The Ottawa Home and Garden Show is being held this weekend at Lansdown Park, so I thought I would spend the afternoon there today. There is over 300 exhibitors using the three large buildings, and worth the visit to each of them. Whether you are looking for a new contractor, a BBQ, new cooking recipes, or design ideas, the Ottawa Home and Garden Show has what you are looking for. A VERY large trend is ECO friendly, LEED, or Green products. More than ever before is it easier to bring an “earth friendly” products into the home. When you go this weekend, make sure you stop by some of the interesting booths that I visited.

Over at the Grun booth, Troy and his team were showing me around the Brill Razorcut push mower. Unlike traditional push mowers this German built device is designed with the user in mind. The typical push mower is hard to push let alone to cut the grass, but the Brill is designed for effortless cutting. Usually over time, the blades and other metal parts will corrode and make it very difficult to use, but the Brill mowers blades are contact free from the core of the machine, so it remains easy to use after 10 years. The mower sells for $269.00 and is also available at Home Hardware. The Brill mower was also featured in Esquire Magazine!

Make sure to check out the Sovereign Designs booth, to learn how they can help integrate your audio and video into your home. Lighting, climate, shading design and control, to home theater and media rooms, Russell and Johnny are able to help from the consultation to specific product sales and service, and even the installation. In the above picture, they are demonstrating how they hide a LCD tv behind a piece of art. So your ugly (yes I said it) LCD or plasma TV does not have to stick out in your room. These boys have done everything you can imagine and they know what they are talking about. Mainly dealing with RUNCO video products, also known as the Ferrari of home theater products, which run from $3,000 up to about $100,000 just for a LCD tv.

Who doesn’t like free stuff? Especially when it is expert advice! Stop by the CDECA or Canadian Decorators Association booth to get a free consultation from one of the accredited interior decorators. I spoke with Kim Koa, Ken Schliemann and Darlene Hall-Barrett who each gave me some great advice. Make sure to stop by and say hi.

Stay tuned for more!

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Matt Richling is a sales representative with RE/MAX Affiliates Realty Ltd., Brokerage, Independently Owned and Operated - The opinions of the authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the RE/MAX or RE/MAX Affiliates Realty Ltd., Brokerage.