Mounts Botanical Garden Invites Plant Fans to Five Fun and Informative Events During May & June

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - April 18, 2018 - PRLog -- Mounts Botanical Garden of Palm Beach County Invites the Public to Five Fun and Informative Horticultural Events During May & June

+ Beatify Your Yard with South Florida Native Plants – May 6

+ 14th Annual Connoisseurs Garden Tour – May 12-13

+ Plants Can't Run Away … But They Do Have Awesome Coping Skills – May 22

+ Farm Your Backyard: Vegetable Growing – June 9

+ Taste of the Topics – June 17

(West Palm Beach, FL – April 12, 2018) Friends of the Mounts Botanical Garden will be hosting five fun and informative horticultural events during May and June, including the 14th annual Connoisseurs Garden Tour (a Mother's Day Weekend tradition), the annual Taste of the Tropics on Father's Day,  three helpful workshops, and the last chance to experience the ecology-themed exhibition, WASHED ASHORE: Art to Save the Sea, which closes on June 3.

May

Beautify Your Garden with South Florida Native Plants

+ Sunday, May 6 – 10 to 11:30 am

Mounts Exhibit Hall A

$15 for members; $20 for nonmembers

Instructor: Jeff Nurge, Florida Native Gardening & Native Choice Nursery

Learn about the selection and placement of Florida native plants to maximize their beauty using the principles of texture, color and hardscape and to minimize the use of water and pesticides. In addition, participants will review best practices for maintaining native plants once they have incorporated them in their own landscape.

14th Annual Connoisseurs Garden Tour

by Art By Nature Garden Center

+ Saturday, May 12 – 9 am to 4 pm

+ Sunday, May 13 – 11 am to 4 pm

$25 for members; $35 for nonmembers (includes admission to WASHED ASHORE at Mounts Botanical Garden)

Spend Mother's Day weekend with family and friends touring a variety of beautiful private gardens in Palm Beach County. The owners of each individual garden are giving people a unique opportunity to visit at their own pace and sequence, so take one day or two for this memorable self-guided tour.

Note: Tickets are available for purchase at Art By Nature Garden Center and at the Mounts Garden Shop, or online at www.mounts.org/events.

Plants Can't Run Away … But They Have Awesome Coping Skills

+ Tuesday, May 22 – 10 to 11:30 am

Mounts Auditorium

$20 for members; $25 for nonmembers

Instructor: George Rogers, Ph.D, Palm Beach State College

Using PowerPoint and walking around the Garden, participants will look at some of the surprising and complex ways plants have of dealing with all of the stresses of life – poor soils, too much and too little water, wind, sun and shade, heat and frost, competition, microbes, fungi and the thousand things that want to eat them.

June

Farm Your Backyard: Vegetable Growing

+ Saturday, June 9 – 9 am to Noon

Mounts Exhibit Hall A

$15 for members; $20 for nonmembers

Instructor: Arthur Kirstein, Agriculture Economic Development Coordinator

Learn the secrets of vegetable gardening in South Florida. The focus of this
workshop is to implement successful agricultural techniques to manage
small vegetable projects. Tips and techniques on site preparation, seedling
establishment, planting, maintenance and harvesting will be covered.

Taste of the Tropics

+ Sunday, June 17 – 10 am to 4 pm

FREE for members and children 12 and under; $10 for nonmembers

Mounts Botanical Garden will celebrate all dads at this tasty Father's Day event. The entire family can enjoy enjoy live music, kid's activities, and everything
tropical including tropical fruit tastings, demonstrations, tropical food, spices
and herbs, tropical wine, beer and teas and a Tropical Fruit Plant Sale.

Closing on June 3

WASHED ASHORE:

Art to Save the Sea

Daily – 10 am to 4 pm

Throughout the Garden

FREE for members and children 4 and under; $15 for nonmembers; $ 5 for children (5-12); group tours are $18 per person (5 and older)

This is your last chance to see this exciting exhibit featuring 10- giant sea life sculptures made entirely of marine debris collected from beaches to graphically illustrate the tragedy of plastic pollution in oceans and waterways, and to encourage conservation. The impressive sculptures are located throughout the Garden's 14 acres and are sure to captivate people of all ages, while emphasizing the critical importance of environmental conservation and sustainability.

Note: Tickets are available for purchase at the Garden's main gate. To schedule a group tour, call 561-233-1757.

Note:

To register for any of the events and workshops at The Mounts Botanical Garden of Palm Beach County, go online at www.mounts.org/events or call 561.233.1757.  Events at Mounts are accessible to people with disabilities.

About Mounts Botanical Garden of Palm Beach County:

With a mission to inspire the public, Mounts Botanical Garden is Palm Beach County's oldest and largest botanical garden, offering gorgeous displays of tropical and sub-tropical plants, plus informative classes, workshops, and other fun-filled events. The Garden contains more than 2,000 species of plants, including Florida native plants, exotic and tropical fruit trees, herbs, palms, bromeliads and more. Mounts Botanical Garden is a facility of the Palm Beach County Extension Service, which is in partnership with the University of Florida and Friends of the Mounts Botanical Garden. Mounts is located at 531 North Military Trail in West Palm Beach.

Mounts Botanical Garden is open daily (except Palm Beach County recognized holidays) from 10 am to 4 pm. For more information, please call 561.233.1757 or visit www.mounts.org.

Available for Interview:

Rochelle Wolberg, Curator-Director

Mounts Botanical Garden

561.233.1730 / rwolberg@pbcgov.org

Media Contact:

Gary Schweikhart, PR-BS, Inc.

561.756.4298 / gary@pr-bs.net