Cool Tropical Fruit For You To Explore!  Join Your Guide, Marvin Pinder, On a Tasting Expedition!

Growing up in the Bahamas, Marvin was raised with a door-yard garden full of tropical fruit. Special treats like sour sop ice cream and sweet dillies off the tree are part of his childhood. Come and share his enthusiasm for these wonderfully flavorful and healthful fruits.

We will have an array of tasty treats: mangos, papaya, Jack Fruit, Barbatos Cherry and more for you to sample.

Music and food and garden crafts. . . lots of fun for everyone!

Plus enjoy workshops to help you learn what you need to know to grow your own Kitchen Garden!

Summer Wisdom for the Tropics:

Time to Prepare & Plan

A Day Of FREE Lectures To Set You On A Path

Thinking of trying edibles? Take the time to plan your fall garden activities.   A new veggie garden reqires a bit of fore-thought. To set you on a path of growing your own next fall, we are offering a great line up of education.   From choosing what to plant, deciding where you will grow it, to learning how to preserve it.

We are offering an Amazing Line Up of Garden Aficionados and Experts Extrodinaire to share their strategies and techniques for South Florida Garden Success! 

9:30 Small Space: Big Yeild - Farmer Fred Burkey of the Martin County Extension  Service will share with you the lessons that have been learned at thier demonstration garden. Fred will offer you sage advice on the various containers available for small space and patio gardening, as well as the specific varieties he has identified for best performance right here on the Treasure Coast.

10:30 Easy Recipies to Preserve Your Harvest Master Gardener, masterful cook and hostess extroinaire, Lauren Palmero, will share with us some of her best recipies for rubs, chutney and jams. You will be truly inspired by Lauren's no-nonsense approach to Garden living when you realize how simple it can be to incorporate the things you grow into the things you eat!

1:00 Square- Foot Gardening For the Treasure Coast-- St. Lucie County Extension Agent, Ed Skavarch will give you an over-view of the Square Foot Garedning technique made famous by Batholomue. The extra bonus you enjoy in THIS presentation is that Ed, a Florida Certified Horticultural Professiional, Ed knows what it takes to grow in Florida. He'll be sharing his insight on how you can customize your square-foot garden to our unique sub-tropical conditions.

2:00 Least-Toxic Treatments and Synergistic Solutions -- Join a Discussion with Industry Leaders who will describe specific strategies for pest and disease management that embody the philosophy of "First, do no harm" in the production of quality horticultural produce.

Our Panel includes:

Arthur Danison III ,  River-Bottom Fertilizer Company

Rich Johnson , Key-Plex Direct

Marvin Pinder,  Grower on the use of Actinovate, Serenade