NW Flower & Garden Show to continue with new owner

Published 2:33 pm Thursday, June 11, 2009

The Northwest Flower &Garden Show, a 21-year-old tradition once thought dead for a lack of a buyer, has sold.

Seattle-based show owner Duane Kelly said he received two serious offers, including one from a nonprofit horticultural organization and the other from an experienced show producer.

“I chose the latter,” he said. “I have accepted a firm offer and the buyer is in the due diligence phase.”

Kelly, who is leaving the garden show business to pursue his career as a playwright, said he will not publicly identify the buyer until the sale closes later this month.

Read more about the sale on the Mudraker blog.