March 9th, 2024, from 8:00 am to 3:00 p.m. is your chance to meet local landscaping professionals and serious gardeners at the 21st Annual Spring Obsession Garden & Art!

From 8:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. expect to enjoy a free day of family activities while exploring the many displays of flowers and plants for sale. Meet with garden clubs, purchase art for the patio, kid’s activities, and great local food venues while you enjoy beautiful, historic Downtown Lakeland.

The goal of each year’s event is to raise money for local causes for the residents of Lakeland and surrounding areas. Twenty years of event proceeds have:

• furnished park benches in Hollis Garden and supported local initiatives, including Bonnet Springs

• Common Ground Park

• Arts on the Park

• Bike Lakeland

• Campfire Girls

• Artful bike racks outside Polk Museum of Art

• Artistic bike racks for the libraries

• Purchase Park furniture in Munn Park

• Trauma Packs created by the Lakeland Police and Fire Departments were placed in every classroom at Southwest Middle School.

• Polk County Public School Know & Grow Program

In 2024, The Lakeland Rotary will continue to support the Polk County schools through a new program called Partners In Education. The Lakeland Rotary Club has committed to adopting Southwest Elementary and Southwest Middle Schools through financial contributions, mentoring, and other initiatives that provide support to students and teachers to enhance the educational opportunities for our students.

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About eight years ago, the committee decided to support the green movement. Many of the vendors offer Earth-friendly clothing and garden maintenance products.

Spring Obsession exhibitors and presenters have become regulars each season. The Polk County Master Gardeners have presented educational information almost from the beginning of the event.

Exhibitors are quick to rejoin to get a space in next year’s event. Please see Spring Obsession to reserve your spot today at Spring Obsession.

Our committee for this event has always been 100% volunteers, so all the net profit goes to support our community, which our sponsors appreciate.

The event is open to the public and will be held on March 9th, 2024 in Downtown Lakeland’s Munn Park.

We hope to see you there!

Info:

Spring Obsession Inc. was founded by Gloria Brooke & Marie Magrath; Loved and nurtured by Margaret Stephens and her family and business Brooke Pottery; adopted in 2017 by The Lakeland Rotary Club

In Cooperation with The Parks & Recreation Dept, City of Lakeland (www.lakelandgov.net)