Source Guide 175
Show 175 Las Vegas Springs/ Orchids
Dave travels to Las Vegas where green buildings and sustainable organic gardens link the past with the future at the Springs Preserve, then Dave enjoys exotic orchids that you can grow at home at the Pacific Orchid Expo.
Green Buildings and Sustainable Organic Gardens link the past with the Future: Springs Preserve, Las Vegas.
The Springs Preserve in Las Vegas is more than a stroll in the park; it is a whole new future for this desert city known for glitz and decadence. With attractions for the whole family, you can make a day of it and take home ideas that will make your home and neighborhood a better place plus save you money on energy and water bills!
The brand new complex covering 180 acres close to downtown includes the Desert Living Center, which illustrates “green” building techniques that you can use at home.
The Ori-gen Experience is a stunning interactive museum on the history and ecology the area and the Springs Preserve Historic Site with interpretive trails and a beautiful Botanic Garden.
Displays range from colorful sustainable native and drought tolerant plants to innovative water recycling plus you can get your garden questions answered by “Dr. GreenThumb” on site daily. The collection of desert adapted trees and perennials is a must see for any avid gardener!
The Preserve also hosts the innovative cuisine of the Preserve Café by
Wolfgang Puck.
Las Vegas Springs Preserve
333 South Valley View Blvd.
Las Vegas, NV 89107
www.springspreserve.org
Emmy Award Winning Comedian Louie Anderson is The Joker of The Castle at the Excalibur Hotel and Casino Las Vegas with his show" Larger than Life”.
He appears at 7PM nightly, (Dark Fridays). His television audience from his nightly hit series Family Feud or his appearances on late night chat shows love him. For tickets call 877 750-5464, www.louieanderson.com
And while at the Excalibur check out Australian "Thunder From Down Under", where it is a Las Vegas bachelorette party every night, Direct from Australia.
For tickets call 877 750-5464
While in Las Vegas, Dave and crew were guests of The Plaza Hotel, where Downtown starts The Fremont Street Experience
For reservations call 800-634-6575
www.plazahotelcasino.com/
Enjoying Exotic Orchids you can grow at Home: Pacific Orchid Expo with the Orchid Doctor.
Dennis Westler is “The Orchid Doctor” for the Pacific Orchid Expo staged each year in San Francisco. There thousands of blooming orchids are on display and available fro purchase along with seminars and demonstrations about every aspect of this fascinating hobby. Growers offer every type of orchid, from easy to grow Phalanopsis to choice, hard-to-find rarities.
Vendors also offer unique gifts such as original watercolors by artist,
Sally Robertson, www.sallyrobertson.com
The Pacific Orchid Expo with return to Fort Mason Center in San Francisco on March 5-9, 2009.
You can learn more about orchids right now by checking out the San Francisco Orchid Society website and their other meetings and events including Orchid Fest in the Hall of Flowers at www.orchidsanfrancisco.org
Pacific Orchid Expo
Fort Mason Center, San Francisco
March 5-9, 2009
www.orchidsanfrancisco.org
Dave's Favs
Plants seen on today's show are available at independent garden retailers throughout the country and from select sources listed below:
Eleagnus X ebbingii ‘Gilt Edge’
Prunus campanulata
Forestfarm
990 Tetherow Rd.
Williams, OR 97544-9599
541-846-7269
www.forestfarm.com
Grevillea X ‘Poorinda Golden Lyre’
Australian Native Plants Nursery
9040 N. Ventura Ave.
Ventura, CA 93001
800-701-6517
www.australianplants.com
Monrovia Growers
Horticultural craftsmen since 1926 To find a retailer in your area who carried Distinctively Better Monrovia plants, please visit
www.Monrovia.com
Please visit the Monrovia website to find a local
retailer that offers fine handcrafted Monrovia plants.
Mt. Rainier Greenhouse by Sunshine Garden House
Water Feature Design by:
Aquascape, Inc.
www.AquaScapeInc.com
Constructed by:
Alliance Land and WaterScapes
2173 San Miguel Canyon Rd.
Prunedale, CA 93907
1-888-MY-USA-POND
www.AllianceWaterScapes.com
Rock and gravel used for this project provided by:
Graniterock, Monterey Peninsula Concrete and Building Supplies
1755 Del Monte Blvd.
Seaside, CA 93955
831-392-3700
www.GraniteRock.com
Additional information sources for today's show were provided by Pacific Horticulture.
Pacific Horticulture brings the best of West Coast gardening to readers quarterly.
Learn more and subscribe at
www.PacificHorticulture.org
Dave's Levi Brand Denim Shirt courtesy of Heritage House
www.BoysSuits.com
Dave's Big Sur Jade Maori Punamu Necklace by Justis Daniels.
Available at Big Sur Local Color Gallery,
www.bigsurlocalcolor.com
