MILTON — The University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences and Pensacola State College's Milton campus hosted the Spring Festival of Flowers April 7-9.
The festival featured booths from local organizations offering arts and crafts; plants, flowers and herbs; garden supplies; food; and music. Vendors also included many educational booths from businesses and nonprofit organizations such as Guardian ad Litem, Santa Rosa Medical Center and Island Doctors.
Festival-goers learned about everything horticultural and agricultural, from backyard wildlife to cooking with herbs and vegetables. Guests could purchase plants, handmade skincare products, hand-woven baskets and local honey, among other things.
This article originally appeared on Santa Rosa Press Gazette: Spring Festival of Flowers