Meg Tapp from Garden Club of Houston presents one of our favorite videos on how to enter a potted plant or cut specimen in a flower show
This year's Garden Show invited you to
Garden Your Story: Where every bloom tells a tale
Every garden has a story to tell, and this year's Garden Show theme, "Garden Your Story," invites you to celebrate the rich narratives gardens share across time. Whether rooted in heritage, blossoming with creativity, or envisioning a sustainable future, your garden reflects your unique journey. It’s a living, breathing memoir of growth, resilience, and dreams. Join Us for the Journey of a Lifetime! Explore breathtaking garden displays and discover the personal stories behind every plant and design. Dive into interactive workshops where you can uncover your own garden story and start planting the seeds of your vision. And by all means -- Enter our Plant Contest and cheer on competitors in a plant showcase that honors history and creativity! 🌸🌿
PLANT EXHIBIT & CONTEST
Explore an exhibition of homegrown plants, flowers, and edibles and other gardening displays entered by garden club members and the community — horticultural extravaganza of flora showcasing echoes of nature's plant kingdom.
WIN BLUE RIBBON AWARDS
Bring you plants and enter them for chance to win coveted Blue Ribbon Awards. No age limits. You don't have to member of our garden club.
SPECIALTY GARDENING GROUPS
Visit some of our favorite gardening organizations specializing in areas like rare fruit, growing vegetable, bees, butterflies and other invertebrates, African violets, and more. While you're at the show swing by our UC Master Gardeners, Xerces Society, Rare Fruit Growers and Gesneriad Society friends—for the scoop on the latest in the plant and gardening world or to have your burning questions answered.
Visit some of our favorite gardening organizations specializing in areas like rare fruit, growing vegetable, bees, butterflies and other
PLANT SALE! LEAFY DEALS
Shop a botanical bonanza of plants specially grown and nurtured by our members and friends. Tended for the Culver City Garden Club's botanical bonanza celebrating nature's greenery. Save big on some of your favorite plants! 🌿🌼
GARDENING MARKETPLACE
Shop an eclectic spectrum of plants, decor and unique wares specially curated by each of our vendors for our 2025 Garden Show.
WORKSHOPS LED BY EXPERTS
Don't miss our essential gardening learning sessions, fun demos and hands-on workshops conducted engaging experts. Some workshops are hands-on, and all are family-friendly):
- Container Wars: Battle of the Miniature Gardens
- Sustainable Urban Gardening
- Eco Gardenscapes: Creating Your Dream Yard -
- DIY Decorative Plates: Butterflies
FREE PLANTS FOR KIDS
Get free starter plants for kids beginners and kids. Also, check our Coloring Corner for your bored youngsters.
Interested in being a vendor or donor?
Help us spread the joys of gardening at our Garden Show. If you’re a business, you can donate in-kind items and prizes for our Garden Show Raffle or become a vendor and connect with a community that enjoys your products and services. Your generosity brings excitement while giving you exposure—Be a part of our annual gardening celebration!
2025 Garden Show Schedule
Schedule of workshops, raffles and more. Stay tuned for 2026's line-up
11:00 AMSTAGE
Show Opens with Presentation of 2025 Dedicatees
Our Garden Show opens! Welcome to an odyssey that inspires you to "Garden Your Story" in Culver City's Veterans Auditorium. This year's dedicatees will be honored for their endless efforts and generosity of support in ensuring the continuance and growth of the Culver City Garden Club.
11:30 AMWORKSHOP
🌿 Floral Arrangements Workshop 🌿 with Beverly Newton
Unleash your inner floral artist in this exciting, hands-on workshop with floral arrangements magician—Beverly Newton! Discover how to select the perfect flowers for balance and longevity, play with color, texture, and shape for stunning designs, and create arrangements that elevate any space in your home. Use floral mechanics to keep your bouquets fresh and flawless. By the end of the session, you’ll leave with a gorgeous arrangement and the skills to bring floral beauty into your home all year round! Here's what you'll master:
By the end of the session, you’ll leave with a gorgeous arrangement and the skills to bring floral beauty into your home all year round! 💐🌸🌷
- Pick the perfect blooms for vibrant, long-lasting designs
- Play with colors & textures like a floral pro
- Craft stunning arrangements to transform any space
- Keep your flowers fresh & fabulous with expert care tips
By the end of the session, you’ll leave with a gorgeous arrangement and the skills to bring floral beauty into your home all year round! 💐🌸🌷
12:30 PMSTAGE FRONT
Mid-day Raffle
Win great prizes donated by some of the wonderful businesses in our local community. Just $1.00 per ticket. Get 6 ticket for $5. Visit or Raffle Table during the Show to purchase your tickets.
1:30 PMWorkshop
🌿 High-Yield Small-Space Organic Gardening: A Keynote Talk 🌿 with Christy Wilhelmi
Get ready for epic yields in ANY space! Join us for an electrifying talk with none other than Christy Wilhelmi—organic gardening expert, and founder of Gardenerd! As the trailblazing author behind multiple books on organic and small-space gardening, Christy’s tried-and-tested methods have revolutionized the way urban dwellers and space-conscious gardeners cultivate lush, sustainable gardens. Now, she’s taking her expertise to a whole new level, proving that organic gardening is accessible no matter how small your space in her newest book—the must-read, “High-Yield Small-Space Organic Gardening!”
Don’t miss your chance to hear from a foremost expert as she proves that you don’t need acres to cultivate a thriving organic oasis—you just need the right know-how! From balconies to backyards, Christy will dish out game-changing strategies: invaluable insights, practical advice, and a fresh perspective on high-yield organic gardening for modern living. Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned grower, you’ll learn how to unlock the secret to growing MORE healthy, organic produce—even in the tiniest of garden spaces. Discover how to transform your patio, window boxes, and tiny plots into lush, productive organic gardens!
PLUS—Get Your Own Signed Copy 📖🌟 After the talk, stick around for an exclusive book signing to meet Christy and be among the first to snag a signed copy of “High-Yield Small-Space Organic Gardening”—and take home your ultimate guide to maximizing yields in your own space! 🌱🥕🫛🍄🟫🍆🍠🫑🥔
Don’t miss your chance to hear from a foremost expert as she proves that you don’t need acres to cultivate a thriving organic oasis—you just need the right know-how! From balconies to backyards, Christy will dish out game-changing strategies: invaluable insights, practical advice, and a fresh perspective on high-yield organic gardening for modern living. Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned grower, you’ll learn how to unlock the secret to growing MORE healthy, organic produce—even in the tiniest of garden spaces. Discover how to transform your patio, window boxes, and tiny plots into lush, productive organic gardens!
PLUS—Get Your Own Signed Copy 📖🌟 After the talk, stick around for an exclusive book signing to meet Christy and be among the first to snag a signed copy of “High-Yield Small-Space Organic Gardening”—and take home your ultimate guide to maximizing yields in your own space! 🌱🥕🫛🍄🟫🍆🍠🫑🥔
3:00 PMSTAGE FRONT
Afternoon Raffle
Win great prizes donated by some of the wonderful businesses in our local community. Just $1.00 per ticket. Get 6 ticket for $5. More bulk discounts available. Visit or Raffle Table during the Show.
4:00 PM
Show Closes
Show reopens on Sunday at 10 AM.
10:00 AM
Show Re-opens
11:00 AMWorkshop
🌿 Tomato Master Class: How to Grow Tomatoes for Max Yield & Taste 🌿 with Liz Camp
Say goodbye to bland tomatoes—it's time to grow juicy, abundant, mouthwatering fruit! Join us in unlocking the secrets to growing perfect, flavor-packed tomatoes with massive yields—with Master Gardener Liz Camp! Get ready to produce your best tomatoes yet by following Liz’s seasoned and proven techniques for:
Yes, you CAN grow tomatoes so impressive and delicious— that even your biggest skeptics won’t believe their tastebuds. Yes, you CAN turn your tomato plants into fruit-laden masterpieces. Explore real-world scenarios with an expert who’s been there! 🍅🌱✨
- Choosing the best varieties for taste and productivity
- Boosting soil health for thriving plants
- Pruning and watering techniques to maximize yield
- Natural solutions to keep pests and diseases at bay
- Harvesting at peak ripeness for unbeatable flavor
- Mastering staking, mulching for healthy plants, and proper garden siting. Bonus tip –
- Explore the heirloom vs. hybrid controversy to find your perfect tomatoes!
Yes, you CAN grow tomatoes so impressive and delicious— that even your biggest skeptics won’t believe their tastebuds. Yes, you CAN turn your tomato plants into fruit-laden masterpieces. Explore real-world scenarios with an expert who’s been there! 🍅🌱✨
12:00 PMSTAGE FRONT
Noon Raffle
Win great prizes donated by some of the wonderful businesses in our local community. Just $1.00 per ticket. Get 6 ticket for $5. Visit or Raffle Table during the Show to purchase your tickets.
1:00 PM
🌿 Container Water Gardening 🌿 with Deni Friese
Transform a small space into a vibrant aquatic paradise with a beautiful miniature water garden or mini-pond. This workshop with Custom Landscapes and Water Gardens' founder, Deni Friese, will show you just how easy, rewarding, and enchanting water gardening can be—whether on your apartment patio, balcony, or backyard. Deni will show you how to:
- Create a thriving mini ecosystem that thrives naturally
- Select water plants including native plants that not only enhance your garden's beauty but also supports local ecosystems.
- Choose the right container for small-space water gardening.
- Maintain healthy water ecosystems with minimal upkeep
- Attract wildlife like butterflies and pollinators
- Optimize light and placement for vibrant plant growth
- And more...
3:00 PMSTAGE FRONT
Final Raffle
Win prizes donated by some of the wonderful businesses in our local community. Just $1.00 per ticket. Get 6 ticket for $5. Visit or Raffle Table during the Show to purchase your tickets.
4:00 PMMAIN HALL
Show Closes.
Save the date for our next Garden Show — June 23-24, 2026!
Show Off Your Green Thumb!
Enter the Plant Contest & Exhibition Contest and let your plants shine! Whether you’re a pro or sometime gardener… You can win a coveted blue ribbon and cool prizes
Keynote Speakers
Our wonderful cast of industry experts who will be dishing the dirt.
Pro tips and advice for entering a plant contest
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Timing is crucial when cutting flowers because it affects their hydration and overall health... Flowers cut at the right time, typically early in the morning or late in the afternoon, are more hydrated and less stressed
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Use sharp, clean pruners or scissors to carefully trim them to mimic the shape of a healthy, intact leaf. This not only creates precise cut but reduces unsightly discolorings and browning.
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Select three or four potential flowers, leaves or branches you are planning on entering in a “cut specimens” class. Mark them, but do not cut them until the day of entry. This will give you a back-up entry should something happen to your best to your best specimen before you enter.
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... things that I look for when judging... Overall quality, appearance, and health... Does the produce item or flower look appealing and high quality? Is it free of blemishes, diseases, bug holes, etc? Would I buy this at full price at... a store?
Thank You Partners
Huge thanks to all our AMAZING raffle donors, vendors, exhibitors and supporters. You helped make our Garden Show magic!
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Ace Hardware -
Anawalt Lumber
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Armstrong Garden Centers
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Bourget Bros.
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By Your Side Dance Studios
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C & S Nursery
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California Rare Fruit Growers
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Copenhagen Pastry
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Cultural Interiors
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Culver Hotel
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Dragon Restaurant
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Flora Grubb
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Grand Casino Bakery & Café
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Hashimoto Nursery
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Honeybaked Ham
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Honey’s Kettle Fried Chicken, Culver City
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Jackson Market
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Kellogg Garden Products
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Merrihew’s Sunset Gardens
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Noah’s New York Bagels
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Orchid Fever
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Orta Garden Supplies
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Pac-8 Orchids
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Pacos Taco’s
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Pampas Grill Churrascaria
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ShadyPlaces
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Panns
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Pavilions
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Pizza Hut
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Rainforest Flora -
Ralphs Grocery
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Ricardo’s Nursery
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Room Lift
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Rolling Greens
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Rutt’s Cafe
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S & W Country Diner
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Sada’s Flowers
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Thoughts of You Co.
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Trader Joes
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Sorrento Italian Market
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Starbucks, Washington & Culver
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Sprouts Farmers Market
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VDM Designs -
The Boil Daddy
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VN Nursery
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Yamaguchi Bonsai Nursery
Sponsored by City of Culver City
Culver City Garden Club is proud that it's 72nd Annual Garden Show is sponsored by The City of Culver City. We'd like to thank the City for supporting our special event. Join us as we bring the community together to appreciate the talent and creativity of local gardeners!
Garden Show Venue
Culver City's Veterans Memorial Complex, Auditorium
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Venue
Veterans Memorial Building – Auditorium
Veterans Memorial Park
4117 Overland Ave, Culver City, CA, 90230
Transport
Our venue is easily accessible from the 405, 10, and 90 freeways — and Los Angeles Metro and Culver City Bus. For more information and routes visit:
Parking
Free Onsite parking
Places To Stay
Make the most of your visit and stay the night or weekend. If you’re coming from a long distance, then you may want to check your favorite hotel booking site. Or for a more a unique experience, try AirBnB.
More About Culver City Garden Club
Culver City Garden Club is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization established in 1953 (FEIN ID # 95-6122857). Our founders shared a common interest in gardening and nature. They included GIs, returning from World War II, who settled in Southern California with their families. Gardening events, including the club’s annual Garden Show and Plant Sale, Garden Hop, field trips, garden visits, and other gardening-related activities, are held throughout the year. Enjoy expert talks, interactive demos, and hands-on workshops at our admission-free monthly meetings held on the first Tuesday of each month at 7:00 PM. Meetings are held in in the Garden room at the Veterans Memorial Complex. Join us on our gardening adventures and connect with passionate gardeners eager to share their knowledge. Whether you’re a seasoned green thumb or a curious beginner, come grow with us—From vibrant flower beds to thriving vegetable patches, every green dream is welcome at Culver City Garden Club.
