Posted: Saturday, May 3, 2014 6:00 am
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Posted on May 3, 2014
The Central Florida Landscape and Garden Fair is today and Sunday at Discovery Gardens, located at the Agriculture Center, 1951 Woodlea Rd., in Tavares. The free event will feature educational sessions, an Ask the Master Gardener class and a Plant and Garden Supply Vendors class. We even have youth activities planned. The fair is open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. today and 10 p.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday.
We have an exciting lineup of informative speakers for the event. Our first session, Florida Friendly Landscaping, will be today at 10 a.m. and will be taught by Teresa Watkins.
Steve Earls will demonstrate square-foot gardening at 11 a.m., followed by Tom MacCubbin with Edible Landscapes at 1 p.m. Geocaching will be taught by Master Gardener Anne Keller at 2:30 p.m. Our Saturday lineup will finish with Juanita Popenoe’s Beyond Citrus — Alternative Fruit Crops session at 3 p.m.
On Sunday we have two keynote speakers. At 11 a.m., Karina Veaudry will teach on Native Plants, and I will speak on Hot Plants, Cool Looks at 1:30 pm. Educational sessions will be conducted in the auditorium and at the Horticulture Learning Center.
Our children’s activities include a garden passport that youth can have signed at six of our gardening spots. Children will have access to all areas of the garden, including the children’s garden, which features a butterfly greenhouse, the five senses garden and the Mother Goose maze. We also have a seed activity planned for the youth.
Master Gardeners will be stationed at six garden spots to answer your gardening questions. The stations selected for this year’s festival are some of the most popular in the garden. The Tropical Shade Garden features bromeliads, gingers, palms and bird of paradise.
The Cottage Garden is a delightful hodge-podge of blooms, while the oriental garden is more subdued with its manicured shrubs and topiaries. Across from the oriental garden is the rose garden, which features shrub roses, hybrid teas and heirloom roses. Your interest in growing veggies will be piqued by the hydroponics area, and the butterfly house is always a popular spot as it features live butterflies and nectar plants.
We hope to see you at the Garden Fair.
Visit our plant clinic for your landscape problems and Discovery Gardens for garden ideas. Open weekdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Ag Center.
Brooke Moffis is the Residential Horticulture Agent of the UF/IFAS Lake County Extension office. Email: burnb48@ufl.edu.
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