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Preview spring with daffodils and more at the annual NJ Flower and Garden Show in Edison.

(Star Ledger file photo)

The 13th Annual New Jersey Flower & Garden Show will be held this coming weekend (Feb. 12-15) at the NJ Convention Center in Edison.

In keeping with the show's theme "The Great American Novel", the New Jersey Nursery and Landscape Association will be featuring a Great Gatsby garden inspired by the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel about extravagant life and times of Jay Gatsby and the roaring 20's in America. This garden captures the essence of high class and decadent garden parties that were common on the affluent East Coast, organizers said in a press release.

NJNA Executive Director Dominick Mondi will use the show to launch the 420 -member trade association's version of the nationwide Plant Something campaign thanks to a specialty crop block grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Benefits of planting include higher property values, increased health and well being, and improved environmental quality -- not to mention the fun and satisfaction that come from planting something and watching it grow, the association said.

Produced by MAC Events of Spring Lake, the show features display gardens, a standard flower show compliments of the Garden Club of New Jersey, lectures on horticultural topics and a garden marketplace with everything from wheelbarrows to wind chimes.

Show hours are 1 to 8 p.m. Feb. 12, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Feb. 13 and 14, and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Feb. 15. Tickets are $15 for adults, $6 for youngsters 12 to 17, and $10 for seniors on Feb. 12 and 13 only. Discount coupons and more information are available at macevents.com. The convention center is at 97 Sunfield Ave., Edison.