(West Palm Beach, FL – April 17, 2023) As the host of four major plant sales throughout the year, Friends of the Mounts Botanical Garden is inviting gardening fans to its annual Spring Plant Festival & Sale, April 29-30.
“Whether one is an avid gardener or a budding beginner, the Mounts Spring Plant Festival & Sale offers something for everyone,” says Mounts Curator-DirectorRochelle Wolberg. “This is the perfect weekend for people of all ages to come out and take advantage of the numerous unique and rare horticultural offerings available at our beautiful 20-acre oasis, located just minutes from downtown West Palm Beach,”
Visitors can shop for a wide variety of ornamentals, orchids, succulents, aroids, cactus, bonsai, butterfly/native plants, hoyas, shrubs, fruit and flowering trees, herbs, garden accessories, and much more, from stunning displays by dozens of high quality growers from throughout Florida.
One highlight of the weekend will be a special presentation by one of America’s top orchids growers: Michael Coronado, Production/Growing Manager and Vice President of R.F. Orchids in Homestead, FL. An avid orchid hunter with more than 45 years of experience, he will share his expertise on which orchids grow best in South Florida. This “don’t-miss” event will be Saturday, April 29, from 11 am to noon.
“In addition, the Mounts Botanical Garden Nursery and Vintage Garden Thrift Shop will be open with a great selection of plants and unique treasures for home and garden,” adds Wolberg.
April 29-30
Spring Plant Sale
+ Saturday: members-only preview 8:00 am to 9:00 am; open to the public 9 am to 4 pm (last entry 3:30 pm)
+ Sunday: 9:00 am to 3:00 pm (last entry at 2:30 pm)
FREE for Mounts members; $15 nonmembers (adults); $12 (seniors 65+, college students and military with ID); $7 (ages 6-17); free for children under 6 and AHS Reciprocal Admission Program members. Tickets are nonrefundable. Admissions is by credit/debit card ONLY; no cash.
To purchase tickets in advance, please visit https://www.mounts.org/events/
Participating Vendors at Mounts Spring Plant Festival & Sale
+ Atizana Inspired – handmade recycled metal wall art for home and garden
+ Aurora’s Lawn & Garden Supply – orchids
+ Backyard Blooms Florida – exotic plants and plant supplies
+ Bactra – plant stands
+ Begonia Society of the Palm Beaches– begonias
+ Bloomin’ Violets & Gesneriads of Palm Beach – African violets and other tropical plants
+ Bonsai Brothers – bonsai trees, pots, fertilizer, decorative accessories
+ Bonsai Society of the Palm Beaches
+ Bromeliad Society of the Palm Beaches – bromeliads
+ Conrad-Sunrise Hibiscus Chapter of the AHS – hybrid hibiscus
+ Cool Roses – roses and garden aprons
+ D.R. Bates Liners and Gallons – native plants, exotics and herbs
+ Direct Floral – air plants, bromeliads, succulents, Kokedamas hangers, season blooming plants
+ Evening Herb Society of Palm Beach County – herb plants
+ Fantastic Ferns – ferns, assorted houseplants, tree fern products
+ FNGLA – Palm Beach Chapter of Flowering Ornamentals & Foliage
+ Gardens Gone Wire – wire plant stands, hanging baskets, metal whimsical yard art, vintage garden items
+ Gardino Nursery – hoyas, orchids, flowering trees, vines, shrubs, fragrant plants, pre-bonsai plants, aroids, succulents
+ Greater Palm Beach Rose Society
+ Greenhouse Orchids – orchids (mounted and hanging), handmade coconut planters, bamboo planters, orchid mounting kits made of cork
+ Growing Things – banana and plantain plants
+ Hoyaplants.com – hoya plants
+ J&J Unique Orchids – orchids, bromeliads, cattleyas, dendrobiums, vandas
+ JG’s Tropical Plants – heliconia, ginger plants
+ Johns Jungle – handmade market baskets, African baskets
+ Land & Sea by Sky – wood and shell art
+ Laurel Orchids – orchids, dessert rose, other plants
+ LeafGardens – amorphophallus
+ Liquid Gold Honey – local raw organic honey
+ Lisette Cedeño Designs – orchid pots
+ Lochness Nursery – plumeria
+ Lucky Bamboo 4u – carnivorous plant, rex begonia, lucky bamboo, shade plants, aroids
+ Macs Orchids – orchids
+ Magic Nursery – citrus tree, fruit trees, bat plants, alocasia, staghorn fern
+ Marcus Coconut Arts & Crafts – crafts made from coconuts
+ Native Choice Nursery – Florida native plants
+ Nest Inn Birdhouse Studio – cypress, cedar and copper birdhouses
+ Orchid Arrangements by Maria – orchids, hoyas, air plants
+ Orchid Society of the Palm Beaches – orchids
+ Plants by Smitty – Vietnamese pottery, exotic plants
+ Powell Ceramic Art – handmade pots, plants
+ Quest Orchids – cattleyas, vandas, bare root orchid arrangements
+ R and R Orchids – orchids
+ Red Hawk Nursery – orchids, ferns, huperzia
+ Red Island Plants – succulents
+ Revival Gardening – worm castings, organic potting soil, natural soil amendments, heirloom seeds, plant starts, organic gardening supplies
+ Rooted by Two Sisters – succulents, house plants, cactus, shade plants
+ Sierra Madre Orchids and Bromeliads– orchids, bromeliads
+ Southern Native Nursery – butterfly plants, native shrubs, trees
+ Spencer’s Jupiter Farms Road Nursery – palms, fruit trees, edibles, aroids, ornamentals
+ Stars and Stripes Woodworking – wooden plant stands and baskets
+ The Owls Nest – tillandsias, orchids, tropicals
+ Tropical Oils & Incense – essential oils, perfume body oils, fragrance oils aroma lamps
+ Tropical Orchid Society – orchids
+ Xain’s World – exotic tropical plants, rare fruit trees
+ Ying Zhou – handmade pottery
A list of vendors and a location map will be posted the week of the sale on Mounts Botanical Garden’s free mobile garden guide on Bloomberg Connects.
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].
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.