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Event Series Event Series: Tasting the Tropics

June 29 @ 9:00 am – 2:00 pm

Enjoy the Garden’s most fruitful season with this tasty festival! Many of the world’s favorite fruits have subtropical or tropical origins. Our climate in Southwest Florida is well-suited for growing these sweet treats, and at the Garden, you can find fruiting plants growing in nearly all of our designed landscapes.

Sample tropical fruits from around the world, discover fruiting plants grown in the Garden, watch live demonstrations, take a fruit-themed tour, and shop our Garden-grown plant sale. Fernweh will be serving local fruit-inspired ice cream, 9am – 2pm, while supplies last.

*Due to the popularity of this event, we are temporarily pausing our Dogs in the Garden program on Sunday, June 29. The program will resume the following Tuesday. Visit this page for more details.

Schedule of Events

Activities, Displays & Demonstrations

Plant Sale
8am – 2pm (Members only from 8 – 10am on June 28)
Members save 10%!
Sustaining Leadership Council Event Plaza
Quantities are limited.

Tropical Fruit Tasting & Display
9am – 2pm
Kapnick Hall

Processing a Jackfruit
9 – 9:30am
Berger Shop Terrace

W.O.N.D.E.R. Little Green Thumbs
10am – 1pm
Performance Lawn

All Things Mango with Mango Matt
10 – 10:30am
Berger Shop Terrace

Vining Vanilla
11 – 11:30am
Berger Shop Terrace

Coconut Processing
12 – 12:30pm
Berger Shop Terrace

Dig Deeper: Funky Fruits
1 – 2pm
Berger Shop Terrace

Live Music

June 28 & June 29
Jim Saint-Amour, 11am – 1:30pm
Kapnick Hall Terrace

Tropical Fruit Tours

Many tropical plants provide food for humans; learn about them and taste the tropics on this guided walk through the Garden! Check in at Ticketing before meeting your guide on the Smith Entry Prow.

  • 8:30am – Fruits of the Caribbean
  • 9:30am – Fruits of Asia
  • 10:30am – Fruits of Brazil
  • 11:30am – Fruits of the Caribbean

$10 Member/$15 Non-Member; Register at Ticketing upon arrival or add a tour to your Garden admission reservation by following the link below.

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