Did this past cold winter get your yard brown and down?  Looking to enhance or revitalize your yard with vibrant, colorful plants and flowers?  Then mark your calendars for the upcoming 15th Annual Flower & Garden Expo to be held on Saturday, April 17 from 9am to 5pm and Sunday, April 18 from 10am to 4pm at the St. Johns County Agricultural Center.

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A popular event in NE Florida, the Flower and Garden Expo will delight gardeners of all ages with growers, nurseries and artisans from around the state offering shoppers every item to make your garden all it can be! This year’s show features a variety of vendors bringing a wide array of horticulture including tomato, pepper, eggplant starters, olive trees, African violets, anthuriums (the ‘love flower’),bamboo, colorful flowering plants, butterfly plants, native plants and more plus gardening accessories and art.  Everything needed to restart and enhance gardens will be available at the Expo.

Gardening experts such as authors Tom MacCubbin and Virginia Stibolt as well as Keith Fuller and Shirley Barber will be offering seminars during the lecture series and the Garden Club of St. Augustine will be presenting their annual Flower & Horticulture show with the theme of “Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow”.  Working under the same theme will be the beautiful quilt show sponsored by the Piece Makers Guild.

Tickets are $5.00 for a two-day pass, and children under 11 admitted free. 

Plenty of free parking on site.  Patrons are encouraged to hold on to their entry pass for free admission to EPIC’s “A Taste of St. Augustine” on Saturday, April 24.  At the Expo, food and beverages will be available for purchase both days. To get to the Flower and Garden Expo-from I-95, take exit #318, head west on SR 16, immediate left on CR 208, next left on Agricultural Drive to the end of road, 3125 Agricultural Center Dr

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