Michigan Home & Garden Show

Detroit's best Home & Garden Show returns to Ford Field with everything you need to create your dream home, whether building, renovating or just sprucing up.

Internet Express Tickets, which include a complimentary parking pass, are available at www.FordFieldHomeShow.com.
March 8 is Family Day - children 6-14 are admitted free 10 a.m.-noon and special activities are available all day.

Parking:
Lions/Tigers Parking Garage is located diagonally across from the show entrance and accessible from Fisher Freeway Service Drive and Brush Street. More than 2,000 parking spaces are available adjacent to Ford Field.

Overview:
Discover the newest and best ideas and trends to make your home more beautiful, functional and livable. Enjoy hundreds of top name, quality products and services for your family, home and yard. Exhibits, from kitchen and bath remodeling to new homes and room additions, include windows, doors, cabinets, furniture, floor coverings, spas, fireplaces, log homes, roofing, siding, heating, cooling, security systems, maintenance, closets and shelving.

Special features:
Watch Frank Fontana, host and lead designer for HGTV’s “Design on a Dime” and lead designer of HGTV’s “Takeover My Makeover,” present “Let's be Frank! Secrets of High Style, Low Cost Design.”

Stroll through and enjoy the show’s beautiful gardens and landscapes filled with reflecting pools, waterfalls, fountains, stone and brick paver patios and thousands of blooming annuals and perennials.

Admire flower expert J Schwanke demonstrating imaginative and creative flower designs for home and entertaining during his presentation “Fun with Flowers and J.”

Travel along with “Tropical Breezes” artistic design interpretation and creative usages of flowers in youth, horticulture and educational entries and exhibits at the Standard Flower Show, presented by Michigan Garden Clubs, Inc., members of National Garden Clubs, Inc.

Get great ideas on redesigning living space to minimize possessions while maximizing functionality at the Solutions for Small Spaces vignettes created by Art Van Furniture.

Receive free recipe cards and learn about food’s low carbon footprint, locally grown produce and salad creations from Chef Angus Campbell of Grand Rapids Community College’s award-winning Secchia Institute for Culinary Education at the Gourmet Cooking Stage.

Pet animals that provide wool for clothing including Alpaca, Angora goat, Angora rabbit and sheep and see the art of spinning, cleaning, carding and weaving at the Fiber Fest area.

Hear “Remodeling with Green Products that Save You Money" presented by Glenn Haege, America’s Master Handyman, WJR Radio host and The Detroit News columnist and “Keeping Your Home Energy Efficient” presented by Bob Fegan of DTE Energy on the Home Stage.

Learn about all aspects of landscapes, gardens and lawns including design, lawn care, plants, trees and garden tools at the Garden Stage. Jeff Ball, The Detroit News columnist and former NBC’s “The Today Show” garden expert; Nancy Szerlag, The Detroit News columnist and book author; Janet Macunovich, co-founder of the Michigan School of Gardening and Practical Gardening Institute and book author; and the staff from the Michigan School of Gardening and the Practical Gardening Institute will teach the seminars.

See the "House of Cookies” built by the Girl Scouts of Metro Detroit working with the Society of Women Engineers.

Obtain information and advice on building, renovations, improvements and maintenance from experts throughout the show and on the Home Stage.

Take advantage of the Home Show specials offered by several downtown restaurants including Au Bon Pain and Opus One.