“34TH ANNUAL CALADIUM FESTIVAL”– Lake Placid

Activity Level: 3

Lake Placid is an interesting small town proud of its chief product, brilliantly colored caladiums. The Lake Placid Caladium Festival will offer arts and crafts, a beer garden, food booths, entertainment and an antique and classic car and bike show. There is a schedule of entertainment that includes cloggers, country bands, classic rock, blue grass and local favorites.

But the caladiums are the star of the festival. You can buy them, and the town will be full of them — a local grower donates thousands of caladium bulbs to decorate the city. If you’re a gardener in South Florida, you know caladiums as those summer plants with vividly colored leaves in shades of red, white and pink. The big leaves come in various shapes and add color to gardens when it’s too hot to grow much else. There are more than 40 varieties of caladiums.  

Bus Tour of Caladium Fields – We will get an up-close view of the Caladium fields, with a step aboard tour on our air-conditioned motor coach bus. The tours, led by local growers, offer up a lively discussion of the industry as well as question and answer sessions on a wide range of topics. Out the bus windows, rows upon rows, acres upon acres, showcase a kaleidoscope of colors.