Blue Ribbon/1st Place: Sunset Magazine's Western Living Award Garden most filled with fresh, useful, achievable ideas that enhance outdoor living in the West.
	2nd Place: Urban Horticulture Award An exhibit demonstrating responsible design and horticultural practices in an urban setting.
	2nd Place: Chelsea Award Exhibit that best illustrates a British influence.

"Lines formed early and stretched a long way at the Washington State Convention Center during a blustery week in February, as 73,000 people filed into the scent-filled lobby to get their first taste of spring at the Northwest Flower and Garden Show.

For the second year, Sunset presented our Outdoor Living Award at this show. The winner, LUCCA STATUARY's "European Courtyard Garden," designed by Francine Katz, Marsha Burns, and Judith L. Jones, was filled with fresh, achievable ideas. It featured a dining table made of recycled materials - two cement urns supporting an old iron gate, topped with clear glass. The table was covered by a gauzy tent supported by bamboo poles sunk into sand in concrete pots - altogether romantic and highly transportable to any number of backyard dining situations.

Duane Kelly, who runs the San Francisco and Seattle shows, says, "The out-of-town judges of the displays were bowled over by the quality of the presentations this year."

Sunset Magazine, 4.00 "From the Editor"
By Rosalie Muller Wright