AHS LIVE: Behind-the-Scenes Tour: Winter Gardens in Winter Garden
with Katy Moss Warner, president, Bloom & Grow Garden Society
Wednesday, February 25, 2026 from 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. ET
Winter Garden, FL
$50 AHS members/$60 non-members
Winter Garden, Florida is a “charming little city with a juicy past”! Our Winter Garden gardens tour will begin at the Path of Life, a small, lush public garden created to enhance the beauty of Chapin Station Park while protecting the natural environment. Katy Moss Warner, president emerita of the American Horticultural Society and president of the Bloom & Grow Garden Society, will walk you through this peaceful place and share about the evolution of this special space on the West Orange Trail. The tour will continue to a fascinating private garden on Lake Apopka. Created by former nursery owners, this beautiful garden is replete with palms, epiphytes, a collection of Tillandsia, and lots of pollinator plants. Next, the group will visit City Hall to learn about the Winter Garden Heritage Tree Project and view plans for the new 24-acre Health and Wellness Park under construction. The tour will end at the unique Live Trends retail plant shop near City Hall. You will want to extend your stay in Winter Garden to enjoy the shops and restaurants along Plant Street!
Katy Moss Warner is president emerita of the American Horticultural Society and president of the Bloom & Grow Garden Society. She is also a board advisor for America in Bloom, an organization that promotes nationwide beautification with an emphasis on volunteer community involvement. Warner trained in landscape architecture at the University of Arizona and was a Longwood Fellow in public garden administration at the University of Delaware/Longwood Gardens. For 24 years, Warner worked as a professional horticulturist at Walt Disney World in Florida managing the landscapes of theme parks, resort properties and roads on the 30,000-acre property, retiring as director of horticulture and environmental initiatives. She was awarded the Loeb Fellowship of the Harvard Graduate School of Design in Cambridge, MA in 2000. From 2002-2005, she served as President of the American Horticultural Society.