America’s 1st Sustainable Home & Garden Show - Returned! We had a wonderful show! Thank you for exhibiting & attending.   Next Good Earth Home, Garden & Living Show: 4th Annual - January 23-25, 2009 Vendor Applications will go out in by early summer, please call us today to get your business on the mailing list for these applications for unclaimed space. _____________________________________________________________________________________________ 3rd Annual - January 25-27, 2008 Good Earth Home, Garden & Living Show™  it's smart & stylish! it's fun & fresh!    new hours in 2008 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 40 "must see" 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. Good HOMES • Good GARDENS • Good 2 GO ARTS District • Good FOOD  • Good LIVING Good 2 RECYCLE  • Good Earth CAFE' Throughout the show, attendees will be inspired to ReUse, ReThink and ReDuce rather than just ReCycle!  Each Pavilion presents fresh and slightly twisted ideas which give a second life to items normally destined for the junkyard:  old tractor tire planters, garbage can critter art, and the high style coop created from used building materials which houses the show’s signature “Chickens over the Aisle”!  NOW THIS YOU'VE GOTTA SEE!

it's fun & fresh!  KEZI-9 presents Good Earth Cafe' & Stage Celebrate Good Living - interactive features, organic food & music   All 3 days!  Meet Shannon Quimby, America’s favorite Environmental Designer, Author, Stylist, and HGTV Television Host in her high style designer room created from ordinary junk.  Shannon will be chatting “reuse and recreate” with show visitors interesting giving their garbage a second life.  Shannon will be sharing her passion for saving resources that are normally thrown out as trash.    On Saturday and Sunday, learn how to turn a moth eaten sweater into echo-chic chair, wheelbarrows into garden fountains, and turn old hats into the perfect patio lighting. Shannon will inspire show attendees to ReThink Everything with her eco-friendly “Q-ReNew” design philosophy. Shannon will at the show all three days in an Eco-Chic designer room at the ReThink Everything Theater – located at the Good Earth Cafe.  On Saturday at 12noon and 4pm she will be dazzling show visitors with her creative genius as she transforms ordinary waste into high style decor for the home and the yard.  On Sunday, the Q-ReNew  demo's will be held at 12noon and 3pm.  it's wow & wild!  Enjoy Music all 3 days!  Enjoy Music from Jerry Zybach, Sideroads, Palmer Sisters, Robert Rogers, Inner Strength Gospel Singers, Kellis Krew, Michael MorningSun, Harris Banana Marimba & Banana Bands, and our favorite banker Charlie Snellings.  Join Jill Sager for a “Hands on, Stomp Your Feet” Drumming Circle Friday night 7:30pm.     Sit back & enjoy a glass of Sweet Cheeks Wine, locally brewed Willamette Valley Organic Beer, Klickitat Canyon Organic Wines, and Café Mam Espresso.  The show has requested the fairgrounds to service up local and organic food too!  So Premier Food Service is dishing up the bento bowls and other healthy fare.    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 the vendors and sponsors like Chambers Communications & KEZI-9.      NOW This You Gotta See!

It’s stylish & smart!  KVAL-TV presents National Design & Garden Experts   Meet Eric Corey Freed, Principal, organicArchitect    Sunday 11:30 am The Inevitable Architect - Implementing Green Building into Your Designs  Discover the emerging field of green building; see some of the most exciting technologies available. Eric presents misconceptions about green architecture, lifecycle driven design, selling green design to your clients, and an action plan to implement this concept into your office. Join an energetic & lively discussion on green architecture.   Sunday 2:00 pm Green Building for Dummies –  Building responsibly, reduce waste & help preserve the environment Author Eric Corey Freed, Author of “Green Building & Remodeling for Dummies” will cover the financial opportunities hidden in your home with practical, advice for building or remodeling conscientiously.  Join this engaging speaker to get going on your dream home – from simple remodels to brand-new multimillion-dollar mansions.  Select green materials and potential systems. Discover the pros and cons of popular green building methods and identify opportunities for saving money.  FYI – Genius’ invited to attend!   Sustainable Horticulture Experts    Saturday 11:30 am Gardening with Global Warming – Challenges & Solutions Free Copy of the NWF Gardening Guide for Global Warming Learn gardens in the Pacific Northwest will be changing with climate change.  From plant selection to more sustainable garden practices. Discover how the National Wildlife Federation was the first agency to connect the dots and inform gardeners about climate change and how it is affecting us in our backyards, and the wildlife in our communities. By Patty Glick, Senior Global Warming Specialist, National Wildlife Federation   Saturday 1:00 pm Growing Sustainable Rose Gardens Learn how to grow sustainable roses that delight but don’t require chemical fertilizers or chemical sprays.  Janice is participant in the “National EarthKind Rose Trials” in Gresham, Oregon. By Janice Dysinger, Soil Foodweb Advisor, LifeRoses.com, Garden Writer   Saturday 1:30 pm Natural Lawn Care – Myths & Truths Learn how go natural in your lawn and remain the envy of your neighbors with a great looking, organic lawn. Steve developed the Natural Solutions family of services, including NaturalCare Lawn and Plant Health Care for ProGrass. These services are all centered on sustainable landscaping and using natural and organic methods.  An engaging speaker, Steve hosts a bi-weekly garden show on KGW radio with Jean Pierre Fontenot. By Steve Varga, Chief Horticulturist, ProGrass Landscape Care & Design   The support of KVAL-TV brings us these speakers and Saturday’s Solar Home Tour.  KVAL-TV is committed to building a more sustainable community.  BooYah!