Santa Monica Mayor Richard Bloom and Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce President/CEO Laurel Rosen try out the new Interactive Mattress during the 35th Annual Home Remodeling & Decorating Show at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium on Saturday, March 5, 2011.

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The oldest and largest continually running home show in Southern California is this year emphasizing "Green Products" and special workshops on "Greening your Home One Step at a Time" and the City of Santa Monica's Energy and Green Building department will offer advice.

 

There are a number of do-it-yourself workshops, cooking demonstrations with Santa Monica farmers market chefs, gardening tips offered by radio and TV master gardner Nick Federoff and Feng Shui techniques for the home from author and design professional P.K. Odie. Several gourmet food trucks will be parked at the show including Border Grill, Baby's Badass Burgers and Frysmith gourmet French fries. The Santa Monica Red Cross will be offering emergency preparedness kits for home use in case of earthquakes, floods, fires or any other household emergencies.

 

The show runs through Sunday.

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