The Valparaiso Garden Club will host a “Gala in Paradise Gardens” on Saturday, May 14, 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. at the Heritage Museum of Northwest Florida. “Paradise Gardens” is an outdoor exhibit, created and maintained by the Valparaiso Garden Club, which supports pollinators in our environment, including bees, butterflies, hummingbirds, and other pollinators.
Come to the Gala to learn about pollinators and how we as gardeners and citizens can help and protect them. Attend a lecture given by Master Gardener and author Marie Harrison at 2:15 in the Blue Room of the Museum. Then move out to the garden to see host plants for butterflies, nectar and pollen plants for many pollinators, and a plethora of beautiful blooming annuals and perennials that do well in our area.
Shop the club’s plant sale to purchase seeds and plants for pollinators and add them to your garden. Learn how to register your garden and “Bee One in a Million” pollinator gardens across the United States. Study educational exhibits and receive handouts to help you get started helping our imperiled pollinators. Helping pollinators will enable us to continue to have the fruits, vegetables, and other plants that enrich our lives and provide one in every three bites of food we eat.
Event: Gala in Paradise Gardens
Location: Heritage Museum of Northwest Florida
115 Westview Avenue, Valparaiso, FL 32580
Date/Time: Saturday, May 14, 2 PM – 4 PM
Activities: - Pollinators Lecture at 2:15 p.m. by Marie Harrison,
Okaloosa County Master Gardener and author of
“The Plight of Pollinators and Way We Can Help”
- Guided Tour of “Paradise Gardens”
- Literature & handouts to start attracting pollinators to your garden
- Plants & Seeds Sale
- Refreshments
- Free Museum admission 2-4pm for those attending the program
Date and Time
Saturday May 14, 2016
