Your guide to the 2024 annual Big Bloom Plant Sale at South Texas Botanical Gardens

John Oliva, Corpus Christi Caller Times
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The South Texas Botanical Gardens & Nature Center is set to host its annual Big Bloom Plant Sale from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.

Shoppers are advised to bring a plant cart. Members enter free and can shop early at 9 a.m. The rest of the community pays $2 for admittance.

The garden festival includes hundreds of plant varieties, an orchid sale, plumeria, tropicals, xeriscape (water-wise), natives, color, annuals, perennials, vendors, butterfly and ladybug releases, food trucks and more.

Blu, a pit bull, walks through plants at the South Texas Botanical Gardens & Nature Center's Big Bloom Festival on Saturday, April 1, 2023.
Blu, a pit bull, walks through plants at the South Texas Botanical Gardens & Nature Center's Big Bloom Festival on Saturday, April 1, 2023.

Big Bloom schedule

  • 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.: Membership check-in/renew/purchase

  • 9 to 10 a.m.: Members only shopping

  • 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.: Big Bloom Festival, orchid sale, vendors, Nature's Boutique, kids play area

  • 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.: Food trucks

  • 11 a.m.: Reptiles Rock! show in Animal Tent

  • 11:30 a.m.: Ladybug Release in Hummer Garden

  • Noon: Butterfly Release in Butterfly House

  • 1 p.m.: Meet Animal Ambassadors show in Animal Tent

  • 1:30 p.m.: Ladybug Release in Sensory Garden

  • 3 p.m.: Butterfly Release in Butterfly House

  • 3:30 p.m.: Ladybug Release in Rose Garden

  • 4 p.m.: Meet Animal Ambassadors show in Animal Tent

Ivan, a green iguana, is one of the many reptiles at the South Texas Botanical Gardens & Nature Center.
Ivan, a green iguana, is one of the many reptiles at the South Texas Botanical Gardens & Nature Center.

What should I know about traffic?

Due to past vehicle back-ups, Nueces County sheriff's patrol cars will direct all traffic to the signal light at the intersection of Country Creek Drive and Staples Street, and then down South Oso Parkway to the Botanical Gardens back gate. The exit will be the same route. Parking is free.

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John Oliva covers entertainment and community news in South Texas. Contact him at john.oliva@caller.com or X @johnpoliva.

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