Florida Institute of Technology
High Tech with a Human Touch
What better way to welcome spring than to refurbish yards and gardens? Just in time to do the job are a wide range of plant and accessory choices at Florida Institute of Technology's Botanical Fest Plant and Garden Sale.
March 2, 2013
8 a.m.–4p.m.
Free Admission
The event will be at:
Florida Institute of Technology
150 West University Blvd.
Melbourne, FL 32901
Signs on both West University Boulevard and Country Club Road will point the way.
Free guided tours of the Botanical Garden will take place hourly throughout the day to present the diverse collection of palms and tropical plants. Master gardeners will be on hand to answer gardening questions. Food and beverages will be available for purchase.
For more information contact Angela Dunn at 674-6152 or e-mail adunn@fit.edu
Sponsor Vendors
| Company Name | Website | Product/Services |
|---|---|---|
| Four C's Nursery | www.fourcsnursery.com | Plants, trees, palm and planting supplies |
| Hopkins Nursery | www.hopkinstropicalfruitnursery.com | Tropical fruit trees, butterfly plants, and fragrant plants |
| MB Palms | www.mbpalms.com | Palms, cycads, desert plants |
| Valkaria Gardens | www.valkariagardens.net | Exotic tropicals |
This Year's Vendors
| Company Name | Website | Product/Services |
|---|---|---|
| Brevard Tropical Fruit Council (formerly Brevard Rare Fruit Council) | www.brevardrarefruitcouncil.org | Provide educational information to the public |
| Buddha's Garden | Caladium tubers and other garden related products | |
| Chapman's Orchids, Inc. | Orchids, carnivorous plants (Nepenthes), lipstick baskets, bleeding heart baskets | |
| Cool Roses | www.coolroses.com | Roses & comp plants |
| Elemental Nursery | www.elementalnursery.com | Bonsai, mini dish gardens and potteries |
| Fancy Leaf Caladiums |
Caladium tubers and other garden related products |
|
| Gardino Nursery | www.rareflora.com | Unusual & rare tropical plants, vines, flowering trees, shrubs, succulents, and pre-bonsais |
| Jim's Orchid Supplies | www.jimssupplies.com | Orchid growing supplies, schaefer ventilation equipment, reverse osmosis |
| JK Flowers | www.jkflowersinc.com | Garden Art, Wind Chimes, Sun Catchers, Frogs |
| Just Plumerias | www.justplumerias.com | Plumeria, plumeria cuttings |
| Magic Nursery | Pitcher plant, orchids, bromeliad | |
| Pinder's Nursery | www.pindersnursery.com | Flowering plants in pots and baskets, herbs, succulents, and landscape bromeliads |
| Randy's Bromeliads | Bromeliads, fern, begonias, peperomia, african violets, various hanging baskets, ivy, terrarium plants | |
| Simply Organic Lawn & Garden Center/ Florida Recycling | Mulch & Soil | |
| Tony Kostandinus Gyros | Gyros & Baklava | |
| Tristan's Kool Dreemz | Ice Cream |