We are very pleased to announce the 3rd Annual SCRUBFEST with David The Good in North/Central Florida, on OCTOBER 19, 2024!

Why attend Scrubfest?

1. You will learn how to have immediate gardening success in Florida and the Deep South
2. You will meet other gardeners and homesteaders from around the region
3. You can ask questions in person and meet David The Good and other teachers
4. You will have the chance to purchase an incredible amount of rare and wonderful edible plants at the Scrubland Farmz nursery
5. You will be able to buy books, tees and seeds directly from David and Daisy
6. Kids get in FREE, so you can bring your big or small family with no worries
7. Scrubfest is HIGH ENERGY and will get you super excited about growing!

Florida gardeners and plant lovers do not want to miss this event at Scrubland Farmz, an incredibly well-stocked family-owned plant nursery just a little north of Ft. McCoy.

SCRUBLAND FARMZ ADDRESS:

22505 NE 130th Ct Rd
Fort McCoy, FL 34132
561-239-6484

NOTE: Don’t Get Lost! If using map apps like Google, just search for Scrubland Farmz and not the physical address. The physical address will send you down a dirt road 1/4 mile before the drive way. We had issues with people not finding the event last year. Google has fixed their “Scrubland Farmz” search to take you to the right place, but the physical address will literally steer you wrong.

Get your ticket here!

SPEAKERS:

David The Good – How to Plant Your Florida Food Forest THIS WEEKEND

Starting a food forest isn’t hard. In fact, it can be done in a weekend. Stop the excuses and throw out the complicated diagrams – David The Good shares the cure for analysis paralysis. Plant your Garden of Eden today and reap the rewards for the rest of your life. It’s easier than you think.

You’ll learn:

How to space out and plant trees without a blueprint

How to get great yields in the first year 

How to break restrictive food forest ideas

How to finally have fun while planting the garden of your dreams

BIO:

David The Good is the author of ten gardening books and the creator of the The Survival Gardening Channel with David The Good on YouTube. His books include Minimalist Gardening, Compost Everything, Florida Survival Gardening and Create Your Own Florida Food Forest. He has planted food forests in four different climates and currently lives in Lower Alabama with his wife and eleven children.

Green Deane – How to Eat the Weeds

Green Deane, the most-watched forager on YouTube, joins us to talk about the amazing amount of wild edible plants in Florida and how you might just be able to stock your kitchen with food without planting a single thing.

Tommy Van Horn – Florida Beekeeping

He is also the author of The Liturgy of the Land along with fellow homesteader Jason M. Craig.

Randall White – Great Temperate Fruit Trees for Florida Gardeners

Did you know there are some GREAT apple varieties that grow in Florida – and we ain’t talking about Golden Dorsett!

Or that you can grow an abundance of figs, pears, peaches and more – so long as you find the key varieties?

This presentation will open your eyes to the possibility of growing your favorite “northern” fruits even in the heat and humidity.

BIO: Randall White has been gardening since his youth, experimenting with a wide range of techniques and species. His current projects include planting his massive collection of fig trees in a gigantic orchard as well as preserving and propagating rare apple varieties from the Old South. He and his wife Mechelle run the Flomaton Famous YouTube channel, where they share their successes, failures, and plenty of useful information.

Amanda Marek and Mark Bailey – Foodscaping Your Yard

What if your landscaping saved you at the grocery store? In this presentation Amanda Marek and Mark Bailey will help you change your yard from a liability into an asset!

Amanda’s BIO: Amanda Marek works with the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences and is a Florida Friendly Landscape agent. She teaches landscaping principles that reduce water use and save our community 1,986,000 gallons of natural water resources annually through her educational programs – and she also shows people how to grow food in their landscape using these same good principles. 

Mark’s BIO: Mark is a University of Florida faculty member with degrees in Entomology, Plant Protection, and Pest Management. He serves Marion County as an extension agent and is responsible for sustainable agriculture and food systems. He has more than ten years of university extension experience and more than twenty years of agriculture and horticultural experience. A major component of his efforts is to investigate potentially sustainable and profitable alternative crops for the central Florida region.

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Along with our speakers, you’ll have the chance to purchase many rare and wonderful edible, medicinal, insectary and native trees and plants in the extensive Scrubland Farmz nursery. We’ll also have a David The Good book signing.

We will also have food vendors and a great waterslide and play area for the children.

GET TICKETS

ENTRY FEE: $50 per adult, children 18 and under are free! (kids can bring bathing suits and towels for the waterslide and play area.)

Pay here and please print your payment receipt to present at the gate. Your receipt is your ticket, so make sure to print it out and keep it.

Buy tickets here! 

NOTE: If you do not pay ahead, you can pay at the gate. However, depending on the number of online ticket sales before the event, gate sales and admissions may be limited due to parking and space considerations.

ANOTHER NOTE: No dogs or pruning shears allowed.

Additional Note on Non-Nursery Plant Material

Though there has been interest, we unfortunately cannot have a plant swap at this location. As a registered Florida nursery, Scrubland Farmz is subject to quarantine restrictions, pest inspection, invasive species laws, etc., and maintains compliance with all laws governing the licensure of nursery growers in the state of Florida; therefore, we cannot allow the import of non-nursery plant material due to the potential for violations that may impact our host.

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