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Wednesday, April 24, 2024

Plantoberfest at Wildwood Community Center

Plantoberfest will be held on Saturday, October 21, 2017 from 8:30 am to 2 pm, at the Wildwood Community Center, 6500 Powell Rd. (CR 139). The sale will be held rain or shine. Admission is $1 per person and parking is free.

More than 36 garden suppliers in one location will have native plants, herbs,
perennials, annuals, grasses, orchids, butterfly plants, ornamental rocks,
garden art, gardening books and much, much more. There will also be Plant Talks “Under the Tent” and the ever-popular Ask the Master Gardener Booth. Get your copy of our best-selling calendar, Gardening in Sumter County Month–by-Month. Food and drinks will be available. Service animals only, please.

Proceeds support the UF/IFAS Master Gardener educational events and outreach programs.

For further information, contact the Sumter County Extension Office in Bushnell: 352-569- 6870 or by email at: AskTheMasterGardener@ifas.ufl.edu.

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