One of our largest fundraisers of the year!

This Festival welcomes orchid enthusiasts and plant lovers alike to vividly experience – and purchase – diverse, colorful, and fragrant varieties of orchids, tropical plants, herbs, and fruit trees sold by local and international vendors. The two-day event will be taking place from 9 am — 4pm - , rain or shine. Guests will have the opportunity to enjoy orchid and tropical plant displays, food vendors, libations, garden art, orchid care and general gardening lectures, live music, a Tropical Luau Lunch, and much more.

Festival Schedule

9:00 am - 4:00pm - Enjoy orchid and tropical plant vendors, food trucks, libations, garden art, orchid care and general gardening lectures, live music, and much more. Admission is $25 for one day (Rain or Shine). Early bird daily admission by March 15th, pay only $20.Purchase Festival Tickets

10:30 am - 11:30 amInteractive Lecture: Developing an Orchid Collection with Jurad Kojš. Meet outside the gift shop 10 minutes before the scheduled time to walk over together.

11:30 am - 1:30pm - Tropical Luau Lunch takes place on the beautifully decorated Waterfront Veranda. A fully catered affair. Lunch tickets include a delectable buffet, Mai Tais, wine and beer, live Tahitian music and Hula dancers, and access to the house for a leisurely stroll through the rooms and Orchid Display House.Purchase Luau Lunch Tickets

11:30 am - 12:30pm - Interactive Lecture: Growing Vanilla Orchids with Julieta Ross, a Florida Master Gardener, and horticulture volunteer at Bonnet House. Meet outside the gift shop 10 minutes before the scheduled time to walk over together.

12:30pm - 1:30pm - Interactive Lecture: Growing Catasetum Orchids with Jim Davison, an AOS accredited judge, specializes in Catasentinae, Florida natives, and collectible species and hybrids. Meet outside the gift shop 10 minutes before the scheduled time to walk over together.

1:30pm - 2:30pm - Interactive Lecture: Growing Grammathophyllum Orchids with Mac Rivenbark, a long-time South Florida orchid grower and seller specializing in Philippine and other Asian species. Meet outside the gift shop 10 minutes before the scheduled time to walk over together.

Live Performances at the Allee on the Dry Fountain

9:30 am – 11:30pm  - LeNora Jaye

11:30pm - 1:30pm  -DJ Richie Rich

1:30pm - 3:30pm - Carlos Sosa