Events on Amelia Island - March 2011

Featured Event - Amelia Island Garden Show

When                      Saturday, March 5th - Sunday, March 6th

Where                     Central Park in Amelia Island, Florida

Type of Event            Community, Outdoors/Recreation

Cost                         $2 per adult; 12 and under and free

Age Range                 All Ages

Website                   www.ameliagarden.com

Description

With growers and nurseries from around the state, the Amelia Island Garden Show will feature more than 50 vendors with a full assortment of flowers and plants, fruit trees and palms, orchids, herbs, container gardens, native plants, butterfly-friendly plants, shrubs, garden accessories and more.

On-site experts will offer advice as to "greening" your home, yard and garden. "Ask the Expert booth" will offer short presentations and demonstrations from container gardening to sustainable gardening and Orchids 101. 

Featured attraction is The Raptor Experience, an up close encounter with live birds of prey.  presented by the Avian Reconditioning Center (ARC). As a center that focuses on the physical reconditioning of raptors that have been inactive for an extended period of time while recovering from illness or injury, falconry techniques are used to evaluate a bird's chances for survival in the wild after recovering from an injury and to teach nestling birds how to hunt. As master falconers, the ARC will share the training techniques used in rehabilitation so the bird can be successfully released. Visitors will also learn about the natural history of the birds at the Show and their importance to us and our environment.

The farmers and producers of the Fernandina Farmers Market will also be part of the Show with their just harvested produce, organic products, gourmet baked goods and variety of prepared foods.