6:30 PM.  The
  additioanl 4 names
  will perform on
  Family Night.  All
  who entered the
  Talent Show should
  come prepared to
  perform in case
  their name is drawn
  that night. 

PRIZES: 
1st Place - $500
2nd Place - $250 
3rd Place -  $100

Contest Schedule on Family Night:
*6:30 PM
 
8 Finalists and all
   original contestants check
   in by stage, in Great
   Gardens, Expo Hall
*8 finalists receive
  number for
  performance

*6:45 PM 
 
4 names from
   original contestants are 
   drawn by lottery to
   perform  that night
*4 contestants
  whose name
  was drawn receive
  number for
  performance

*7:00 PM - Talent
  Contest on
  stage in front of
  Johnson's
  Legacy Landscapes
  Great Garden


 

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Saturday, March 6
Entercom Radio Day


"Americana Fun"

 

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 "THE GRILL GAME" 
CONTEST
Saturday,
March 6
11:00 AM

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*Team up with a buddy. 

*The first team who assembles the grill correctly wins the grill.

*The grill has to pass inspection and all necessary pieces must be used.

*Bring your own tools! 
Call THE WICHITA GARDEN SHOW
TO REGISTER YOUR TEAM by March 1, 2010. Telephone numbers are: 
316-946-0883 (can leave a message on machine if office is not open) or 316-259-5913.

 

The Grill Game is sponsored by Trailers ‘N’ More, LLC
433 N. Maize Rd.
Wichita,67212, 316-945-8900, trailersnmore@sbcglobal.net

 

 

Saturday,
March 6


2:00 PM

  
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 "For the Birds" Birdhouse Contest is
Sponsored By
Associated Lumber & Supply, Inc.

1905 SW Blvd, Wichita, Ks
67213
316-943-2103

and

312 Main, Neodesha, Ks  66757
620-325-2663


"For the Birds"
Birdhouse Contest


Three Divisions:
  
  A. Crazy/Wacky Birdhouses
         *Need not be 
           constructed by entrant
         *Must be decorated by 
           entrant
         *Judged on degree of 
           humor, cleverness, 
           originality & creativity
         *SIZE: Entrant must be 
           able to carry the 
           birdhouse across              
           stage during judging.
    
      B. Pretty Birdhouses
          *Need not be constructed 
            by entrant 
          *Must be decorated by 
            entrant
          *Judged on beauty, 
            harmony of decor, 
            creativity   
          *SIZE: Entrant must be 
            able to carry the 
            birdhouse across stage 
            during judging

      C. Functional Birdhouses - 
          Structural Excellence

          *Birdhouse must be made 
            by entrant 
          *Judged for design, 
            craftmanship, originality 
            and functionability
          *Must appeal to a specific 
            bird (i.e. wren)
          *SIZE:Entrant must be 
            able to carry the 
            birdhouse across stage 
            during judging

BIRDHOUSES CONTEST
REQUIRES PRE-REGISTRATION by calling Associated Lumber & Supply by March 2
- 316-943-2103

Prizes:   1st place prize in each 
              division:  A 12v MILWAUKEE 
              DRILL LOGO

2nd & 3rd places: ribbons

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6:30 PM
March 6, Saturday

Digging for the Dixon Speed
ZTR30 Riding Mower Key

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 *Everyone attending the
  Show from Wednesday
  through Saturday register
  at Show gate when
  you enter.

*Register by putting 
name  
 
and telephone number in
  the fish bowl.
 

 *Every day, 6 names
  (MEN's & WOMEN's)
  will be drawn out of
  the fish bowl. 

* Show Staff will notify
   the contestants by
   telephone that they
   need to return to 
   the Show on
   Saturday evening
   at 6:30 PM for
   this fun "Digging"
   event. 

*Twenty four will dig an a 20-foot long pile of soil for a key. 

*When all 24 participants have unearthed a key, they will
  each take a turn at trying to start the Dixon Speed
  ZTR30 Riding Lawn Mower. 

*The lucky contestant whose key starts the mower
will win the mower. 

The Dixon Speed ZTR30 Riding Lawn Mower
Is Provided by the Following

Wichita Area Dixon Dealers

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Augusta Saw & Mower
JOE GRABER
634 State Street

Augusta, KS 67010 
316-775-3855

D&D Repair
DANIEL ERVIN

2515 So. 383 West
Cheney, KS  67025
316-542-3905

Dan's Service & Supply 
DAN POLIANSEK
1395 No. Park Place Rd.
Melton, KS 67106
620-478-2598

Rental  Ranch 
MEL REDBURN
1578 West 29th No.
Wichita, KS 67204 
316-838-4211

Stukey Mower Sales

GUY STUKEY
230 Cardinal Lane

Wichita, KS  67230
316-733-0963

Redline Kart & Supply
MIKE EDGER

1624 So. Seneca
Wichita, KS 67213
316-264-7333

Artists Day
Saturday,
March 6
 
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 Alla Prima Art Contest

Artists will be seen painting art everywhere at
the Garden Show

LOOK FOR SELECT KANSAS ARTISTS WHO HAVE BEEN INVITED SET UP THEIR EASLES AND PAINT DURING THE SHOW.  Watch for them in the garden and everywhere you look throughout the day on Artists Day. 

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Select Kansas artists have been invited to
paint something they see at the Wichita
Garden Show - it might be one of the
beautifully landscaped gardens, a garden product, a small portion of a garden, or
a single flower, a brightly colored flower
pot or a lavious garden path lined with
spring flowers. The beauty of Spring
abounds throughout the entire Show
and is an artist’s paradise.

Artists will arrive at 9:00 AM to register in by the Visions of Flowers Fine Art Display in front
of the stage in Convention  Hall.  Once registered in, they they are then free to find
 just that right spot they will spend the next several hours painting. Painting is from 9:30
AM to 1:30 PM. Paintings will be jurored (judged) at 2:00 PM. Prizes will be awarded.  Some pieces of art will be for sale. 

The Wichita Garden Show Gate Ticket ($11.50)
is the artist's entry fee for the Alla Prima Art Competition.  

The public is encouraged to meet the artists
and watch as the artists transfer the beauty
of the Show to their canvasses. 

CASH PRIZE FOR 1ST PLACE AND PLACEMENT RIBBONS SPONSORED FOR ALLA PRIMA ART CONTEST IS SPONSORED BY

 

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ARTISTS DAY
SATURDAY, MARCH 6

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 Carl Brewer
Mayor of Wichita



SUNDAY - KFDI DAY
Join  KFDI'S CAROL  HUGHES
AND WES GOOD IN
A HILLBILLY GOLF TOURNAMENT
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It's a team event.
First Place Prize:  Two Traeger Handcrafted Pellet Grills
1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
In the Middle of the Gardens
Sponsored by
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