The 29th annual Tacoma Home & Garden Show opens today, and green thumbs around the South Sound couldn't be happier.

This year, the expo at the Tacoma Dome features a "Vintage Market," kitchen & bath trends, spectacular gardens, how-to seminars and more.

It runs today through Sunday.

The state's largest combined home and garden event is bigger than ever--introducing visitors to a huge range of products and services available to help with their home, indoor and outdoor decorating and improvement needs.

Organizers say the state's largest combined home and garden event is grander
than ever. The lineup includes:

• The "Vintage Market" shopping area, spotlighting repurposed and "shabby-chic" items for the garden and home offered by over 20 local vendors.  One-of-a-kind treasures-ranging from vintage furniture and signage to grandmother's aprons, industrial metal carts--and that elusive chicken feeder light fixture-are among the fun and functional items for sale.
• Two new idea-generating showcase kitchens will be created under the dome by the Puget Sound Chapter of the National Kitchen & Bath Association. Sponsored by Viking, this display spotlights the latest generation of appliances, cabinetry and labor-saving features.
• For those planning upcoming garden projects, around-the-clock seminars will be presented by top garden experts including Ciscoe Morris, Marianne Binetti, Marty Wingate, Melinda Myers and others. Gardeners will also be inspired by the feature gardens created by top area landscape contractors, including SK
  Landscaping, Marenakos Rock Center and the Washington Association of Landscape Professionals.
• Great buys on plants are also part of the mix at the Plant Market, featuring hundreds of colorful and unique plants. Bark & Garden Center, from Olympia, will be bringing rare miniature conifers, blooming daphnes and hellebores, house plants, trees and shrubs and much more.

WHAT: The 2012 Tacoma Home & Garden Show

WHEN: Today through Sunday; Hours are 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., Wednesday and Thursday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday.

HOW MUCH: $10 for adults; $8 seniors (62 and older) weekdays only, free (with ID) for American Horticulture Society Members and free to children 16 and under. Two Day Passes are $16 for adults and $12.00 for seniors. Weekday Discount Coupons are available online at www.otshows.com.