Central PA’s largest home show will also feature celebrity guest experts 

Christopher Knight and Jeff Devlin

 

HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA (JANUARY 13, 2025): More than 215 of the area’s top home and garden professionals, the newest trends, and advice from celebrity experts will be available to local consumers and homeowners when the 2025 PA Home + Garden Show takes place from Thursday, Feb. 27 through Sunday, March 2 at the PA Farm Show Complex & Expo Center in Harrisburg.

As central Pennsylvania’s largest and most comprehensive home show, the four-day PA Home + Garden Show features stunning displays designed to help inspire home projects. Show attendees can shop, compare, and save while gaining new ideas and practical advice in home improvement, gardening and landscaping, and interior design, all in a vibrant marketplace showcasing home-related products and services.

As Show Manager Jenna Naffin said, “The PA Home + Garden Show is the one-stop shop for everything home-related. It provides local homeowners and consumers with the top resources and professionals, along with ideas and inspiration, to assist them with all of their home projects.”

Celebrity guest experts

Celebrity guest experts who’ll share their home design and improvement experience and insights with show attendees will be Christopher Knight and Pennsylvania’s own Jeff Devlin:

• Christopher Knight, owner of the home furnishings line Christopher Knight Home and known and loved from his role as Peter Brady in the timeless classic TV show The Brady Bunch (and who participated in HGTV’s series A Very Brady Renovation) will appear in a Q & A on Saturday, March 1 at 1 p.m. and Sunday, March 2 at 1 p.m.

• Jeff Devlin, the Chester County, PA-based master carpenter, contractor and home renovator with a specialty in historic homes, will talk on “How to Hire A Contractor” on Friday, Feb. 28 at 6 p.m. and Saturday, March 1 at 11 a.m. Jeff is well known from HGTV and DIY/Magnolia Network shows, including I Hate My Bath, Spice Up My Kitchen, Ellen’s Design Challenge, Most Embarrassing Rooms, Stone House Revival, and many others.

 

 

Exclusive features

• Expansive garden displays and outdoor living exhibits showcasing the latest trends (including a golf-themed feature garden) and offering endless inspiration, created by A.H. Reiff Landscape Supply, QnC Construction, Burdge’s Water Gardens and Jesse James Hardscaping

• An abundance of spring plants and flowers from local greenhouses and purveyors, including Ashcombe Farm and Greenhouses’ mobile plant shop, Fern, and Palmyra Greenhouse’s vintage flower-filled truck, Rosie

• Plant Bar where visitors can make their own potted creations to bring home, and a fully-stocked Garden Market loaded with plants, gifts and decor, both from Plantscapes By Design

• Let it Grow! Visitors with gardening questions can stop by this area to consult experts from local environmental and horticultural groups who can help provide solutions and tips

• Bar Sheds: Add more fun to your backyard with these bar sheds built by skilled students from Cumberland-Perry Area Career & Technical Center and Dauphin County Technical School

• The Peaceful Pavilion 20’ x 20’ timber frame pavilion by Timberhaven Log & Timber Homes, designed to add a warm and tranquil space to your yard

• Local libations and more: The relaxing Wine Garden from Juniata Valley Winery, and Hazard’s Distillery’s Whiskey Backyard with popular backyard games

• The inviting Backyard Oasis by Backyard Bliss, designed to show how family members can play and enjoy picnics (and more) together in their own yard

• “Ease of Living” design room demonstrating the desirable concept of “carefree and comfortable,” marrying beauty and function, designed by David’s Interiors

• Ask A Garden Expert! Visitors with questions about home gardens, plants or other garden-related inquiries can visit the Ask A Garden Expert! booth in the Garden Hall, and get answers from Harrisburg Garden Club members

• Ask A Designer! Questions about home design, or not sure where to start with your planning? Expert Abby Fitzgerald, interior designer and owner of Fitz Haus Interior Design, will be available in the Ask A Designer! Booth to assist you

• Home Depot Kids Workshops are a free, hands-on learning experience that encourages skill-building and creativity in children ages 5-12, who follow step-by-step instructions and learn to work with hand tools like hammers and screwdrivers, and painting

• Specialty markets: Harrisburg’s Homegrown Market offers unique items from local artisans and retailers, and The Barking Lot pet market, filled with treats, toys and accessories for four- legged family members, from which a portion of sales will help support Canine Rescue of Central PA

• Doggy Fashion Show on Sat. March 1 at 12 p.m. featuring a crowd-pleasing parade of adorable, adoptable dogs from Canine Rescue of Central PA

 

Tickets & discounts

• $11 each for adults at the box office, and free for children ages 12 and under.

• Get a $2 discount when purchasing tickets online through February 26

• Senior Day – Thursday, Feb. 27

All show visitors age 60 and over receive a 50% discount on admission at the box office (with valid ID)

• Hero Day – Friday, Feb. 28

All active military personnel, veterans, firefighters, police, first responders, nurses, doctors and teachers get one free admission at the box office (with valid ID)

• Friends & Family Day – Sunday, March 2

Visitors will enjoy 2-for-1 tickets after 1 p.m. and fun family activities such as free face painting for kids

• The Book Bank benefitting The Four Diamonds Fund & Children’s Miracle Network Show visitors who bring a new book to donate to the Book Bank at Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, PA to help to build a “library of love,” will receive $2 off tickets at the box office. The children undergoing treatments at the center will be able to enjoy the books together with their families during a difficult time for them.

 

Location

PA Farm Show Complex & Expo Center (Main Hall), 2300 N. Cameron Street (at Maclay), Harrisburg, PA 17110. Enter the parking lot as directed and enter using the Maclay Street entrance.

More info & social media

For show hours, tickets, parking info and more, visit www.pahomeshow.com. Follow the PA Home + Garden Show on Facebook and Instagram.

 

 

Information provided to TVL by:
Elise Brown