Festival Features:
Nearly 30 gardens in Leucadia - all sizes, shapes and styles (ticket required)
A Gardeners' Marketplace in Cottonwood Creek Park (free admission) with 30+ booths (see preliminary vendor list below)
Dance and music all day long in the Gardeners' Marketplace
The Patricia Rincon Dance Collective performing in the park and in 7 gardens.
An auction of color flower bowls, products, and services from all types of businesses
Double decker buses to transport tour participants from the Cottonwood Creek Park to the tour neighborhoods
Tickets are selling quickly so don't put it off.
Tickets for those 11 and older are now $20, ages 6 to 10 are $7. Younger kids are free.
Purchase tickets at:
The Encinitas Chamber of Commerce, 138 Encinitas Blvd, Encinitas, 760-753-6041 (www.encinitaschamber.com) - tickets also offered by phone at this location
Downtown Encinitas Mainstreet Association, 818 S. Coast Hwy. 101, Encinitas, 760-943-1950
Sunshine Gardens, 155 Quail Gardens Dr., Encinitas, 760-436-3244
Barrels and Branches 1452 Santa Fe Drive, Encinitas, (760) 753-2852
Anderson's La Costa Nursery, 400 La Costa Ave, Encinitas, CA
Cedros Gardens, 330 S. Cedros Ave. Solana Beach, CA
Grangetto’s Farm and Garden Supply, 203 South Rancho Santa Fe Road, Encinitas CA 92024
Walter Anderson Nursery, 3642 Enterprise Street, San Diego, CA 92110
Last year tickets sold out, so purchase yours today!!!
Marketplace Participants (so far)
Pure Vida Tropicals | Creative Garden Art |
Solana Center for Environmental Innovation | Flower Girls |
Mary’s Garden | PLANTPLAY Nursery |
The Mad Potter | Mary’s Good Snails |
Garden Glories | Green Meadow Growers |
San Diego Turtle and Tortoise Society | Quail Botanical Gardens |
Grangetto’s Farm and Garden Supply | Grand Pacific Resorts |
Encinitas Community Wildlife Habitat Project | The Wild Bird Center |
Clean Water Program – City of Encinitas | JAMROC101 - Jamaican food |
California Rare Fruit Growers | Encinitas Chamber of Commerce |
From 11:30 to 2 pm buses loop into downtown Leucadia where there are scores of wonderful restaurants and shops to explore.
Parking is tight so please carpool - or take the Coaster. The Encinitas Coaster Station is a block from Cottonwood Creek Park which is the starting point for the day.
Don't want to carry your purchases? No problem. Check them in the holding area before you start your tour.
We hope to see you on April 8!
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The Encinitas Garden Festival is an all volunteer, community based activity sponsored by the following:
Bumblebee Seafoods
Encinitas Chamber of Commerce
City of Encinitas
DEMA
Grangettos Farm and Garden Supply
Hydro-Scape
Leucadia 101 Mainstreet Association
Plant Soup, Inc.
Proven Winners
Patricia Rincon Dance Collective
Pam Slater-Price and the County of San Diego
StudioGrafik
Sunshine Gardens
SZPR
Ecke Ranch
Florabunda
Grand Pacific
OMWD
Foxpoint Farms
Postal Corner
And many other local businesses
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