It is abundantly clear as why people move to Palm Beach County to raise a family, enjoy the fruits of their labor, or retire in paradise.   For anyone who loves year round warmth and constant sunshine Palm Beach County offers south Florida lifestyle and highly sought after real estate. Palm Beach County is home to elite areas like Palm Beach and Jupiter Island. Many of the residences on these islands stretch from the Atlantic Ocean to the Intracoastal Waterways. Within the county, you will discover charming seaside towns of Jupiter, Tequesta, Juno Beach, Delray and Boca Raton.

Hundreds of volunteers assisted the Palm Beach County Food Bank, local food pantries and West Palm Beach Rotary Club distributes 100,000 meals on March 12 for the “3rd…

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Come play in the dirt and help grow Jupiter’s community garden. Get your hands dirty. Learn about the area community garden, grow your own vegetables and meet new people.   If you have a green thumb but you do not have room to grow your own organic vegetables, you can grow your own organic fruits and vegetables in a Jupiter community garden. It contains 28 plots including a children’s garden and all organic – organic fertilizer and compost, organic seeds when available, organic pesticides! 

A community garden is a piece of land gardened together by a collection of people. The purpose of the garden is to provide “fresh products and plants, as well as satisfying labor, neighborhood improvement, sense of community and connection to the environment.”…

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For more than 80 years, the Okeechobee County Cattlemen’s Association has brought cowboy heritage to South Florida.  The Okeechobee Rodeo, also known as “Cow Town” Rodeo is an official stop on the Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association (PRCA). 

The Okeechobee Rodeo is believed to be the second longest running rodeo in the State of Florida.  The longest running rodeo is the Silver Spurs Rodeo in Kissimmee, which will hold its 136th annual event this year.  Okeechobee is just 50 miles west of Palm Beach County, one of Florida’s premiere agriculture communities.

Watch the “roughest and toughest professional bull riders and bull fighters “at Florida’s Cow Town Rodeo.  On March 12 and, March 13, 2016 in association with the Cow Town PRCA rodeo…

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The Delray Beach Green Market is a beautiful, artisan market out in the fresh air of sunny south Florida. The scene is bursting with vibrant colors from fresh flowers, the air is filled with the scent of fresh baked goods and live music fills the air at the Delray Beach Green Market. All of the amazing features of the green market are topped off with the views of the beach and surrounding charm of Delray. 

This market is brimming with the freshest produce from locally grown vegetables and fruits to tropical creations like delicious handmade jams, pastries, sauces and more. At the Delray Beach Green Market guests can peruse more than 65 vendors featuring “Palm Beach County farm-to-fork produce, just picked citrus and juice, farm fresh eggs, raw milk…

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Happening in Boca Raton next week is a major new event for the art community in South Florida, the launch of the Boca Raton Contemporary Art Fair. This new event will host some of the finest works in contemporary, modern and emerging art at the 65,000 square foot International Pavilion of the Palm Beaches on the Florida Atlantic University campus. 

The art fair is put on by David and Lee Ann Lester of Next Level Fairs and is to take place March 18 through the 21 of 2016. There will be an elegant opening gala on the eve of March 17 to showcase a preview of the fair and to benefit the Boca Raton Museum of Art and School. The gala will be hosted by some of the most educated and knowledgeable art collectors and connoisseurs in South Florida. “Sponsored…

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There are plenty of things to do in Palm Beach County this St. Patrick’s Day.  Get your "Irish on" and enjoy wonderful traditions, food and music from the Emeral Isle.  Listed are 5 suggestions of past  all time favorites locations to celebrate leprechauns and pots of gold.  

Irish Fest on Flagler (West Palm Beach)

A “great, green explosion of music, fun, and frivolity all the while South Florida will be turning a brighter shade of green” this March 12 and 13th downtown West Palm Beach. This weekend enjoy St. Patrick’s Day with the entire family on the West Palm Beach waterfront. Relax and enjoy Irish music, food and revelry on the water’s edge. For tickets and other information, please visit www.Irishflorida.org.

Paddy Mac’s Restaurant and…

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Orchids, orchids, and more orchids!  Over 10,000 orchid floras from local and international vendors will be on exhibition at the 14th Annual International Orchid Festival.  Learn all about the exotic air plants March 18th -20th at the Port St. Lucie Orchid Society Show.

 South Florida was an orchid utopia in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s.  As the Florida East Coast Railroad made its way through Florida, their beauty amazed people.  The orchids were collected and sold across the United States as houseplants.  The orchid environment was practically eradicated with the development of South Florida. 

 Orchids are blossoming florae that are often vibrant and aromatic.  There are over 26,000 varieties of orchids that are more than twice the number…

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According to National Bridge Inventory statistics, the Town of Jupiter has 46 bridges!  Collectively the bridges average daily traffic of 1,137,448 vehicles and of that 94,108 of those vehicles are trucks.  That is an awful lot of traffic in our quaint little beach town.

One of the busiest bridges in the world is the George Washington Bridge, which links Manhattan to New Jersey by crossing over the Hudson River. The bridge has 14 lanes for motor vehicles and almost 102 million automobiles annually. The George Washington Bridge is 1,283 feet long of suspension and considered an engineering phenomenon. It is the world’s longest enclosed bridge with its lattice-steel towers rising 604 feet high above the water. The bridge now extends 4,760 feet…

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The St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Lake Worth
  

Come out to the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Lake Worth with family or friends for a fun day of wearing green, green beer and Irish traditions. The parade will be taking place on March 13 at noon and is sponsored by Wheels for Kids. This festive event is to benefit the foundation that helps get kids who need a wheel chair their own wheel chair. At the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Lake Worth this year, a customized wheelchair that was donated for a child in need will be revealed. 

March 13, 2016 at Noon 
City of Lake Worth
7 North Dixie Highway
Lake Worth, FL 33460
561.586.1600

The St. Patrick’s Day Parade and Festival of Delray Beach

You won’t want to miss the St. Patrick’s Day Festival and Parade of…

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The Travel Channel, has long been one of the most respected travel and leisure magazines and its lists of “Best Of” Destinations are guides to the best places in the world.

The Travel Channel released a list of the “Best Florida Resorts” to visit and they are definitely worth traveling to. These lists have been long admired for their killer recommendations for fine hotels and getaways. You can rely on the Travel Channel for the best advice when it comes to your traveling needs. Travel Channel’s team of experts research and report on the best spots in the world to travel to based on categories like: romance, exotic opulence, best all inclusive resorts and even most bizarre.

Vacationers from all over the world travel to sunny south Florida for its year round…

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