Gardenfest! is returning to beautiful Riverside Park, Vero Beach, Florida, on the weekend of January 31 and February 1. Gardenfest! will begin at 9 am on each of the two days and will close at 5 pm on Saturday, the 31st and at 4 pm on Sunday, the 1st (Super Bowl Sunday). Admission is free.

Over 70 vendors will be displaying their yard and garden products with emphasis upon "green" - living trees, bushes, orchids, roses, herbs, butterfly plants, palms, ferns plus furniture, pottery, iron items, fountains, lighting and many other items and services of interest. There will be youth activities from 10 to 2 each day, raffle prizes, and a great variety of grilled foods for hungry shoppers. Look for the "Ask the Experts" tent to seek gardening advice; the schedule is as follows:

Saturday, January 31

• 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM. Container Gardening with Paige Younge, Certified Florida Horticulture Professional & Landscape Designer

• 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM. Judging Orchids with Dominic Lettiere, American Orchid Society Judge

• 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM. Florida Native Plants with Steve Metz, Co-owner, Florida Native Landscape & Irrigation

• 2:45 - 3:45 PM. Ants, Plants, and Other Unusual Epiphytes with Dennis Cathcart, Owner of Tropiflora

Sunday, February 1

• 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM. Orchids are Easy with Jeff Adkins, Owner of Adkins Orchids

• 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM. New Plants with Spencer Porteous, Owner of Everything Outdoors

• 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM. Water Management in your Garden with Kelly Castillo, Owner of American Lawn and Pest Control

Gardenfest! will be hosted for the 8th consecutive year by the Garden Club of Indian River County. The proceeds support the club and its many civic projects which recently include scholarships for Indian River County residents at the University of Florida-IFAS campus in Ft. Pierce, landscaping the historic Hallstrom House, rebuilding the ARC greenhouse and support of the Gifford Youth Activity Garden.

For further information contact www.gardenclubofirc.org or 772-567-4602.