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A shopper peruses plants at one of the many booths at a past South Texas Home and Garden Show. Find indoor and outdoor plants, gardening advice, home and garden décor, contractors, crafts, and much more at this year’s show, taking place this Saturday, March 21, at the Floresville Event Center! WCN FILE PHOTO
FLORESVILLE — Performances! More than 100 vendors! Classes! Food trucks! Indoor and outdoor plants! Home décor! Plus a blood drive, tractor displays, face painting — and the chance to win one of seven stupendous door prizes!
Where can you find all this and more? At the Floresville Event Center, 600 S.H. 97 W. in Floresville, on Saturday, March 21, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., as the Wilson County News presents the 19th annual South Texas Home and Garden Show. Admission and parking are free!
Sponsors for this year’s event include the Floresville Economic Development Corp., Budget Blinds, Kinetico of San Antonio, San Antonio River Authority, Elysian Sound & Light, Floresville Electric Light & Power System, H&R Block in Floresville, Halo Roofing of La Vernia, M/I Homes of Floresville, Mike Monreal, State Farm Insurance – David Del Bosque, and the Wilson County News.
This free family-friendly annual event has something for everyone!
Among the plants available to purchase from the Wilson County Extension Master Gardeners this Saturday at the South Texas Home and Garden Show will be the Rodeo tomato and other tomato varieties, and various herbs, along with cucumbers, peppers, and more. The group also will offer two presentations on gardening, one in the morning and another in the afternoon.
Inside and outside the Floresville Event Center, you’ll find more than 100 booths representing a host of vendors with everything from plants and garden items to home décor and crafts, baked and home-canned foods, locally grown produce, building and landscape design and contracting services, insurance and mortgage providers, and much more. And there’s something for all ages, including kids’ crafts and activities, and presentations and classes.
Door prizes
Be sure to register for door prizes at the vendor booths — seven stupendous prizes, featuring items donated by the various vendors, will be awarded throughout the event! Must be present to win.
Browse, buy, explore
Purchase bedding and other plants. Browse home and garden décor, or plan your next home project!
Find plants for indoors and outdoors from the Wilson County Extension Master Gardeners, Color Me Green nursery, Front Porch Garden Center, H-E-B, Raging Roots, the San Antonio Cactus & Xerophyte Society, Schwerdtfeger Gardens, and That Plant Place.
Find a variety of vendors offering home repairs and remodeling, paving and concrete work, pool design and installation, blinds, windows and siding, water filters, pest control, and more!
WCN FILE PHOTO
But the offerings don’t stop there — find everything from farm-canned produce and home and garden décor to crafts, baked goods, jewelry, books, games, and snacks.
You can also enjoy performances by Rusty Duncan’s Martial Arts & Fire Dragon Tumbling students! Performances will take place in front of the stage at 9:10 a.m. and 1:10 p.m.
Learn a little!
This free family-friendly annual event also will include free presentations by the Wilson County Extension Master Gardeners in the gym, including:
•Planting with a Purpose: Growing What Brings You Joy, 11:10 a.m.
•Boosting One’s Wellness in the Garden, 2:10 p.m.
Plus, check out the two first aid kit preparation presentations by T3R Medical Training Group in the gym at 10:10 a.m. and 12:20 p.m.
Also, the Floresville Electric Light & Power System (FELPS) will have electrical safety demonstrations at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. at their booth.
Enjoy performances by Rusty Duncan’s Martial Arts and Fire Dragon Tumbling students this Saturday, March 21, during the 19th annual South Texas Home and Garden Show, presented by the Wilson County News. Performances will be in front of the stage at 9:10 a.m. and 1:10 p.m. Also enjoy presentations on gardening, cactus, electrical safety, and first aid kits — all free — during the show; doors open at 9 a.m. at the Floresville Event Center. WCN FILE PHOTO
Give the gift of life
Sign up to donate blood with the South Texas Blood & Tissue Center; slots are available from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 21. All blood donors will receive a T-shirt. To sign up:
•Call Brandy Hawkins at 830-216-4519
•Email bhawkins@lavernianews.com
•Register at qrco.de/STXHG.
For eligibility or other questions call 210-731-5590.
Meet nonprofits and community organizations, like the Wilson County Low Cost Spay/Neuter Clinic, the Floresville Lions Club, American Legion Post 38, Wilson County Adoption and Rescue Services, Wilson County Resource Preservation Project, and Osborne Stables Equine Rescue & Life Skills Program, A.S.T.E.P., and the Texas Ramp Project.
Refuel, refresh
Refuel and refresh at the food court on the patio, where you’ll find food from:
•Elenitas Mexican Food
•Premier BBQ
•Mobile Munchies
•Tres Flores Funnel Cakes
•Elotes Alma.
Inside, the Floresville Chamber of Commerce will be offering concessions.
See you March 21 at the 2026 South Texas Home and Garden Show! For more information, visit www.southtexashomeandgarden.com/.
Plant ID winner
Congratulations to Charlotte Hartlein of Floresville, whose entry was drawn at random from those correctly identifying dracaena from the photo in our March 11 issue. Her/his prize is a squirrel-proof bird feeder valued at $39.95, courtesy of Jupe Mills in Adkins.
The annual Plant ID Contest for the past six weeks has been a lead-in to the 2026 South Texas Home & Garden Show, taking place this Saturday at the Floresville Event Center.
nkilbey-smith@mywcn.com
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