Gardens Press Releases

(West Palm Beach, FL – October 3, 2024) Friends of the Mounts Botanical Garden is bringing back by popular demand—the fun and family-friendly: Ribbit the Exhibit II November 23 through May 25 "Under the theme of Leap into Nature, Art & Science,...

Traditionally, the cloisters, kitchen gardens and herb beds of Europe's monasteries were places for monks and nuns to meditate and work.

(West Palm Beach, FL – September 13, 2024) October is Native Plant Month and Friends of the Mounts Botanical Garden will be hosting more than two dozen different horticultural classes and healthy activities, including a super-fun and very special Dogs'...

(West Palm Beach, FL – August 7, 2024) September is always a very busy time for plant lovers, and this year Friends of the Mounts Botanical Garden is planning multiple horticultural classes and events to celebrate both National Honey Month and...

(West Palm Beach, FL – July 15, 2024) Elephants, hippo, and lion – oh my! In addition to hosting 26 fun and informative, healthy, and horticultural workshops and events during August, Friends of the Mounts Botanical Garden has introduced a new family...

(West Palm Beach, FL – July 12, 2024) Friends of the Mounts Botanical Garden is inviting the public to suggest names for its seven newest garden accessories—life-sized animals crafted from recycled metal that have been placed around the 20-acre...

(West Palm Beach, FL – June 25, 2024) Friends of the Mounts Botanical Garden is seeking sponsors for its next major exhibition.

(West Palm Beach, FL – June 17, 2024) With the hazy, crazy, lazy days of summer at hand,  Friends of the Mounts Botanical Garden will host 31 fun, informative and healthy workshops and events throughout July.

(West Palm Beach, FL – June 4, 2024) In response to the overwhelmingly positive response last month to offering FREE admission to moms on Mother's Day, Friends of the Mounts Botanical Garden is now extending the same generous benefit to dads: FREE...

(West Palm Beach, FL – May 28, 2024) With the sunny summer months at hand, Friends of the Mounts Botanical Garden is announcing new hours and reduced admission rates through Labor Day at the beautiful 20-acre oasis, located just minutes from downtown...

(West Palm Beach, FL – May 23, 2024) Friends of the Mounts Botanical Garden is launching a new fun and informative program this August for 3rd grade students in the Palm Beach County School District: Let's All Go to the Garden! A Fun & Educational...

(West Palm Beach, FL – May 20, 2024) With Summer fast approaching,  Friends of the Mounts Botanical Garden will host 40 different fun, informative and healthy workshops and events throughout June and July.

(West Palm Beach, FL – May 7, 2024) This Mother's Day weekend (May 11-12),  Friends of the Mounts Botanical Garden will offer several fun and informative events for the whole family, promises Mounts Interim Co-Director Misty Stoller.

WHAT: Friends of the Mounts Botanical Garden hosted their biggest annual fundraising event – the Mounts 24th Annual Spring Benefit – at the Garden itself on Sunday, April 7, 2024, from 4:00 pm to 7:30 pm.

(West Palm Beach, FL – April 12, 2024) With Spring now fully a-bloom,  Friends of the Mounts Botanical Garden will host a variety of fun, informative and healthy workshops and events throughout the month of May, even as it says a fond farewell to...

(West Palm Beach, FL – March 27, 2024) Friends of the Mounts Botanical Garden will be hosting two week-long programs in July for nature curious youngsters ages 7 to 11.

(West Palm Beach, FL – March 20, 2024) Friends of the Mounts Botanical Garden will be hosting their biggest annual fundraising event – the Mounts 24th Annual Spring Benefit – at the Garden itself on Sunday, April 7, 2024, from 4:00 pm to 7:30 pm.

(West Palm Beach, FL – March 13, 2024) Friends of the Mounts Botanical Garden will host a variety of informative workshops and classes, healthy activities, and fun events throughout the month of April, including the always popular Plant-A-Palooza...

(West Palm Beach, FL – March 5, 2024) Friends of the Mounts Botanical Garden will host two popular events on Saturday, March 23, at its beautiful 20-acre oasis, located just minutes from downtown West Palm Beach.

(West Palm Beach, FL – February 6, 2024) The Friends of the Mounts Botanical Garden will welcome nationally acclaimed landscape designer Pamela Crawford on Saturday, March 2, from 10:30 am to noon.

(West Palm Beach, FL – January 30, 2024) Friends of the Mounts Botanical Garden will soon host one of its most anticipated annual plant sales: Winter Plant-A-Palooza, February 10-11.

(West Palm Beach, FL – January 18, 2024) Friends of the Mounts Botanical Garden will host its ever-popular Winter Plant-A-Palooza, plus a variety of fun and informative workshops, classes, and special events throughout the month of February, including...

(West Palm Beach, FL – January 16, 2024) Coming next week: Friends of the Mounts Botanical Garden will welcome the Sacred Arts Tour Monks of Drepung Gomang Monastery, a Tibetan monastery in Karnataka State, South India, for six days of special events...

(West Palm Beach, FL – December 19, 2023) The Friends of the Mounts Botanical Garden will welcome the Sacred Arts Tour Monks of Drepung Gomang Monastery, a Tibetan monastery in Karnataka State, South India,  for six days of special events and...

(West Palm Beach, FL – December 18, 2023) Rebecca Doane, President of Friends of the Mounts Botanical Garden, and Ron Rice, Extension Director for Palm Beach County, today announced a major change in the leadership team of Mounts Botanical Garden, Palm...

(West Palm Beach, FL – December 11, 2023) Friends of the Mounts Botanical Garden is proud to announce the Grand Opening of its next major exhibition in Palm Beach County's oldest and largest botanical garden, a beautiful 20-acre oasis located just...

(West Palm Beach, FL – November 28, 2023) Rochelle Wolberg, Curator/Director of Mounts Botanical Garden, Palm Beach County's oldest and largest public garden, today announced two major additions to the nonprofit organization's leadership team: + Marc...

(West Palm Beach, FL – November 22, 2023) Mounts Botanical Garden is embracing the season with its new exhibition, TROPICAL HOLIDAY TREES AT MOUNTS featuring two framed, 8-15 foot trees designed by the Mounts Horticulture Team and installed with dozens...

(West Palm Beach, FL – November 10, 2023) Friends of the Mounts Botanical Garden will cap off this year by hosting 28 fun and informative workshops, classes, and special events throughout the month of December, including the popular Garden Explorers...

(West Palm Beach, FL – November 6, 2021) Rebecca Doane, long-time board member and President of Friends of the Mounts Botanical Garden, Palm Beach County's oldest and largest public garden, today announced two new members of the nonprofit...

(West Palm Beach, FL – November 2, 2023) Friends of the Mounts Botanical Garden will be celebrating Veterans Day Weekend, November 11-12, by offering FREE admission and special discounts to currently serving members of the armed forces and all military...