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| 19th Annual Caladium
Festival Lake Placid Florida - Caladium Capital of the World August 28, 29 & 30 2009 Our Annual Caladium Festival Features:
Our annual Caladium Festival attracts thousands of visitors each year. Visitors to our popular event also enjoy:
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| Our Annual Caladium Festival celebrates the
bounty of our land and the talent of our people. Lake Placid, and surrounding Highlands County is blessed with natural beauty, rich soil and energetic and creatively talented people. We expanded our popular Caladium Festival to include other interesting and significant aspects of our economy, heritage and culture. Please make plans to join us! Lake Placid is located in south central Florida. 27 pristine freshwater lakes provide a popular destination for fishing, boating, swimming & water sports. Visitors to our community enjoy our friendly small town atmosphere and are warmly welcomed at all our local businesses. Lake Placid has dozens of antique & gift stores, quality restaurants and accommodations. Lake Placid is home to many award winning murals, gracing buildings in our area. Our Mural Society has also commissioned many whimsical trash containers, and a Birds Around Town program. Set aside time during your trip to take the walking tour of this unique feature of our community. < Return |
| Caladium History Caladiums were first grown in the Lake Placid area in the early 1940's. The industry began to expand in the 1950's and today consists of over 1200 acres. This acreage is owned and managed by 14 families, some of which have been producing caladiums for over 40 years. Several of the families have the third generation in the business. Caladiums are increasingly popular as landscape plants as their use is becoming more widely known. Much of the popularity is due to the bright color of the leaves, the versatility of the plant, and its simple growing requirements. They are a shade loving plant from the rain forests of the Amazon basin. The plant has no pests and does not require any insecticide treatment or fertilization. The leaves are its feature and they are odor free. Potted plants as well as cut leaves make beautiful arrangements and are long lasting with proper care. The caladiums are grown in large fields which have been compared to the tulip fields in Holland for their beauty during the summer months. < Return |
Many visitors have stated that the drive by the fields is worth the trip to Lake Placid. The patchwork of color of over 40 varieties of red, white, and pink, and all combinations of the colors is truly a handiwork of art. |
| Caladium Co-Op A popular attraction is the Caladium Co-Op.
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| Greater Lake Placid Florida Chamber of
Commerce Visitor's Welcome Center 18 N. Oak Avenue Lake Placid, Florida 33852 Phone: (863) 465-4331 E-mail: chamber@lpfla.com Web site: visitlakeplacidflorida.com Centrally
located in Florida's Heartland & Freshwater Frontier |
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