Edison Garden Market Plant Sale

[SW_FL_Palms]

Just thought I'd post this info for anyone in the area that might be interested.

FYI - for the first time

‘The Edison Garden Market’

Edison Home, Fort Myers, Florida

November 29th Saturday

November 30th Sunday

9am-5pm both days

Free to stroll along the Edison east side gardens (Café, Parking area, Ticket area, under the Banyan, and the new Heritage gardens) where over 30 vendors will be selling various palms, cycads, tropical plants, garden related art, pottery, furniture, and books.

[PalmatierMeg]

Sounds great. Will some of the vendors be the same as at the biennial Cape Coral plant sale earlier this fall?

[SubTropicRay]

Thanks Geri. This is a real possibility as I need to visit the Pine Island property anyway.

[SW_FL_Palms]

Sounds great. Will some of the vendors be the same as at the biennial Cape Coral plant sale earlier this fall?

No, Meg, this is a totally different group and many more vendors than were in Cape Coral.

EDISON GARDEN MARKET VENDORS

Bayshore Garden Center-plants & local honey

Colorfield Farms Perennials

Cool Roses-Roses

Crowley Nursery & Gardens-fruit trees & exotics

D & D Growers-Herbs & Butterfly

Exotic Hibiscus

Far East Statuary-Japanese style granite

Gardino Nursery Tropicals

George Griepenburg-Perennials

Goodline Creations-Weathervanes

Interaction Art-Botanical art

J.G.’s Tropical Plants-gingers & heliconias

Leaves by Jenny-waterfalls

Louis Del Favero Orchids

Miller Orchids

Nature on the Rocks-cypress wood & plant hangers

Oudenhoven Clay-hand crafted wall pocket planters

Paddlefoot Farms Palms & Cycads

PCK Orchids

Pelican Coast Farms Orchids

Plants by R.W. Daniel-perennials

Pottery Express & Bamboo Farm-pots and bamboo

Stelmar Gardens-exotics and begonias

Top Tropicals-rare tropicals

Tradewinds Signature Botanicals-bougies & rare succulents

Tried & True Hibiscus

Tropiflora-bromeliads & exotics

Valkaria Garden Tropicals-crotons, ti plants, agolonemas, diffenbachias

Wigerts Nursery Bonsai

Will Staver Plumerias

Sheridan’s Louisiana Irises

B & B Organics-worm castings

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[spockvr6]

Thanks Geri. This is a real possibility as I need to visit the Pine Island property anyway.

Ray-

Let me know if you go down.....we could meet at the sale. Ill be on Pine Island Fri-Sun and planned to visit the Edison Estate while down that way anyway.

[Jeff Searle]

My friend went over that saturday, actually a forum member here, looking for mainly crotons, palms, and really anything kool looking. He came back and was extreamly disapointed in the the selection. The plants were very nicely grown, but the selection was not much and no crotons to speak of. He said he would definitely not go back next year, if they even have the sale again.

Jeff

[SubTropicRay]

I never made it down there.

[SW_FL_Palms]

Dave & I went down to check it out, and did buy a few new plants.

We thought it was a very nice venue and about time that Fort Myers had something like that.

Beautiful setting, many people strolling around. Weather was beautiful on Saturday. (Not so on Sunday)

If you had a reciprocal garden membership, you could look around at the estate side, on the other side of McGregor.

We were disappointed that their palm collection has diminished. Cycads looked great.

We did get a invitation from Chris (the President & CEO) to bring the Palm Society back.

For those that didn't attend Palmfest 2003 in Fort Myers, a botanical tour of Edison Home gardens was included.

I would be interested to know how many (PACSOF) Palm Society members would be interested in having a meeting there.

To the collectors - keep in mind that this was the 1st time this event was held.

It was not a collectors sale, but if you looked around, there were some rare plants to be had.

I think if it was better advertised in the newspaper, they may have had a better turnout of buyers.

And then next year, more vendors would participate.

We also were disappointed that (Clay/Cleo) Valkeria Gardens didn't bring more crotons.

And the croton collection is no longer what is used to be at the Edison estates.

[Jeff Searle]

Geri,

Andrea and I attended Palmfest that year and had truely a great time overthere. I would certainly consider going back again. It was that good.

Jeff

[SubTropicRay]

Geri,

I'd definitely atttend another botanical tour at the Edison home. We need a Palmfest somewhere since the last was in 2005.

Ray

[PalmatierMeg]

I went to the Edison Market on the first day and enjoyed it immensely. I managed to find several uncommon palms, which I hoped but did not expect to find. But the sale was geared for local clientele. Would I have traveled 50 or 100 miles to attend this sale? No way, just as I would not travel those distances to a Venice or Sarasota tropical plant sale, unless I had other activities planned in those areas. For what it was, the Edison sale was great and I would go again in a heartbeat. And you can't beat the ambience beneath those ancient trees. Just the sight of that fabulous H. forsteriana was worth the trip for me.

[SW_FL_Palms]

Geri,

I'd definitely atttend another botanical tour at the Edison home. We need a Palmfest somewhere since the last was in 2005.

Ray

Ray, Jeff,

I'm not ready to host Palmfest again just yet. Actually, I think if we start the "circle" again, Palm Beach would host it.

But, maybe we can have a multiple chapter meeting at Edison Home, sometime in the future.

I believe they'd like the Palm Society to try to identify some of the plants in their collection that still haven't been labeled.