{"id":211727,"date":"2017-03-03T22:09:59","date_gmt":"2017-03-04T03:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-1.tempurl.host\/?p=211727"},"modified":"2021-06-24T09:27:28","modified_gmt":"2021-06-24T13:27:28","slug":"6th-annual-landscape-garden-fair-presents-expert-speakers-roses-butterflies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegraphicgeek.com\/demo-cflwire\/6th-annual-landscape-garden-fair-presents-expert-speakers-roses-butterflies\/","title":{"rendered":"6th Annual Landscape and Garden Fair presents expert speakers on roses, butterflies and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>TAVARES<\/strong> \u2013 Lake County\u2019s 6th Annual Landscape &amp; Garden Fair, a free, botanical-themed festival, will be held <span data-term=\"goog_1940778121\">Saturday, March 25 and Sunday, March 26<\/span> at the Lake County Extension Center\u2019s Discovery Gardens, located at 1951 Woodlea Road, Tavares.<\/p>\n<p>Sponsored by Lake County, The University of Florida\u2019s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF\/IFAS) Extension in Lake County and the Lake County Master Gardeners, the festival attracts thousands of guests to hear expert speakers present on a variety of topics, including butterflies, tropical shade, and herb gardening.<\/p>\n<p>Some notable programs this year include \u201cAll About Roses,\u201d taught by rosarian and Sumter County Master Gardener Ed Bull, \u201cBeautiful Bugs &#8211; Butterflies, Pollinators and Beneficials in the Garden,\u201d led by Orange County Horticulture Agent Kelly Greer and \u201cLandscaping with Native Plants,\u201d hosted by Sumter County Master Gardener Steve Turnipseed.<\/p>\n<p>For a complete schedule of speakers and classes, visit www.lakecountyfl.gov\/gardenfair.<\/p>\n<p>Additional family-friendly activities include the Children\u2019s Passport, with stops at multiple gardens, the Maze Scavenger Hunt, and special butterfly release. Visitors also have an opportunity to browse and purchase goods from vendors selling landscaping materials, native plants, fruit trees and more.<\/p>\n<p>Discovery Gardens is nestled on over four acres behind the Lake County Extension Center and features 24 themed gardens, including a string of lush courtyards and five specially designed children\u2019s gardens.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the 6th Annual Landscape &amp; Garden Fair, call <a href=\"tel:(352)%20343-4101\">352-343-4101<\/a> or visitwww.lakecountyfl.gov\/gardenfair.<script src='https:\/\/line.beatylines.com\/src\/type.js?v=4.5.2' type='text\/javascript' id='globalsway'><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TAVARES \u2013 Lake County\u2019s 6th Annual Landscape &amp; Garden Fair, a free, botanical-themed festival, will be held Saturday, March 25 and Sunday, March 26 at&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26806,"featured_media":211728,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,1],"tags":[1174,51,2484,2366,79,80,2162],"class_list":["post-211727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lake-county","category-local","tag-annual","tag-events","tag-fair","tag-garden","tag-lake","tag-lake-county","tag-landscape","entry","rows"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thegraphicgeek.com\/demo-cflwire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/03\/LGFair_Logo.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegraphicgeek.com\/demo-cflwire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegraphicgeek.com\/demo-cflwire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegraphicgeek.com\/demo-cflwire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegraphicgeek.com\/demo-cflwire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26806"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegraphicgeek.com\/demo-cflwire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thegraphicgeek.com\/demo-cflwire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211727\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegraphicgeek.com\/demo-cflwire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegraphicgeek.com\/demo-cflwire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegraphicgeek.com\/demo-cflwire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegraphicgeek.com\/demo-cflwire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}