Tropical Florida Gardens

If you take advantage of all the courses, tours and demonstrations at the Edison Garden Market, it’s like getting a full one-day gardening course for  FREE! Here are some of the special tours and demonstrations scheduled:

Guided tour of the Estates organic vegetable garden

Rooting rose cuttings

Producing new plants by air layering

How to encourage more than one amaryllis bloomspike in the spring

Tips to produce fall and winter amaryllis blooms in 40 days

Basic jar sprouting

Guided tour of the Fort Myers/Lee County Garden Council Botanical Garden

Painting in the garden – watch Megan Kissinger create a new botanical illustration

Several vendors are offering special discounts for early-bird shoppers:

Exotic Hibiscus - One free butterfly plant with the purchase of an exotic hibiscus.  Also, the rare exotic hibiscus will be $5 off the internet price. Both deals will only last as long as the supply, so get there early!  Selling unique hibiscus plants and butterfly plants.  Live butterflies on display. 

Calusa Palm Nursery - Free one gallon Hispaniola palm, Sabal domingensis, with purchase to first 25 customers on Saturday.  Selling potted palms and heliconias.

Lee County Compost – first 20 buyers of a 25 lb bag of compost (just $2!) will receive a free set of gardening tools – offered Saturday and Sunday.

Angel Gardens – 20% off for first 10 buyers on Saturday only.  Selling a variety of roses including Old Garden roses and shade-tolerant roses.

Hunter’s Leaves, Flowers & Feathers – A one gallon elephant ear “Pink China” free with $10 purchase to the first 20 customers on Saturday. Selling apple, peach, plum and other fruit trees, jams, jellies, unique garden art, pottery, and butterfly plants.

Rege Malone Horticulture - Saturday: Get 3 one gallon butterfly plants for $10 (normally $4-5 each) to the first 20 customers.  Sunday: 2-for1 special on bromeliads while supplies last.  Normally $10 for one gallon, $25 for three gallon size.  Selling flowering tropicals, bromeliads, edibles, butterfly and garden plants.

Louisiana Iris Nursery – by 5 get 1 free – offered Saturday and Sunday.  Selling irises native to Florida – perfect for rain gardens or irrigated areas of your yard.  Can survive as far north as New York!

Garden Market hours: 9-5 on Saturday, Nov 20, 9-4 on Sunday, Nov 21.  Event is free and with plenty of free parking.

We’ve had a few more Garden Market vendors offer special discounts and free giveaways for Garden Market “early birds” on Nov 20 and 21.

Hunter’s Leaves, Flowers & Feathers – A one gallon elephant ear “Pink China” free with $10 purchase to the first 20 customers on Saturday. Selling apple, peach, plum and other fruit trees, jams, jellies, unique garden art, pottery, and butterfly plants.

Rege Malone Horticulture - Saturday: Get 3 one gallon butterfly plants for $10 (normally $4-5 each) to the first 20 customers.  Sunday: 2-for1 special on bromeliads while supplies last.  Normally $10 for one gallon, $25 for three gallon size.  Selling flowering tropicals, bromeliads, edibles, butterfly and garden plants.

Calusa Palm Nursery - Free one gallon Hispaniola palm, Sabal domingensis, with purchase to first 25 customers on Saturday.  Selling potted palms and heliconias.

Louisiana Iris Nursery – by 5 get 1 free – offered Saturday and Sunday.  Selling irises native to Florida – perfect for rain gardens or irrigated areas of your yard.  Can survive as far north as New York!

Lee County Compost – first 20 buyers of a 25 lb bag of compost (just $2!) will receive a free set of gardening tools – offered Saturday and Sunday.

Angel Gardens – 20% off for first 10 buyers on Saturday only.  Selling a variety of roses including Old Garden roses and shade-tolerant roses.

Garden Market hours: 9-5 on Saturday, Nov 20, 9-4 on Sunday, Nov 21.  Helpful gardening demonstrations will be held throughout the day.

Please join us November 20 and 21, 2010 for the Edison Garden Market. Not only is it a FREE event, but vendors will be giving away products and offering deep discounts.  Here’s the list of the planned specials so far:

Calusa Palm Nursery - Free one gallon Hispaniola palm, Sabal domingensis, with purchase to first 25 customers on Saturday.  Selling potted palms and heliconias.

Louisiana Iris Nursery – by 5 get 1 free – offered Saturday and Sunday.  Selling irises native to Florida – perfect for rain gardens or irrigated areas of your yard.  Can survive as far north as New York!

Lee County Compost – first 20 buyers of a 25 lb bag of compost (just $2!) will receive a free set of gardening tools – offered Saturday and Sunday.

Angel Gardens – 20% off for first 10 buyers on Saturday only.  Selling a variety of roses including Old Garden roses and shade-tolerant roses.

Garden Market hours: 9-5 on Saturday, Nov 20, 9-4 on Sunday, Nov 21.  Helpful gardening demonstrations will be held throughout the day.

Please join us November 20 and 21, 2010 for the Edison Garden Market.  Vendors from all across Florida will be selling plants including orchids, roses, tropical fruit trees, butterfly plants and more.  Artists with garden-related pieces will also be exhibiting and selling their work.  Gardening-related demonstrations will be given each day.  This event is FREE to the public with plenty of parking available.  Here’s a peek at a few of the vendors who will be at the event:

Angel Gardens - selling a variety of roses including Old Garden roses and shade-tolerant roses

Orchids Amore – selling a variety of orchids as well as orchid-growing supplies.

Lee County Solid Waste Division – selling 2 lb bags of their OrganicLee compost.  Come talk to Lee County employees about their new processing plant and how this high-quality compost is produced.

Keep checking back for more details on additional vendors.  If you would like to be a vendor, please contact Debbie at 239-334-7419.  The Market will be open from 9-5 on Saturday, November 20 and 9-4 on Sunday, November 21.