Friday, March 22 and Saturday, March 23, 2013, 9am-5pm.
Regular Garden admission (includes access to both the Flower Show and main Garden).
Lectures in the Windstar Room (Friday & Saturday)
10:30am- Cultivating a Love of Gardening in Children: Grandparents and others will get tips for getting kids of all ages interested in and excited about gardening. Presented by Britt Patterson-Weber, Youth Programs Manager at Naples Botanical Garden.
12:00pm- Elementary, Easy and Exciting Floral Designs for the Home: Using mostly local greens and a few purchased flowers, Kathleen will demonstrate five designs and they will be raffled off to the viewers. Each person in the audience will be given a raffle ticket and five lucky winners will take home the design and container. Presented by Kathleen Hawryluk, Naples Garden Club member and award-winning floral designer.
1:30pm- The Peterson Field Guides and Our Changing Relationship With The Out of Doors: A brief history of Roger Tory Peterson and the origins of his original Field Guide to the Birds of North America. In addition, Lee will give a general discussion of harvesting edible wild plants and his own "Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants of North America". Presented by Lee Allen Peterson.