The Show was a Smash Success! Thank you to our wonderful vendors, experts, muscians, guests, and sponsors.  We raised 8,673 lbs of food for FOOD for Lane County.  Vendors reported the following: The Country Gardener:  The show exceeded my hopes by four hundred percent!  Sign me up for the March show! Eugene Branch, Neil Kelly:  We had no idea how great this show was! Give us the same spot for the 2010 show! Dana, Theo Chocolates:  Great Show!  This is the easiest show to move in to, and work.  Great Show! Kurt Katsura, Windermere Realty:  The best show yet!  I got strong leads on people getting ready to buy homes again.  Berg Productions Rocks! Jim, Duncan Motors:  Wow! Not only did we pay for the booth immediately in onsite sales. We generated so much interest and the showroom has been busy since with our new electric bike line. Regional Manager, Bruce & Dana Metal Roofing:  This was the best home show I've ever seen, and I've seen lots. We Build Closets:  I've never given out so many business cards at a show before.  Sign me up for the March Show!  Bake's Binster & Chicken Coops:  Great show, thank you!  Marvin, Tommy's Paint Pot:  We love this show!  Count us in for next year! Guest Speaker, Fernando Pages - This is the most interesting and best looking home show I've seen in the country. 4th Annual - January 23-25, 2009 it's smart & stylish!   it's fun & fresh! Good Earth Home, Garden & Living Show™  America’s 1st Sustainable Home & Garden Show - Returns!  Friday        5pm-9pm Saturday  10am-8pm Sunday     10am-5pm Lane County Convention Center - Eugene Free Admission with Canned Food Donations FOOD For Lane County Create a better  HOME, GARDEN & LIFE information:    This year's show opens for just 3 days, with over 250 exhibits, and 65 seminars!  Stroll 2 acres packed full of earth-friendly exciting and informative exhibits grouped into 7 Pavilions of Sustainable Style.   National and local experts about green building, design, naturescaping, gardening and sustainable living. Home and garden authors and experts on sustainable homes, gardens, communities, and good earth living are joining us. NOW This You Gotta See!  Good HOMES • Good GARDENS • Good 2 GO • Good 2 RECYCLE • ARTS District • Good FOOD  • Good LIVING • Good Earth CAFE'

It's Smart & Stylish! KVAL-TV presents National Design & Green Build Experts Meet Patrica Gaylor, Interior Designer  Patricia Gaylor has practiced as an interior designer in the Northeast for more than two decades.  Pat’s passion for green design was originally fueled by her curiosity about what happened to the abundance of materials ripped out of older homes.  Today, she is recognized nationally for her earth-inspired style and designs. On the web at:  www.patriciagaylor.com .        Pat was selected by renowned architect and best-selling author Sarah Susanka for the Home by Design Showhouse, and the Not So Big® Showhouse at the International Builder’s Show.  She was also the interior designer for BASF’s Better Home, Better Planet initiative with a new Showhouse that demonstrates how healthy, energy-efficient homes can be built economically with materials that enhance the homes durability and aesthetic appeal.  Pat was recently selected by Traditional Home magazine for their “Green Experts” panel in NYC.  Saturday 12noon Earth Inspired Interiors that Endure Is that product you want for your home really green? How can you find products, furniture and accessories that are truly sustainable? Do they cost more? Designer Patricia Gaylor will walk you through the many paths that green design takes. Discover the four elements that create a timeless and healthy Green Home. Learn about the latest products that are readily available to create a stunning eco-friendly home.     Saturday 4:00 pm   - An Invitation to the Trades & Public Color Your Profits & Practice Green  Hear about one designer’s journey from a passion for design and the environment to the creation of a successful green interior design practice. Designer Patricia Gaylor will share her story on how going green has helped her garner national design projects that attract national press. Learn how you can commit to the environment while your business flourishes and stands out in a sluggish economy.

Meet Fernando Pagés, Award Winning Green Builder & Author Homebuilder, developer and author Fernando Pagés speaks internationally on how to build high-quality, affordable and energy efficient homes.  Pagés unique approach to homebuilding comes from years of research and experience in developing better and more efficient, environmentally sound methods of construction. His company has won numerous awards including the 2008 "Green Building Single Family House of the Year" and the 2007 "Workforce Housing Award" from the National Association of Home Builders.  In 2006, the Department of Housing and Urban Development's PATH project chose him to build America's frist PATH Concept Home, a home that is affordable to purchase and to maintain while meeting the criteria of LEED for Homes, ENERGY STAR, MASCO Environments for Living, and the NAHB's Green Building certifications. Pagés is the Author of Affordable Remodel: How to get custom results on any budget and Building an Affordable House: A high-value, low-cost approach to building.  he is a regular contributor to Fine Homebuilding and the Journal of Light Construction.  He has been featured in the national media including:  The New York Times, Dwell, Better Homes & Gardens, HGTV, National Public Radio and more.  He is the President of Brighton Construction, a builder and developer in Nebraska and Wyoming, where his "Liberty Village" project shows how an infill development built for the median income level can be both green and affordable. Saturday 2pm Chic, Green and Affordable in Homebuilding & Remodeling How to Go Green While Saving Green! "Affordable Remodel: How to get custom results on any budget." Booksigning to follow at the UO Bookstore Exhibit - Good Earth Café   Sunday 12noon  - An Invitation to the Trades & Public  Practical Ecology: High Quality, Low Cost Green-Built Homes "Building an Affordable house: High Value, low-cost approach to building." Booksigning to follow at the UO Bookstore Exhibit - Good Earth Café   It's Fresh & Fun! KEZI-9 presents Good Earth Café & Stage Celebrate Music • Discover Your Dreams Workshops • NW Authors • Birds of Prey Raptor Theater • Greening Our Neighborhoods Conversation Courtyard! Discover Your Dreams Reinvent your life with Outdoor Adventure Columnist, John Rezell aka "Raz".   The "What's Your Dream" presentation will inspire adults and children alike.  Discover how spending more time outdoors unlocks ideas and inhibitions from deep within.  Raz says " We connect with the stars, the sun, the moon - mountains, rivers, trees and wildlife."  Why settle for just dreaming when you can learn how to unlock your lifelong dreams. Get up, get out and live!  Discover Your Dreams:  Friday 6:30pm • Saturday 12:30pm & 6pm • Sunday 12:30pm   Green Your Neighborhood at the Conversation Courtyard Click on the '09 Good Earth Seminar tab to see the full schedule.  Show visitors can join 17 conversations related to creating a more sustainable neighborhood.  Join a conversation about neighborhood beekeeping, winter gardening, seed swaps, community gardens, backyard composting, herbs & medicinals and even bio gas production!  Neighbors have never been more valuable - we need each other!  Join the Neighborhood Leader's Council Committee on Sustainability at Exhibit #729 and find out how to come together in various ways to create more sustainable and better neighborhood!   MUSIC!  Visit the Good Earth Cafe & Stage presented by KEZI-9   Sit back & enjoy a glass of Sweet Cheeks Wine, locally brewed Oakshire Organic Beer, Klickitat Canyon Organic Wines, Yogi Teas and Café Mam Espresso. The show's producers have requested that the fairgrounds service up local and organic food too!  Premier Food Service is dishing up Knee Deep Cattle Organic Burgers & Fajitas, Bento bowls and other Healthy fare.     Fri  5:30pm    - Red Pajamas Duo Fri  7:30pm    - Alegria & MorningSun, Folk Music Sat 10am        - Eastside/Harris Marimba Band -  Lobby Performance Sat 11:00am  - Robert Rogers, Guitarist Sat 12:30pm  - Iron Mango Orchestra - Lobby Performance Sat 12:30pm  - Carl Faddis, Guitarist            Sat 2:00pm    - Apropos            Sat 3:30pm    - Bajuana Tea, Acoustic             Sat 5:00pm    - Shedd Jazz Academy Combooe’s Band             Sat 6:30pm    - Palmer Sisters, Folk Music             Sun 10:30am- Kari Burgess, Soprano & Pianist Julia Lin             Sun 12noon  - Michael MorningSun & Alegria             Sun 1:30pm  - Charlie Snellings, Blues & Jazz             Sun 3:00pm  - Jerry Zybach & Friends, Blues & More!      Meet Northwest Authors and Artisans at the UO Bookstore at the Good Earth Café.   We’ve got such great people watching that even our Rooster AL has returned over the aisle in the Garden Pavilion. We couldn’t do any of this without our wonderful vendors and sponsors like KVAL-TV, KEZI-9 and the Register Guard.