Mounts Botanical Garden Invites the Public to Several Hands-on Events in April & May

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Mounts Botanical Garden
Mounts Botanical Garden
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - April 4, 2019 - PRLog -- Mounts Botanical Garden of Palm Beach County Invites the Public to Several Hands-on Events and Plant-A-Palooza in April & May, Including the Eco-Exhibition CUTTING CORNERS: A Stickwork Exhibit

+ Succulents 101 – April 4

+ Grooming the Garden – April 6, May 4

+ Mounts 20th Annual Spring Benefit – April 7

+ Plant-A-Palooza: Annual Spring Plant Sale – April 27-28

(West Palm Beach, FL – March 22, 2019) Friends of the Mounts Botanical Garden will be hosting several horticulturally informative events during April and May, as well as the always popular Plant-A-Palooza. Visitors to Mounts will also want to experience the amazing eco-exhibition, CUTTING CORNERS: A Stickwork Exhibit, which will be on display through summer and beyond.

Succulents 101

Thursday, April 4 – 10 to 11:30 am

Mounts Auditorium

$25 for Mounts members; $35 for nonmembers.

Learn the secrets to caring for these low-maintenance plants. Succulent enthusiasts will learn how to create a color wheel container composition, stress their plants to reveal beautiful hues, and make a dazzling floral-style arrangement. Tips will be shared on how to choose and care for succulents that thrive in low-light areas.

Grooming the Garden

Saturday, April 2 & May 4 – starting at 8:30 am

Mounts Botanical Gift Shop

FREE for Mounts members

For anyone who ever wanted to get "hands on" in Mounts Botanical Garden, this is the perfect opportunity. On the first Saturday every month, volunteers—whether they are new to gardening or have a certified green thumb—are invited to assist with weeding and pruning in selected areas of the Garden. No RSVO or experience is required. Just show up—but remember to bring sunscreen, hat, gloves, and water. For questions, email mallory@mounts.org.

Mounts 20th Annual Spring Benefit

Sunday, April 7 – 5:30 to 8 pm

At a private garden in Palm Beach

$175 per person

Friends of the Mounts Botanical Garden is hosting this enchanting annual fundraising event that will feature an open bar, hors d'oeuvres, live music by the Neil Bacher Trio, and a lavish silent auction featuring a diverse array of rare and exotic plants, orchids and eye-catching arrangements. The Benefit co-chairs are the current and past presidents of Friends of the Mounts Botanical Garden: Sandy Smith and Polly Reed. Tickets are available for purchase by calling Linda Ruark at 561.233.1796.

Plant-A-Palooza

Annual Spring Plant Sale

+ Saturday, April 27 – 9 am to 4 pm

+ Sunday, April 28 – 9 am to 3 pm

Throughout the Garden & in the Exhibit Halls

FREE for Mounts Members; $10 for non-members

This two-day annual event features more than 80 vendors with everything one needs for a home garden, including rare, exotic and hard-to-find plants, trees, herbs and garden accessories, with additional horticultural "must-haves" available for purchase in the Mounts Botanical Gift Shop Nursery and Vintage Shop.

Note: Mounts members can enjoy early entrance at 8 am on Saturday and enjoy a continental breakfast in the Member Hospitality Chickee Hut.

Also at Mounts Throughout April & May

CUTTING CORNERS:

A Stickwork Exhibition

Daily – 10 am to 4 pm

Mounts The Great Lawn

FREE for members; $10 for nonmembers; $5 for children ages 5-12

This awe-inspiring new eco-exhibition is part of the Garden's 40th Anniversary Ruby Jubilee celebration and runs through June. Located in the Great Lawn area of the Garden, this interactive, environmental exhibit features an original, massive, stickwork sculpture designed by internationally acclaimed artist Patrick Dougherty and created on site through a "community build"  by 106 volunteers utilizing 30,000 pounds of willow. The exhibition invites visitors to wander through, admire, and become part of a living art experience.

Note: Tickets are available for purchase at www.mounts.org or 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 and educate through nature, 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. Two recent additions to Mounts include Windows on the Floating World: Blume Tropical Wetland Garden and the Zen-like Garden of Tranquility. 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
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