Seeds of inspiration in gardeners' nirvana; Show abloom with ideas, goods for outdoor life.(WASHINGTON WEEKEND)(COVER STORY)

Byline: Raymond M. Lane, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES

"My mother gave me a houseplant in a little pot when I was a boy," Howard Cohen says. "I was hooked."

The evidence is on display starting today at the four-day Washington Home & Garden Show. Mr. Cohen, a landscape architect and vice president of Surrounds Landscape Architecture & Construction Co. of Sterling, Va., is one two dozen designers whose lavish exhibits anchor the annual flower extravaganza, expected to draw 80,000 visitors through Sunday.

This year, he has built an indoor meadow that sprawls over what seems like acres of interior space at the new Convention Center downtown. It's a creek bed ...

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