|
2010
Florida Wildflower & Garden
Festival
March 27, 2010 9:00am-4:00pm
West
Indiana Ave.,
Downtown DeLand
Free
Parking and Admission
Event
Flyer
Family-friendly
programs, hands-on
demonstrations, off-site field trips,
wildflower
and general
gardening vendors and more!
Speaker
Schedule
(9 a.m. to
4 p.m., Athens Theatre, 124 N.
Florida Ave., DeLand)
|
9:00 – 9:15
|
Welcome –
Background, Agenda, Festival Events, Announcements, Recognition of
Sponsors and Wildflower Committee
|
|
9:15 –
10:00
|
Planting
Seeds for Florida’s Natural Future
Jeff
Caster, Florida Wildflower Foundation Board Chairman
|
|
10:00 –
10:30
|
Stopping
to Smell the Roses
Herb
Hiller, Author, Lecturer, and Strategic Planner
|
|
10:30 –
11:15
|
Growing
Native Wildflowers and Wildflower Seed Production
Jeff
Norcini, Ph.D., OecoHort Consulting
|
|
11:15 –
12:00
|
Native
Wildflowers by the Season
Walter
Taylor, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, University of Central Florida
|
|
12:00 –
1:00
|
Landscaping
with Edible Plants
Tom
MacCubbin, UF/IFAS Extension Agent Emeritus and Radio and television
host of “Better Lawns and Gardens”
|
|
1:00 – 1:45
|
Landscaping
with Native Plants & Wildflowers
Karen
Stauderman, UF/IFAS Urban/Residential Horticulture Agent
|
|
1:45 – 2:30
|
Sustainable
Florida Gardening
Ginny
Stibolt, M.S., Author of “Sustainable Gardening for Florida”
|
|
2:30 – 3:15
|
Making
Wildflower Honey
Bill
and Marion Frederickson, Owners, Frederickson Apiaries
|
|
3:15 – 4:00
|
Butterflies
in the Florida Garden & Butterfly Release
Chere
Clark, Owner, Clark Butterfly Farms
|
Please
note that speakers and times are
subject to change
Stick around
after the festival for the free
Peace, Love &
Wildflowers Concert with music by
the Groovers & the Shakers!
6-9 p.m.
March 27 * West Indiana Avenue
Prizes for
the Best Hippie Dude and Best
Hippie Chick costumes
Love Bead and
T-shirt sales will benefit
Florida’s wildflowers
Event Flyer
Vendors
In
addition
to wildflower education, the festival features vendors who provide
information,
wildflower and gardening-themed products, and arts and crafts related
to
general gardening, native plant gardening, gardening for birds,
butterflies and
wildlife, habitat creation, environmental conservation, recycling and
"Green" living. We are not accepting food vendor applications at this
time. Vendor
Application
Field
Trips
1:00pm-3:00pm
Native Plants of Longleaf Pine
Preserve - Ray Jarrett, Division of Plant Industry
2:00pm-4:00pm Forest Groves Wildflower Farm – J.R. Newbold, President
2:00pm-4:00pm Vera Lea Rinker Garden at Stetson University – Bill
Gilbert
Field
trips are free. However,
participants are responsible for their own transportation to the
sites.
Spaces are limited and pre-registration is required. Please
contact David
Griffis for details: 386-822-5778.
FREE
shuttle to and from the DeLand Outdoor Art
Festival so you
may enjoy both
great events!
|
