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April 2025
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Resident Bloom & Grow Member Experts
Katy Moss Warner – Professional Horticulturist and former Director of Disney Horticulture.
Van Donnan – Avid plantsman and plant tissue
culture pioneer.
Ask the Experts is located in front of the Garden Theatre
in Zone 10
Nurseries Donating Plants
Agri-Starts Apopka,
Moss Hill Foliage Apopka
Russell's Bromelaids Clermont
Sunshine Horiculture Apopka
Saturday, April 5th, 2025
9:00 am - 11:00 am ,
Melissa Shepherd: Bedding plant expert and avid gardener; Disney’s Horticulture cast member.
Brooke Moffis: IFAS Lake County Extension Agent, avid gardener and author.
11:00 am - 1:00pm 1
Tom MacCubbin: Author, TV and Radio personality and for Orange County Extension Agent.
Wes Parrish: Palm and Tree expert and avid gardener; former owner of Parrish Nursery in Parkland FL.
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Kyle Kroeplin: Foliage plant expert; Owner of BWH Plant Co and Jungle Room, Orlando.
Janice Crawford: Avid Gardener; UF Master Gardener, UF Master Naturalist for Coastal Systems.
3:00 - 5:00 pm
Kathrein Markle: Wekiwa Gardens owner and foliage plant expert.
Alan Shapiro: Bird Expert and Plant expert, former owner of Grandflora nursery.
Sunday, April 6th, 2025
10:00 am - 12:00 am
Patrice Ragusa: Landscape Architect and avid gardener.
Robert Bowden: Vegetable expert and avid gardener; author, former Executive Director of Leu Gardens.
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Billy Butterfield: Ameriscapes owner and avid gardener.
Andy Kittsley: Tree expert; former Urban Forester for the City of Orlando.
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Kelly Baumier: Avid Gardener; Director of Eco-Education Center at Magnolia Park. Maureen Henderson: President of Ground Effects Landscape Maintenance, Inc..