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The result was keep. Joyous! | Talk 01:05, 25 November 2016 (UTC) reply

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Non-notable routine event. Does not meet any obvious criteria in Wikipedia:Notability (events) such as international coverage or wider impact beyond the recurring garden show itself. Coverage is clearly pre-planned and recurring, i.e. WP:ROUTINE. "Largest garden show west of Philadelphia" is the only claim to notability, and it is not a superlative that has received any interest or coverage, other than the aforementioned routine news bits. Dennis Bratland ( talk) 02:40, 9 November 2016 (UTC) reply

• Keep and tag for improvement. major, long-running cultural event. Covered in major papers, both within and outside region, and in the trade press. These shows are a combination industry event/popular attraction. E.M.Gregory ( talk) 10:10, 9 November 2016 (UTC) reply

• sources abound, although the peak for this sort of even was in the late 20th century. Here [1], for example, is a discussion of this show in the New York Times in a roundup article "Flower Shows: Pick of the Bunch," dated 1993. Anyone aiming to turn this into good article, and one can certainly be written, would find many national sources from that era, including coverage in gardening, shelter, and design magazines, but coverage of this year's show was impressive. E.M.Gregory ( talk) 10:25, 9 November 2016 (UTC) reply

From the NYT: "Following is a chronological sampling of this spring's horticultural fairs: Washington". That right there is all you need to know. Indiscriminate, routine coverage of a run of the mill event. The age of the event, the attendance and the influence are unremarkable. -- Dennis Bratland ( talk) 15:44, 9 November 2016 (UTC) reply

• massive amount of reliable sourcing exists This long-standing, annual event draws national coverage. Los Angeles Times [2]. Makes Californians get all competitive [3], [4],. big feature stories in the Vancouver Sun: [5], [6], [7]. Nor is all of the coverage positive [8]. This merely a sample of the RS coverage that exists. Article needs improvement. E.M.Gregory ( talk) 17:01, 11 November 2016 (UTC) reply

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions. North America ¹⁰⁰⁰ 21:33, 16 November 2016 (UTC) reply

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Organisms-related deletion discussions. North America ¹⁰⁰⁰ 21:34, 16 November 2016 (UTC) reply

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Washington-related deletion discussions. North America ¹⁰⁰⁰ 21:34, 16 November 2016 (UTC) reply

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