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Local gardening events

By Times staff writer
© St. Petersburg Times
published April 24, 2003

Florida in full bloom The Epcot Flower and Garden Festival is but one rite of spring. Local gardens

Green Thumb Festival -- St. Petersburg's annual gardening festival with more than 180 exhibitors and vendors. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Sat.-Sun., Walter Fuller Park, 7891 26th Ave. N, St. Petersburg. Free admission; bring your little red wagon if you're shopping for plants. (727) 893-7335.

Orchid Extravaganza -- Tampa Bay Orchid Society's spring show and sale. Noon-4 p.m. Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sat. and 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sun. at Tampa Garden Center, 2629 Bayshore Blvd., Tampa. $2. (813) 236-8309.

Daylily Show and Sale -- Bay Area Daylily Society's annual show. Plant sale begins at 9 a.m. (continues until plants are sold out), exhibits open noon-4 p.m. Sat., Florida Botanical Gardens, Largo. (727) 455-3928 or (813) 831-8294. Free.

Magnolia Festival and Garden Show -- 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sat.-Sun., Pioneer Florida Museum, 15602 Pioneer Museum Road, 1 mile north of Dade City off U.S. 301. $6. (352) 567-0262.

Orchid Festival -- 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. May 3-4, Sunken Gardens, St. Petersburg. Free with gardens admission.

Orchid Fantasy -- 10 a.m.-4 p.m. May 10-11, USF Botanical Gardens, Tampa. Free.

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