To Host Always Popular
Plant-a-Palooza Fall Plant Sale
November 2-3, 2024
(West Palm Beach, FL – October 24, 2024) Returning soon with an autumnal horticultural flourish is the always popular Plant-a-Palooza Fall Plant Sale, Saturday and Sunday, November 2-3, hosted by Friends of the Mounts Botanical Garden.
“As one of our biggest plant sales of the year, thisFall ‘fun-in-the-sun’ plant sale will showcase more than 70 high-quality vendors in select Garden areas throughout our 20-acre tropical paradise,” promises Mounts Interim Director Misty Stoller. “Whether you are an avid gardener or a budding beginner, our Plant-a-Palooza Fall Plant Sale offers something for anyone with a green thumb.”
November 2-3
Plant-a-Palooza Fall Plant Sale
+ Saturday: Members-Only Preview, 8:00 am to 9:00 am; Open to the Public, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. (Last entry at 3:30 pm)
+ Sunday: Open to the Public, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. (Last entry at 2:30 pm)
Mounts Botanical Garden’s Plant-a-Palooza Fall Plant Sale features the finest plantgrowers, artisans, and experts from across the State of Florida. Visitors can fully engage in the world of plants and learn new gardening techniques, discover what’s trending in floral design, and enjoy Mounts Botanical’s tranquil tropical oasis all at the same time.
- 70+ highly sought-after top growers and artisan vendors.
- Shop a wide variety of rare, exotic, and hard-to-find orchids, plants, trees, herbs, ornamentals, succulents, cactus, bonsai, butterfly/native plants, shrubs, and fruit trees, as well as garden accessories, baskets, fine crafts, and more.
- Learn about South Florida’s plant culture by speaking directly with growers.
- Fun and informative presentations by speakers and authors who are experts in their respective fields.
- Plus, additional horticultural ‘must-haves’ and unique treasures for your home and garden are also available in the Garden’s Gift Shop, Nursery, and Vintage Garden Thrift Shop.
- Food and dessert trucks will also be at the Garden throughout both days.
Admission is FREE for Mounts Members, AHS Reciprocal Program Members, children under 6; $20 adults; $18 seniors 65+, college students, military with ID; $13 ages 6-17
Note: Admission is by credit/debit card ONLY; no cash. Tickets are nonrefundable.
To purchase tickets in advance, please visit: https://www.mounts.org/events/2024-11/mounts.org
SPECIAL PLANT-A-PALOOZA PRESENTATION
FREE with Plant Sale Admission.
No registration required, but space is limited to first-come basis.
** Saturday, November 2 at 11 am
Common Issues in Your Landscape
with Mike Sands from Tangled Roots Nursery
From trees to turf and times of year, during this presentation Mike Sands from Tangled Roots Orchid Nursery will talk about pest and fungus issues found in Florida landscapes.
A certified horticulturist and Master Naturalist who works for the City of Wellington as the head horticulturalist and head spray tech, Sands holds four different spray licenses through the state of Florida that include ornamental and turf, right of away, aquatic, and natural area. He has been with the city for the last 12 years after serving nine years in the army. At his nursery Tangled Roots, they specialize in bifoliate cattleyas, the misunderstood cattleya.
Mike Sands is also a past president of a local orchid society and is being voted in on the board of the local Florida Nursery Growers and Landscape Association (FNGLA). He started making 3D printed pots that are biodegradable after about five years. He has also developed a fertilizer line that will be released in August. Their fertilizer line has three different types: a 20-20-20 with a built-in bacterial fungicide, which is a mix of copper and zinc (don’t worry it’s safe for Dendrobiums!); a 0-52-34 which focuses on roots and buds as well a preventive bacterial fungicide; and a 35-20-20 which has cal/mag built right into it, as well as a bacterial fungicide. Sands lives in Florida with our rainy season, wants to make plants as strong as possible, and has been using all three of these products in the nursery for the last two years.
PLANT-A-PALOOZA FALL PLANT SALE VENDORS
Atizana Inspired
Backyard Blooms FL
Bactra
Begonia Society of the Palm Beaches
Bloomin Violets & Gesneriads of Palm Beach
Bonsai Brothers
Bonsai Society of the Palm Beaches
Bromeliad Society of the Palm Beaches
Broward Orchid Supply & Services
Conrad-Sunrise Chapter of the American Hibiscus Society, Inc.
D.R. Bates Liners & Gallons
Dan & Margie Orchids
Dee Vine Candles
Direct Floral
Fantastic Ferns, LLC
Freund Flowering Trees
FTEstudios
Gardino Nursery
Grand LUX Flowers & Trees LLC
Green Vibes
Greenhouse Orchids
Growing Things
Hartley Farm Citrus
HoyaPlants.com
J&J Unique Orchids
J.G.’s Tropicals
Jax’s Jungle
Jesse Durko’s Nursery
Jim-N-I Orchids
Johns Jungle Handmade Market Baskets
Karts of All Kinds
Kool Treats by Mama Dukes
Kreative Gardens
Laurel Orchids
LeafGardens
Life is a Koconut
Liquid Gold Honey
Lochness Nursery
Lucky Bamboo 4 U Flowers and Plants
Mac’s Orchids
Magic Nursery
Marcus Coconut Crafts
Mounts Nursery
Native Choice Nursery
Nest Inn Bird House Studio
Olena’s Design
OMG That’s Good
Orchid Society of the Palm Beaches
Orchidique, Inc.
Palm Beach Chapter of the Rare Fruit Council International
Palm Beach County Woodturner
Peter’s Crotons & Cordylines
Plant Madness
Plants by Smitty
Powell Ceramic Art
Prana Farms
Quest Orchids Inc.
Red Hawk Nursery
Revival Gardening
Rooted by Two Sisters
Sierra Madre Orchids & Bromeliads
Spencer’s Jupiter Farms Road Nursery, LLC
Stars & Stripes Woodworking
Tangled Roots Orchid Nursery
The Evening Herb Society of Palm Beach County
Tropical Bamboo Nursery & Gardens
Tropical Exotique
Tropical Orchid Society
UF/IFAS Master Gardener
Vina Planters
We Jammin-Love Nest Kitchens
Xain’s World
Yellow Green Exotic Garden
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. 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].
About Mounts Botanical Garden of Palm Beach County:
With a mission to inspire and educate through nature, Mounts Botanical Garden is Palm Beach County’s oldest and largest botanical garden. Visitors to this 20-acre tropical oasis will see an acclaimed collection of 25 unique garden areas containing more than 7,000 species of tropical and sub-tropical plants, including Florida natives, exotic and tropical fruit trees, herbs, palms, roses, cactus, bromeliads and much more. Mounts Botanical Garden is part of the Palm Beach County Cooperative Extension Department, in partnership with the University of Florida and the non-profit Friends of the Mounts Botanical Garden. This project is sponsored in part by The Board of County Commissioners, the Tourist Development Council, and the Cultural Council for Palm Beach County. Mounts Botanical is located at 531 North Military Trail in West Palm Beach. For more information, please visit www.mounts.org.