42nd Lane County Home & Garden Show – March 11-13

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Cabinologist,” architect and author Dale Mulfinger will talk about designing, building and remodeling classic American cabins and getaway homes, the original tiny houses, at the free 32nd Annual Lane County Home Improvement Show, which runs Oct. 10-12 at the Lane County Fairgrounds in Eugene.

Photo from “Back in the Cabin” by Cheryl Koralik.

Janet Eastman | jeastman@oregonian.com

By Janet Eastman | jeastman@oregonian.com The Oregonian
on October 08, 2014 at 8:39 AM, updated October 08, 2014 at 8:57 AM

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“Cabinologist,” architect and author Dale Mulfingerwill talk about designing, building and remodeling classic American cabins and getaway homes, the original tiny houses, at the 32nd Annual Lane County Home Improvement Show, which runs Oct. 10-12 at the Lane County Fairgroundsin Eugene.

Mulfinger of SALA Architectsin Minneapolis, Minn., has designed hundreds of small, uncomplicated shelters, from rustic bungalows to log cabins, and he has written design books, including the 256-page “Back to the Cabin”(The Taunton Press, $34.95).

“The small and open space common to cabins promotes the kind of intimacy we cherish with friends and family,” he says. “Cabins are precious because of their casualness, where Uncle Bob’s big bass is the art preference over a Cezanne print, the coats are hung open on pegs inside the cabin door and the dinner ware has an array of unmatched plates.”

At the home show, Mulfinger’s four presentations will focus new construction and remodeling, simple living, the history of cabins and finance option of co-owning a cabin.

Starting at 6 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 10, and 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 11, he will talk about Cabin Architecture Today – Fresh Ideas & Inspiration for New & Remodeled Cabins.”

At 5:30 p.m. on Saturday and 12:30 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 12, he will talk about “Cabinology – Important Issues and Ideas When Building or Remodeling Your Cabin.”

Afterward, he will sign his home design books at the University of Oregon Duck Store.

More than 225 exhibitors with services, products, ideas and inspiration for the home and yard will be at the free home show.

Guinness World Record holder and Master Pumpkin Carver Scott Cully will carve a 900-pound pumpkin into a ghoulish Jack O’ Lantern on Saturday. Cully’s most recent record, in the 2010 Guinness World Book, was for a 1,810.5 pounder. He is the general manager of Fall Creek Nurseryin Lowell.

Children and adults can see a live show of animals, from badgers to boas, at Mutual of Omaha’s Wildlife

Safari Animal Encounters at 11 a.m. Saturday.

Show goers can vote for People’s Choice awards for architecture, interiors and landscape architecture projects presented by the American Institute of Architects – Southwestern Oregon, during the three-day event.

There will be 26 talks on home and garden improvements. A schedule is listed at EugeneHomeShow.com.

Hours: 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday; and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
on Sunday.

Admission is free and there is a request for canned food donations to benefit FOOD for Lane County.

— Janet Eastman

Garden and eco-living product and seminars are at the Good Earth Home, Garden & Living Show, today through Sunday.

By Janet Eastman | jeastman@oregonian.com The Oregonian
on January 24, 2014 at 5:11 PM, updated January 24, 2014 at 5:42 PM

More than 230 vendors selling energy-saving thermostats, homesteading tools (think backyard chickens) and other sustainable products will be exhibiting at the free 9th Annual Good Earth Home, Garden & Living Show, today through Sunday at the Lane County Fairgrounds in Eugene.

There will be 60 seminars including three presentations by Salvage Design Expert Shannon Quimby. Her home, the REX Project, is one of the nation’s first homes to be built without waste, with all of the old home recycled into a new one.

Forager John Kallas, director of Wild Food Adventuresand author of “Edible Wild Plants: Wild Foods from Dirt to Plate,” will explain ways to embrace the culinary delights growing in Oregon backyards.

Other demonstrations on five stages include Carol Deppe, author of “The Resilient Gardener,” giving ideas to improve gardening skills as well as workshops on raising urban chickens and the importance of saving bees.

What:The 9th Annual Good Earth Home, Garden & Living Show, America’s 1st Sustainable Home & Garden Show

When:Jan. 24-26:  5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday

Where:Lane Events Center, Convention Center at the Lane County Fairgrounds, 13th Ave. and Jefferson St., Eugene, Ore.

Cost:Free admission and parking. Bring canned food donations to benefit FOOD for Lane County.

For more information: www.EugeneHomeShow.com

Oregon Natural Health Examiner Sue Sierralupe

This weekend’s green home show in Eugene, Oregon known as the Good Earth Home Show brought in $11,969 by individual donors to which Berg Productions, Inc., the show’s management company, added an extra $10,000. Berg Production is a small Oregonian company started by women that wanted to see sustainable home shows in their community. They encourage workshops and businesses that match their own values for social and environmental responsibility.

The donations were collected for Medical Teams International (MTI) to fund their Haiti Earthquake Relief effort already in place. Every week, MTI has been able to, due to donations, send several medical teams to Haiti to work in emergency clinics set up throughout the country. Last week, they were able to send 4 doctors, 6 nurses and an experienced hospital administrator to the earthquake zone to provide services for the injured. Two shipments of medical supplies were sent last week. One of the shipments contained enough medicine to “…treat 45,500 people for three months.”

MTI is still seeking donations for their cause as the need continues to grow. More sick and injured victims are being pulled from the wreckage every day. MTI is still seeking donations to continue to serve the Haitian people. According to their web-site,

• A gift of $33 provides the medicines and supplies for an entire family during the critical days immediately following a major disaster.
• A gift of $66 funds one doctor’s clinical work for one day in Haiti.
• A gift of $2,000 funds one doctor’s clinical work for an entire month.

People can give an automatic $10 gift by texting HOPE to 253-83; on-line at www.medicalteams.org, calling 1-800-959-4325; or mailing a gift to P.O. Box 10, Portland, OR 97207.

The Good Earth Home Show has a history of assisting community aid associations since the first green home show in 2006. Donation barrels for Food for Lane County are  familiar sights at the entrance to every show. They have collected over 300,000 pounds of canned food for this charity in the last few years. Images from this year’s earthquake in Haiti opened the hearts of Oregonians so MTI was added to the list of charitable opportunities for those who share Berg Productions dream of a healthier, greener world.

Eugene Home Show was honored to have United States Senator Jeff Merkley tour our October 2009 Lane County Home Improvement Show in Eugene, Oregon.  The Senator visited with our exhibitors that are focused on building Oregon’s green economy and creating jobs for a stronger Oregon.   We hope the Senator found his visit to the show interesting and invite him back to our January 22-24, 2010 Sustainable Good Earth Home, Garden & Living Show, America’s 1st Sustainable Home & Garden Show!

The Lane County Home & Garden Show has been selected for USA Exposition’s “National Home and Garden Show Series™” for 2010, a designation that brings the potential to attract national marketing support to the local event. It is one of the largest consumers shows held annually at the Lane County Events Center, Eugene, Oregon, attracting 30,000-plus visitors over a four-day period.

It is now one of 30 of the nation’s top independent home shows that have joined forces with USA Expositions, a Cleveland-based marketing company, to launch PremierHomesShows.com and the national series as a vehicle to combine their resources and their reach.

“This collaboration of independent consumer home and garden shows will put our hat in the ring for marketing dollars that normally go elsewhere,” said company President Helen Berg.   “It is an honor to have our spring show selected and it will help level the playing field as we compete for national exhibits and sponsorship dollars.”

It will be joining up with other events from Seattle, St. Louis, Philly, Louisville and others in this collaborative effort to gain access to national companies.

“This premier 30-show portfolio provides a collective media expenditure/sponsorship benefit of $5 million and direct access to more than 1.5 million show attendees,” said Brian Roggenburk, president of USA Expositions.
This union of the best-produced and best-attended shows in the U.S. provides national companies the opportunity to easily and effectively gain coast-to-coast exposure and meet their customers face-to-face in a variety of different markets, he added.

Roggenburk was founder and managing director of IMG Expositions – the firm’s consumer show division. He brings more than 30 years of experience in event marketing, including his 25-year tenure at IMG (the world leading sports marketing and event company), representing and working on the firm’s two most prestigious accounts – Wimbledon and The Open Championships, aka The British Open.

USA Expositions will support only one show in each market. “The shows we selected were based on quality exhibits, quality gardens, attendance, promotions and advertising and the overall experience for show visitors,” said Roggenburk. “For the sponsors, the show also represents a distinct and targeted demographic of affluent homeowners, as well as dynamic industry leaders active in their communities.”

The series has partnered with Better Homes and Gardens Magazine to provide discounted subscriptions to attendees of the participating shows. The National Home & Garden Show Series will be pursuing major automotive and home improvement partnerships for the local events.

The Lane County Home & Garden Show is scheduled for March 11-14, 2010 at the Lane Events Center.  The 31st annual show will present over 350 exhibiting firms, 45 educational seminars, landscapes, national and local speakers. For more information, including a list of the participating independent shows, event dates and locations, visit www.premierhomeshows.com.