PLANTS AT FOREFRONT OF BOTANICAL FEST
By Space Coast Daily // March 2, 2013
Proceeds Support FIT's Botanical Garden
BREVARD COUNTY • MELBOURNE, FLORIDA – The ever-popular Botanical Fest at Florida Institute of Technology is right around the corner.
The event will be held from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the FIT campus Saturday, March 2.
The 8th annual fest will showcase some of Florida’s finest plant and garden vendors, offering palms, exotics, native plants, fruit trees, ornamental shrubs, bamboo, flowering plants and much more.
Garden accessories also will be available, such as decorative pottery and outdoor art.
Vendors will be on hand with a variety of food and drinks.
Funds generated support the historic Florida Tech Botanical Garden.
The garden is open to the public daily, from dawn until dusk. A tranquil preserve, the Botanical Garden is a forum for horticultural display, education, research and outreach.
For more information, call Ann Marie Kousari at 321-674-6152 or send an email to akoursari@fit.edu.
