The Home & Garden show goes green ... and grand

By KIM PALMER, Star Tribune

Last update: February 29, 2008 - 11:40 AM

Looking to reduce your carbon footprint -- while living like an English lord? That might be a contradiction in real life, but not at the Minneapolis Home & Garden Show, where luxury and sustainability can comfortably coexist.

Two celebrity headliners are bringing a green focus to this year's show. Minneapolis designer Joshua Foss, a former contestant on HGTV's "Design Star," will lead daily seminars on how to make your home eco-friendly, while '70s supermodel Cheryl Tiegs, who recently conducted a green audit on her home, will share her green-living tips Friday.

Lee Snijders of HGTV's "Design on a Dime" will round out the celebrity troika with presentations March 1 and 2 on breaking the rules of design.

If practicality isn't your style, this year's show also features an "authentic English manor," complete with conservatory, plus boutiques to help you mimic the British country lifestyle at home. For the "& garden," part of the show, there will be "10 Royal Gardens" and a slideshow of the massive, private garden of Wally Marx, a self-taught gardener who's surrounded his Medina home with a 3-acre formal English garden.

The Minneapolis Home & Garden Show runs through March 2 at the Minneapolis Convention Center, 1301 2nd Av. S. Admission is $10 for adults, $4 for children ages 6-12, and free for kids 5 and under. For discounted adult tickets and a complete schedule of events, visit www.homeandgarden.com or call 1-800-466-7469.