A REVIEW OF THE 2010 SHOW...2011 SHOW OVERVIEW COMING SOON

ADMISSION:  Adults   $8 Seniors 65+   $6 Youths 6-16 yrs.   $4 Under 6 Free

We are delighted to present this year’s Seacoast Home & Garden Show at the Whittemore Arena, UNH. The doors will open at 11:00am on Friday and 10:00am on Saturday and Sunday, March 26, 27 & 28, 2010.

Our spring show is full of inspirational ideas for the home and garden. This year we are putting a special emphasis on updating and remodeling in today’s new eco-friendly world, all designed to help consumers make informed decisions about their homes and gardens.

Exhibitors
There are over 200 exhibitor booths at this year’s show offering consumers the opportunity to see the latest products and services on the market. Exhibitors include businesses such as: Castle Kitchens, The Closet Factory, Wintergreens Solariums, Northern Pool & Spa, Big Ocean Builders, American Geothermal, Audio Video Experience, Inc., Lindal Cedar Homes, Gagne & Sons, Overhead Door, Holt Landscaping, Coldwell Banker, Urban Tree and many, many more.

View Video from the 08' Show!

Shopping Bags!
Bring ‘em. (Your shopping bags) Regional artisans, purveyors of culinary delights, and vendors of garden accessories and home decoratives fill the quest of shoppers who are looking for terrific gifts for their own homes or great giving for friends and family. Fill your shopping bags with goodies from candles to candy, pickles to pottery, stained glass to wrought iron, and everything in between and beyond.

Greenhouse Open House
Each year the Seacoast Show runs concurrently on Friday and Saturday with the Annual UNH Greenhouse Open House. The Open House is sponsored by the Thompson School of Applied Science, the Plant Biology Department, the Cooperative Extension, and the College of Life Science and Agriculture. The event features educational lectures, guided and self-guided tours of the greenhouses, plant sales, informative displays, the Plant Doctor, and even a children’s scavenger hunt. The Open House and greenhouse tours are free and open to the general public from 9-4 both days. The Open House does not run on Sunday.

Meet the Chefs!
Returning again this year is the popular Meet the Chefs cooking series, now in its fifth year. This event attracts standing room only audiences and highlights some of the top chefs in the Seacoast region, who will share their culinary secrets and recipes in a specially designed kitchen with state of the art appliances. At the end of each cooking session, samples and recipes are passed out to the audience. Several of the chefs are authors and will be book signing after their presentations. Please see the complete Meet the Chefs schedule on our website.

Book Signing
“Cooking with Doris B” by Doris B. and Leslie Breen. Friday at 3:15PM
“Vie de France,” “Cooking in the Shaker Spirit”, “What to eat when you don’t feel like eating,” and “Food and Fitness.” by Master Chef James Haller. Saturday at 12:15PM
“Ciao Italia Five Ingredient Favorites” by Mary Ann Esposito. Saturday at 1:15PM
“Windjammer Cooking – great recipes from Maine’s Windjammer Fleet, Mystic Seafood, Union Oysterhouse Cookbook” by Jean Kerr, Saturday at 3:30PM
“Black fly Stew Cookbook Series – Wild Maine Recipes” by Kate Krukowski Gooding. Sunday at 11:15AM

Landscapers
Toomey Landscape Architecture of Kensington, NH in the lobby will once again lead off our talented landscapers….other landscapers this year include: Creative Outdoor Solutions, Fremont, NH , Sculptured Earth, Cape Neddick, ME, Green Monster Landscapes, Sanbornville, NH, Chester Hollow Water Gardens, Chester, NH, Green Penguin Landscaping, Rye, NH, Make A Difference Landscaping, Lee, NH, Great Horizons Property Services & Landscaping, Exeter, NH, Jacquelyn Nooney Landscape, Inc., Eliot, ME and Seacoast School of Technology.

Florists
Once again we are pleased to welcome the florists of the Seacoast region. This marks the ninth year of floral delight.   We thank these area florists for sharing their talent with us at the 2010 Seacoast Home & Garden Show.   This year’s theme is “Joy of Spring” and we’re sure you’ll enjoy each florist’s design as much as we will.
Exeter Flower Shop, Exeter, NH, Lyndsey Loring Design, Dover, NH, Red Carpet Flower & Gift Shop, Durham, NH and Martha M. Brisk DESIGNS, Hollis, NH

Free Parking and Free Shuttle Bus Service
Exceptional traffic management, free parking, handicap accessible parking, and continuous free shuttle bus service are provided for patrons of the Seacoast Home and Garden Show and the UNH Greenhouse Open House. Please observe all traffic and parking signs and watch for directions to designated parking areas to take advantage of the shuttle service.

Our sponsors make it possible for us to bring you the 2010 Seacoast Home and Garden Show and the Meet the Chefs cooking series. We are grateful to enjoy the continued support of Foster’s Daily Democrat, sponsor of our show supplement, New Hampshire Home Magazine, New Hampshire Magazine and Green Alliance. Also, a special thanks to TASTE of the Seacoast Magazine, the sponsor and coordinator of the Meet the Chefs Cooking Series and Castle Kitchens of Scarborough, ME for our kitchen and Bay Street Appliances of Ossipee, NH and Viking Appliances for furnishing the special kitchen with state-of-the-art appliances.

Show hours are
Friday, March 26th from 11 a.m. – 6 p.m
Saturday, March 27th from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Sunday, March 28th from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

General admission: is $8, Seniors 65+ is $6, Youth 6-16 are $4 and Children under 6 are free.

We look forward to your arrival at the 16th Annual Seacoast Home and Garden Show!