March 19, 2022 - March 20, 2022 | ALL DAY
DESCRIPTION
This is Gainesville's premier horticultural event. The Spring Garden Festival at Kanapaha Botanical Gardens features about 125 booths offering plants, landscape displays, ย garden accessories, arts and crafts, educational exhibits and, of course, foods. Also featured are a children's activities area and live entertainment. Parking is free.
The Spring Garden Festival is an annual celebration held at the Kanapaha Botanical Gardens located in southwest Gainesville, Florida. ย The Festival has about 125 booths including many where patrons can ย select from a variety of plants to add color, shade and beauty to their ย yards and gardens. Patrons can also purchase garden related products ย including tools, furniture and outdoor decorations.
In addition there ย are booths staffed by local gardening and environmental organizations ย where patrons can gather information about plants, ponds, pests, the environment at large, and a variety of other topics. There are also a number of booths presented by artisans who create a wide range of fine arts and crafts for your home or garden. No festival would be complete ย without a large variety of foods available along with picnic areas where they can be enjoyed.ย
The Festival has a stage featuring live local ย entertainers. Young visitors will enjoy our free Childrenโs Activities Area where they can pot plants, create floral arrangements, design ย newspaper hats and be involved in a wide variety of supervised ย activities.ย
The Spring Garden Festival is filled with activities and ย opportunities to gather information, and purchase plants or other garden ย related products.ย There is plenty of food, and entertainment, and ย seating areas so everyone can enjoy their stay at the festival.ย ย Comfortable shoes, broad brimmed hats and sunscreen can make the hours ย of meandering through the festival more enjoyable. The festival is ย located in grassy areas and under trees so we recommend strollers, ย walkers or wheelchairs with inflated tires.ย For those of you who expect ย to purchase large plants, numerous small plants or many other items,ย we ย recommend that you bring a wagon or small pull cart.ย ย We recently purchased 6 acres of land so that all parking is on-site during our special events; we no longer have shuttle parking.ย No pets are allowed during these festivals.
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