palm & plant sale Edison Estate Garden Festival - Ft. Myers, FL - Feb. 8th & 9th, 2020

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Edison & Ford Winter Estates

Spring Garden Festival

February 8th & 9th, 2020

Fort Myers, Florida

 

Link to Estate website: https://www.edisonfordwinterestates.org/events/garden-festival-2/

For the third time (overall) Searle Brothers Nursery, Inc. and The Rainforest Collection® will be attending the Garden Festival at the historic Edison & Ford Winter Estates in Ft. Myers, Florida. This is our first time exhibiting at the Spring version of the Festival. The term Spring is used lightly, as it is the second weekend in February, but this event was scheduled to coincide with Thomas Edison's birthday (February 11th). The Fall Festival was just two months and one week ago, so it feels as if we were just there. It is probably the shortest-spaced Spring/Fall plant event in S. Florida. Our second Fall Festival was incredible, and even better than our first the year before. We were so busy I took few photos. We have been told by staff members and other vendors that the Spring Festival is often the larger and busier of the two.

This topic was started a little late, as this is a crazy time of the year and this is one of the earliest plant sales we have ever done. The global plant trade show known as T.P.I.E was just last week and everyone got sick from it, blah.. myself included. As the sickness wanes and the room stops spinning, we are beginning to think of what plants to bring to the show. No surprise, Palms will be the featured plant group, with specimens of all sizes, with emphasis on bringing as many different species as we can. Crotons will also have a major spot in the booth, as they have a historical importance throughout the Edison Estate. The selection process is still fluid and changing every day, until the plants are loaded next week. We are taking any suggestions for what plants or plant groups to bring. If you think of anything, post it here or send a message. We are also taking advance sales on material we are bringing, plus we are doing Pre-orders on plants that we can bring across the state for those who are interested. To inquire about a Pre-order, contact Jeff Searle directly at the following methods...

phone: (954) 658-4317 (or) email: palms@rainforestcollection.com

Questions? Ideas? Post them here. Whenever I find out more info about what plants we are bringing I will try and post it here before the show.

Map Link: https://goo.gl/maps/RPRekH4pDQK2

 

Ryan

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We did a mailing of a flyer for our appearance at the Garden Festival. If you are on the mailing list and live within a certain distance of Ft. Myers, you may get one in the mail.

Ryan

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I just thought of posting this as well, as I normally never do. The Edison Estate Garden Festival is just a week before our big Key West sale. Which, for the past 26 years, has always been the first plant sale of the year for us, until now. The trend continues, as three weeks after the Key West Sale is the Spring Extravaganza.

Ryan