Marie Selby Botanical Gardens hosts Garden to Plate: Plant & Garden Festival Saturday, Feb. 27 and Sunday, Feb. 28.
By
Amanda Morales
| 6:39 p.m. February 27, 2016
Sarasota
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Residents and gardening enthusiasts found new plants for their personal gardens at the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Garden to Plate: Plant & Garden Festival Saturday, Feb. 27.
The two-day festival brought gardening experts, food and plant vendors to the Great Lawn. Nan Basu took the opportunity to pick out several herbs to add to her edible garden at home.
“I make my own pesto with the basil and I use a lot of mint in my salads,
Basu said. “I’ll use the rosemary with lamb.”
While others like Annarita Scott purchased a milkweed plant with the hopes of attracting some butterflies to her garden.
“This is like my starter kit for a butterfly garden,” Scott said. “There seems to be many around my neighbor but now they’ll have a reason to come to my house.”
Nan Basu and Cynthia McMullin leave the festival with new herb plants. Basu purchased basil, dill, rosemary, fennel, mint and oregano for her herb garden in the making.
Annarita Scott and Julia Park with their purchase of milkweed. Scott is hoping to start a butterfly garden at her home.
These hanging jellyfish were made using recycled sea urchin shells filled with tillandsia a type of air plant.
Martin and Faye Rosen with one of their entries for the Sho Fu annual Bonsai Show. The buttonwood tree is done in a cascade style. This tree is estimated to be more than 100 years old and has been potted or "in training" for 9 years.
Dozens of bonsai trees were carefully curated for the Sho Fu annual Bonsai Show.
Tanya Radtke-Klenk hauls away the new additions for her home garden.
Doris Millian and Diane Gittleman are in awe of the Jellyfish plant holders that are made from recycled sea urchin shells.
Joe Sass browses the eclectic pottery on sale.
Lynnie Siegal, Jane Vickers and Linda Lestock
Pat Bonarek sports her whimsical hat made out of balloons.
Ellen James poses with the hairy specimen known as Bigfoot.
