Rob Branch's 2010 Labor Day Open House

When:Monday, September 6th from 8am to 3m

Where:Rob Branch's in Sarasota

NOTE: This is not an official CFPACS event.

One acre beautifully and elegantly landscaped with palms and a variety of other tropical plants - aroids, bamboo, bromeliads, cordylines, succulents and more. Rob has been collecting for nearly 25 years now so the tailored jungle effect is evident.

Do come to enjoy all the lovely plans so artfully arranged. More than 350 varieties of palms, 700 specimens are there for the looking.

This year there will more vendors than usual:

  • Rob will be selling bromeliads, gingers, heliconias, begonias and other cuttings from the garden. He will have two Angiopteris evecta for sale (largest fern).
  • Faith Bishock and Lucinda McCartney will be selling palms and a local nursery will be selling flowering bushes and vines.

Directions to Rob Branch's

Rob Branch
1315 38th St.
Sarasota, FL 34234

Map:


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Directions :

From the North

  1. Take I-75 south to University Parkway. This is the first Sarasota exit.
  2. Head west and take a right and go approximately 5 miles to US 301, a major intersection.
  3. Make a left (south) on 301.
  4. Go 1 mile to Myrtle, where you will turn right. There is a large sign before Myrtle for Jungle Garden.
  5. Cross over railroad tracks.
  6. The second street after the railroad tracks is Coconut Ave. Turn right and go one block.
  7. Rob's place is the second garden on the right (1315 38th St., corner of Coconut Ave. and 38th St.)

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From the South

  1. Take I-75 north to University Parkway,
  2. Follow the From the North directions above starting at step 2.

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