(PRESS RELEASE)_(West Palm Beach, FL – October 30, 2023) Returning this weekend with an autumnal horticultural flourish is the always popular Fall Plant-a-Palooza Plant Sale, Saturday and Sunday, November 4-5, hosted by Friends of the Mounts Botanical Garden—now with some special added attractions. “This Fall Fun-in-the-Sun plant sale will showcase more than 70 high-quality vendors in select Garden areas throughout our 20-acre tropical paradise, offering a great variety of rare, exotic, and hard-to-find orchids, plants, trees, herbs, ornamentals, succulents, cactus, bonsai, butterfly/native plants, shrubs and fruit trees, and so much more,” promises Mounts Curator-Director Rochelle Wolberg while revealing some new added attractions, including: · What is Grafting?
Special Presentation by the Rare Fruit Council, Palm Beach Chapter A discussion on why grafting is important, plus an informative demonstration of fruit tree grafting techniques. Saturday, November 4 at 1 pm Mounts Exhibit Hall · Special Members Only Discounts 20% Off at Mounts Gift Shop and Vintage Thrift Shop 60% Off pots during the Fall Plant Sale “Whether you are an avid gardener or a budding beginner, Fall Plant-a-Palooza offers something for anyone with a green thumb,” adds Wolberg. “The Fall Plant-a-Palooza Plant Sale offers the perfect opportunity to learn about South Florida’s plant culture by speaking directly with growers, or by attending one of several fun and informative presentations by expert speakers in their respective fields. Visitors can also browse among horticultural ‘must haves’ and unique treasures in the Mounts Nursery and Vintage Garden Thrift Shop. In addition, food and desert trucks will be at Mounts Botanical Garden both days.” Among the amazing, top quality vendors at Plant-a-Palooza will be Atizana Inspired, Aurora's Lawn & Garden Supply, Backyard Blooms FL, BACTRA Orchid Benches, Bloomin Violets & Gesneriads of Palm Beach, Bonsai Brothers, Bonsai Society of the Palm Beaches, Bromeliad Society of the Palm Beaches, Broward Orchid Supply, Conrad-Sunrise Chapter of the American Hibiscus Society, Inc., D.R. Bates, Dan & Margie Orchids, Direct Floral, Evening Herb Society of the Palm Beaches, Fantastic Ferns, FNGLA (Florida Nursery Growers & Landscape Association, Palm Beach Chapter), Freund Flowering Trees, Gardens Gone Wire, Gardino Nursery, Go Tropical Plants, Greenhouse Orchids, Groovy Growing, Growing Things, Hang-A-Pot, HoyaPlants.com, J&J Unique Orchids, J.G.'s Tropical Plants, Jesse Durko's Nursery, Jim-N-I Orchids, Johns Jungle African Market Baskets, Kreative Gardens, Laurel Orchids, LeafGardens, Lili and Alex Atelier, Liquid Gold Honey, Lisette Cedano Designs, Lochness Nursery, Lucky Bamboo 4 U, Macs Orchids, Magic Nursery, Marcus Coconut Crafts, Mounts Nursery, Mounts Water Booth, Native Choice Nursery, Nest Inn Bird House Studio, Olena's Design, Orchid Society of the Palm Beaches, Owl's Nest, Palm Beach Chapter of the Rare Fruit Council International, Peter's Crotons & Cordylines, Plants by Smitty, Quest Orchids, Red Hawk Nursery, Revival Gardening, Rooted by Two Sisters, Sierra Madre Orchids & Bromeliads, Southern Native Nursery, Spencer's Jupiter Farms Road Nursery, Stars & Stripes Woodworking, Tangled Roots, The Branch, Tropical Bamboo Nursery, Tropical Oils & Incense, Tropical Orchid Society, UF/IFAS Master Gardener, Xain's World, and Yellow Green Exotic Garden. A complete Fall Plant Sale location map will be posted the week of the event and will be accessible online on the free mobile garden guide on Bloomberg Connects at https://www.mounts.org/mobile-garden-guide/. Fall Plant-a-Palooza Plant Sale Saturday, November 4 + 8 am to 9 am Members-Only VIP Preview + 9 am to 4 pm open to public (last entry at 3:30 pm) Sunday, November 5 + 9 am to 3 pm open to public (last entry at 2:30 pm) Admission: + FREE for Mounts members, children 5 and under, and AHS Reciprocal Admission Program members + $15 for nonmember adults + $12 for seniors 65+, active military, and college students with ID + $7 for ages, 6-17 Notes: Admission is by credit/debit card ONLY; no cash. Nonrefundable tickets are available for purchase at https://www.mounts.org/event/fall-2023-plant-a-palooza-plant-sale/. Mounts Botanical Garden & Bloomberg Connects Explore Anytime, Anywhere with New Mobile Garden Guide Visitors can now explore Mounts Botanical Garden anytime from anywhere across the globe with the new Mobile Garden Guide. Recently launched in partnership with Bloomberg Connects, the free arts and cultural app created by Bloomberg Philanthropies, the guide is designed to elevate and enrich the visitor experience by making it easy to discover more of what people love before, during, and after their visit to the Garden. Multi-media content includes maps and information on Mounts Botanical’s 25 display gardens, art in the garden, and current and upcoming exhibitions, as well as an ever-growing spectrum of new photo, audio, and video content available exclusively via the app. To learn more and download the app, visit www.mounts.org/mobile-garden-guide/ [mounts.org]. Comments are closed.
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