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. 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 newly added Tropical Luau Lunch, and much more.

Festival Schedule

Saturday April 6, 2024

10:00 am - 11:00 am (Interactive Lecture)
Mounting Orchids with Mr. Olivier Turina, Award-winning hobbyist orchid grower focusing on species and primary hybrids. (Interactive lectures held at the Island House. Meet outside the gift shop 10 minutes before the scheduled time to walk over together)

11:00 am - 2:00 pm
New Tropical Luau Lunch presented by John Knox Village takes place on the beautifully decorated Waterfront Veranda. A fully catered affair by Hugh's Catering. 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. Luau lunch menu includes slow-roasted BBQ pork, teriyaki rum soaked pineapple chicken kabobs, seasonal grilled vegetables, coconut sugar caramelized plantains and fluffy coconut cake just to name a few.

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11:30 am - 12:30 pm (Interactive Lecture)
Growing Roses in South Florida with Julieta Ross. (Interactive lectures held at the Island House. Meet outside the gift shop 10 minutes before the scheduled time to walk over together)

1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Dr. Martin Motes signing his book "Florida Orchid Growing Month by Month", considered the most detailed and comprehensive guide to growing orchids in South Florida now in its third edition will be available in both English and Spanish. Dr. Motes is regarded as one of the top hybridizers of Vandas in the world and also one of the orchid personalities that was featured in the best selling novel The Orchid Thief by renowned novelist Susan Orlean.

1:30 pm - 2:30 pm (Interactive Lecture)
Orchid Growing 101 with Alex Lamazares. (Interactive lectures held at the Island House. Meet outside the gift shop 10 minutes before the scheduled time to walk over together)

Sunday April 7, 2024

10:00 am - 11:00 am (Interactive Lecture)
Florida Unique ecosystems and native orchids endemic to the region with Jason Alvarez. Broward County Parks and Recreation: Landscape specialist, Junior naturalist, Historical enthusiast and Community advocate. (Interactive lectures held at the Island House. Meet outside the gift shop 10 minutes before the scheduled time to walk over together

11:30 am - 12:30 pm (Interactive Lecture)
Growing a Butterfly Garden with Julieta Ross. (Interactive lectures held at the Island House. Meet outside the gift shop 10 minutes before the scheduled time to walk over together)

11:00 am - 2:00 pm
New Tropical Luau Lunch presented by John Knox Village takes place on the beautifully decorated Waterfront Veranda. A fully catered affair by Hugh's Catering. 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. Luau lunch menu includes slow-roasted BBQ pork, teriyaki rum soaked pineapple chicken kabobs, seasonal grilled vegetables, coconut sugar caramelized plantains and fluffy coconut cake just to name a few.

Purchase Luau Lunch Tickets

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm (Interactive Lecture)
Growing Cattleya Orchids with Lou Lodyga. (Interactive lectures held at the Island House. Meet outside the gift shop 10 minutes before the scheduled time to walk over together)

Live Performances at the Allee on the Dry Fountain (Both Days)

9:30 am – 11:30 pm: LeNora Jaye Jazz(Saturday)
9:30 am – 11:30 pm: LeNora Jaye Jazz(Sunday)

11:30 pm – 1:30 pm: Dezhon Fields(Saturday)
11:30 pm – 1:30 pm: Dezhon Fields(Sunday)

1:30 pm – 3:30 pm: Carlos Sosa Saxophone(Saturday)
1:30 pm – 3:30 pm: Carlos Sosa Saxophone(Sunday)

Live performance: Tropical Luau Lunch on the Veranda (Both Days)

11:00 am – 2:00 pm: Dance, Dance Tahiti LUAU(Saturday)
11:00 am – 2:00 pm: Dance, Dance Tahiti LUAU(Sunday)

Featuring live music and Hula dancing both days!

Date: April 6-7, 2024

Time:
April 6, 2024 from 9:00am to 4:00pm
April 7, 2024 from 9:00am to 4:00pm

Location: Bonnet House Museum and Gardens, 900 North Birch Road, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304

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