Celebrities Past and Present Featured at 2016 Home and Garden Show

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The Pittsburgh Home and Garden Show has become one of the biggest events of the year. This year’s show packs 10 acres worth of home furnishings, appliances, remodeling necessities, and gardening supplies into the David L. Lawrence Convention Center. Vendors and presenters come from all over, but this year’s show also features some great hometown celebrities.

While there is plenty of innovation and fun for everyone at the Home and Garden Show, this year there is also a special emphasis on people who have left their mark on the Steel City. Only a short walk down Penn Avenue from the Encore on 7th, it’s well worth your time to take a trip down to explore the great home innovations and celebrations of place and history. Here are some of the biggest features, imported and domestic, at this year’s show.

Rooted In Pittsburgh

This year’s show features a series of garden displays to honor famous Pittsburghers of years past, in celebration of the city’s bicentennial . The displays have been made by students from the Bidwell Training Center on the North Shore. The gardens honor a diverse group of Pittsburgh icons, including Andy Warhol, Gene Kelly, H. J. Heinz, Rachel Carson, Native American Queen Aliquippa, Arnold Palmer, and many more.

Dr. Lori

Famed Ph.D. Antiques Appraiser Dr. Lori Verderame joins the Home and Garden Show festivities to help you learn the worth of your precious collectibles. She earned her Ph.D. from Penn State, where she also taught as a professor and held a museum position. She has made numerous television appearances, but is best known for Auction Kings on the Discovery Channel. She typically appears at over 150 events each year, and the Home and Garden Show is one of those lucky locations.

The Renegade Gardener

Don Engebretson, better known as the Renegade Gardener, came to gardening in a roundabout and altogether unorthodox way (if you believe the story on his website). He is a field editor, writer, and garden scout for Better Homes and Gardens and is a 6-time winner of the Garden Writers Association’s national Garden Globe Award for excellence in garden writing. Billing himself as “the lone voice of horticultural reason,” Engebretson is bound to offer impressive and entertaining gardening insight.

Pittsburgh Dad

Renowned local YouTube sensation Pittsburgh Dad is attending the Home and Garden Show this year! What started as an attempt for star Curt Wooton and director Chris Preksta to make their parents laugh became an accidental hit practically overnight. Pittsburgh Dad continues to delight fans of ‘80s sitcoms and Pittsburghese humor, and celebrates its six-year anniversary this October.

The Pittsburgh Home and Garden Show runs until this Sunday, March 13. Don’t miss out on the celebrations and home innovations! If you can’t make it, don’t worry: Pittsburgh Dad has you covered.