Spring is just a few months away and to get you into the home and garden spirit, we are giving away two pairs of tickets for each of the home and garden shows in Toronto and Vancouver!

This year's Toronto edition of the National Home Show (February 20 - March 1, 2009 at the Direct Energy Centre) boasts a bunch of celebrity guests including: Colin and Justin (Colin and Justin's Home Heist), Cheryl Torrenueva (Colin and Justin's Home Heist), Igor Shamraychuk (Restaurant Makeover), Emmanuel Belliveau (World's Greenest Homes), and Scott McGillivray (Income Property) plus many many more! Top highlights to check out at this show include: a dream home built by Probuilt's Michael Upshall which encapsulates a retro-modern aesthetic mixed with a global-glam style, a beautiful and lush 32,000-square-foot indoor Dream Garden, demonstrations, advice and insight  from local experts and HGTV celebs at the HGTV "Little" Project Stage, and Ty Pennigton's (Extreme Home Makeover) open concept dwelling featuring his line of tySPIES home furnishings from around the world and his tySTYLE designed products.

This year's BC Home + Garden Show (February 18 - 22, 2009 at BC Place Stadium) boasts a bunch of celebrity guests including: Bridget Savereux (The Stagers), Alykhan Velji (The Style Dept.), DIY expert Lori Mitchell, and many more! Top highlights to look out for at this show include: presentations and outdoor entertaining tips from Vancouver's hottest chefs and barbecue gurus on the Terasen Gas Outdoor Entertaining Stage, an inspirational 650 square foot Laneway House designed to illustrate living alternatives in a city that is short on space, demonstrations, advice and insight  from local experts and HGTV celebs at the HGTV "Little" Project Stage, Ty Pennigton's series of design vignettes featuring Ty's favourite tySTYLE and tySPIES design pieces along with tips and tricks to design your own space, and an Urban Marketplace featuring art, pottery, sculpture, and fashion from local and established west coast artists and designers. 

GIVEAWAY: If you will be in the Toronto or Vancouver areas on the dates of either of these shows and would like to enter for a chance to win a pair of tickets to either the Toronto National Home Show or the BC Home + Garden Show, simply correctly answer the following question: What is the name of the host from Extreme Home Makeover that will feature his tySTYLE and tySPIES designs and products at these Home and Garden shows? (Please note that airfare and transportation expenses to the shows are not included in this giveaway.)

Email your answers to stylesheetAThgtvDOTca with either Toronto Home and Garden Show Giveaway or Vancouver Home and Garden Show Giveaway in the subject line (please see contest rules).

For those of you from Calgary and Hamilton, be sure to check out the Calgary Home + Garden Show (Feb 26 - Mar 1, 2009 at the Roundup Centre, Stampede park) and the Designs For Living Show (March 13 - 14 at the Hamilton Convention Centre).

Have fun at the shows and good luck to all of the GIVEAWAY entrants! 

This Giveaway is now closed. Congratulations to Judy M., from Vancouver, BC, Susan S., from Surrey, BC, Dawn W., from Guelph, ON, and Al G., from Richmond Hill, ON.