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Frequently Asked Questions

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Overflow parking site to be announced soon

Parking is free for the festival – Limited parking is available onsite at 900 N. Birch Rd. Additional parking is available at 2900 NE 9th Court, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304 and 2800 Vista Mar, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304. Our pedestrian-only south entrance is located at 750 Breakers Avenue off Vista Mar Street and will also be open for walk-in attendees.

Admission for the festival is $25 for one day. This year the admission includes the festival, house, grounds and our outdoor sculpture exhibit, ZimSculpt. Children under 12 are free.

You will receive your ticket by email. Look for an email from Blackbaud/International Orchid & Garden Festival. If you do not receive an email soon after purchase, check your junk/spam folder. You must print or display your ticket on your phone at the gate. Yahoo and AOL accounts appear to be particularly susceptible to false positive spam messages. Please check your spam folders. Please search for “Blackbaud” in your email. If you use Gmail look in your promotions tab and search for “Blackbaud”.

Bringing cash is highly recommended as many growers are foreign and do not accept credit cards. ATMs are available, but they charge fees and are limited to $100 per transaction.

Volunteers must park in the Volunteer Parking Lot on the South Side of the property and enter through the South Gate located at 750 Breakers Avenue off Vista Mar Street.

Tickets for the festival are non-refundable.

Easy! No standing in line.

The classes/lectures are free with paid admission and will take place in the Island Theater.

The International Orchid & Garden Festival is outdoors throughout the Bonnet House Estate.

Anyone interested in seeing rare orchids, buying beautiful yet affordable orchids, or learning more about orchids in one of the Festival’s many free classes? If you have been to the Redland International Orchid Festival, the Miami International Orchid Show, the Orchid Festival at Fairchild, or the Fort Lauderdale Orchid Show, and enjoyed them, you will certainly be delighted by the Bonnet House Orchid Festival. If you have never been to an orchid festival, what are you waiting for?!

Check out the beautiful displays, shop the widest selection of affordable and rare orchids available anywhere, listen to live music and enjoy an adult beverage as you stroll the gardens. Participate in complimentary raffles for beautiful orchid plants and other prizes. Visit the Raffle booth to purchase your raffle tickets.

The Committee accepts applications to the Orchid Festival year-round, please email [email protected] with the name and description of your business, a link to your website/social media channel, and photos.

Please email [email protected] for sponsorship opportunities or click here to download the sponsorship packet.

No. We love animals too, but the venue only allows service animals.

You will receive your ticket by email. Look for an email from Blackbaud Merchant Services/International Orchid & Garden Festival. If you do not receive an email soon after purchase, check your junk/spam folder. You must print or display your ticket on your phone at the gate. Yahoo and AOL accounts appear to be particularly susceptible to false positive spam messages. Please check your spam folders. Please search for “Blackbaud Merchant Services” in your email. If you use Gmail look in your promotions tab and search for “Blackbaud”. If you continue to have issues please email [email protected] for assistance.

The festival is located at Bonnet House Museum & Gardens, 900 N. Birch Road, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304

All ticket sales are final and non-refundable.

Thank You to Our Sponsors:
Christopher Bigney | Brody & Brody P.A. | Mary Joe & Richard Brown | Gale Butler | George Castleman & Yoshi Shigenari |Deluxe Party Rental | Ted & Katherine Drum | Joe & Nora Dyke | Ed Hashek & John Jors | Suzanne & Hugh Higgins | John Knox Village | The Judith Ann Linnell Foundation Fund | Norman Keller & Virginia Becart | Victoria Kirby | Jim & Lynn LaBate | Chip & Eileen LaMarca | Kathryn Lant | Museum and Collector Resource, LLC | North Beach Village Resort | The Palmer Family | Sondra St. Martin | Will Steuer | Soroa Orchids | Tripp Scott | Virginia Vyfvinkel | Sherry Walters