The Spring Home & Garden Festival starts today at the South Towne Expo Center

Now that the weather is warming up just a little and the sun is coming out more often, people start to think about what needs to be done around the house and yard. That’s where the Home & Garden show comes in.

If you go, you’ll find aisle after aisle of the latest trends in home improvement. Everybody at a booth will be eager to tell you about the next best thing and why theirs is it. If you are looking for ideas, this will be a great opportunity to soak in all the information that these vendors are waiting to give out to the public.

After you’ve seen all the stuff, there will also be seminars to teach you where to start and what to do with all of it. National experts will be available to teach these seminars and answer your questions - “Dr. Gadget” Dave Dettman will be there to show you the latest home technology, Brooks Utley of HGTV’s ‘Design to Sell’ will be hosting workshops on how to do-it-yourself, and Anne-Marie Barton will offer her tips on home decor. There will be others that I’m not listing here, so you’ll just have to go to find out.

If you are not the seminar type, just go to get some ideas. If it’s in or around the home, it will be there. Whether it be flooring, paint, new furniture, window coverings, countertops, kitchen and bathroom stuff, you’ll find something about it.

The show starts at 2:00 pm today (March 6th), and goes until 6:00 pm on Sunday. The cost is $9 for adults, unless you buy your ticket on the website, and then it is $7. Admission for kids is $5 or free if they are under 6 years. Here is a link to the main website of the show, where you can find more specifics on what seminars are when, and other stuff like that.