Mounts Botanical Garden to Host Popular WINTER PLANT-A-PALOOZA Plant Sale, Feb. 11-12

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Jan. 27, 2023 - PRLog -- (West Palm Beach, FL – January 26, 2023) Returning next month with a horticultural flourish is the always popular Winter Plant-a-Palooza Plant Sale, Saturday and Sunday, February 11-12, hosted by Friends of the Mounts Botanical Garden.

"This fun-in-the-sun plant sale will showcase dozens of high-quality vendors in select Garden areas throughout our 20-acre tropical paradise, offering a great selection of plants, shrubs, trees, and garden accessories," promises Mounts Curator-Director Rochelle Wolberg. "Whether you are an avid gardener or a budding beginner, Winter Plant-a-Palooza offers something for everyone."

Reinforcing Mounts Botanical Garden's theme of 'The Year of the Orchid,' the two-day sale will feature stunning displays from, among others, Jesse Durko's Nursery, Dan & Margie Orchids, R&R Orchids, J&J Unique Orchids, and Jim-N-I Orchids.

In addition, renowned Vandas orchid expert Dr. Martin Motes will give a talk in the Garden's Exhibit Hall on Saturday, February 11, at 11 am. A second-generation orchidist who has been growing orchids for 40 years Dr. Motes is president of Motes Orchids, a major breeder of Vandas. He has produced hundreds of new hybrids, for which he has received scores of American Orchid Society awards, and won gold, silver, and bronze medals at the 18^th World Orchid Conference in Dijon, France. An accredited AOS judge, he has spoken at orchid conferences around the world. Dr. Motes, who has observed tropical orchids growing in the wild, will be selling and signing his books.

For a complete list of Plant-a-Palooza vendors, please visit the free mobile garden guide on Bloomberg Connects at https://www.mounts.org/mobile-garden-guide/.

Winter Plant-a-Palooza Plant Sale

Saturday, February 11

+ 8 am to 9 am Members-Only VIP Preview

+ 9 am to 4 pm open to public (last entry at 3:30 pm)

Sunday, February 12

+ 9 am to 3 pm open to public (last entry at 2:30 pm)

Admission:

+ FREE for Mounts members, children 5 and under, and AHS Reciprocal Admission Program members

+ $15 for nonmember adults

+ $12 for seniors 65+, active military, and college students with ID

+ $7 for ages, 6-17

Tickets are available for purchase at www.mounts.org

Attached Jpeg:

An orchid shopper at a previous Mounts Plant Sale

(Photo Credit: Jacek Photography)

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