The festival is 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday at Kanapaha Botanical Gardens. A Gardening Odyssey, Celebrating Our Planet's Botanic Treasures. The annual festival features 200 vendors who bring a broad array of items encompassing plants, gardening supplies, landscape displays, educational exhibits, arts and crafts and foods. Visitors can bid for plants and merchandise donated by vendors at a plant auction at 2 p.m. Saturday. The festival also features a silent auction beginning 9 a.m. Saturday and ending at noon Sunday.
Experts lead gardening seminars on both days of the festival.
Activities are also planned for young visitors in the Children's Area. Kids, a Gainesville children's day-care and activity center, is sponsoring this year's program. Musical performers feature a variety of entertainment. Parking is free, and a shuttle will be available for visitors from overflow parking. Parking is also available immediately east of Veterans Memorial Park off Tower Road with a free shuttle for transport to the festival and return with packages.