Riverhead Rotary’s 28th Annual Gardenfest got underway today at Tanger Outlets.
The garden festival this year continues for the full week leading up to Mother’s Day, allowing even more opportunity for local residents and visitors to buy flowers, shrubs and ornamentals, trees and more at discounted prices. The Rotary Club receives donations and steep discounts from growers around the region, which allows the club to pass on savings to the local community. That, in turn, produces funding for Riverhead Rotary Charities, Operation International, and Peconic Bay Medical Center. It’s an important fundraiser for all of the event’s beneficiaries.
In addition to the garden sale, the festival features a raffle, with tickets priced at $100 each and only 300 tickets sold. The prizes include a grand prize of $10,000, a second prize of $3,000, a third prize of $1,000, and two additional prizes of $500 each. The drawing will take place on May 22 and winners need not be present to claim their prizes. Proceeds of the raffle also benefit Riverhead Rotary Charities, Operation International, and Peconic Bay Medical Center.
The garden festival will continue through May 11 at Tanger Outlets from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, with last-minute sales on the morning of Mother’s Day, May 12.
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