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MiamiGreen.info is a Green Events Calendar featuring South Florida architecture, environmental design, garden lectures, and eco events. The calendar is provided as a community service for South Florida environmental activists, garden enthusiasts and green industry professionals. Each of the organizations featured in our calendar is a priceless resource of information for sustainable living practices - consider joining a South Florida botanic garden, garden club or plant society today! Please check each organization's website for more information about individual events and to confirm last minute changes in venues, times and dates. Thank you for visiting. |
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month of April 2012
April 3 | Orchid Society of Coral Gables topic: Ruben Sauleda: Pollinating, Flasking, and Deflasking location: Fairchild Tropical Garden | 10901 Old Cutler Road | Miami, FL room: Corbin Building, classroom "A" time: 7:30 pm web: www.oscgonline.org April 4 | Redland Evening Herb Society topic: New topic & speaker each month location: Fruit and Spice Park | 24801 SW 187 Ave | Homestead, Florida 33031 date: First Wednesday of each Month time: 7:30pm web: www.miamifruitandspicepark.com April 4 | Moonlight Tour at Viscaya location: Vizcaya Museum and Gardens | 3251 South Miami Ave. | Miami, FL time: 6:30 pm cost: Tickets $15; $10 for Members, Students and Seniors; available onsite only from 6:00-8:00 p.m. on the evening of the program. web: www.vizcayamuseum.org April 9 | Tropical Flowering Tree Society topic: Newest & Greatest Finds in Flowering Trees location: Fairchild Tropical Garden | 10901 Old Cutler Road | Miami, FL 33156 room: Corbin Building, classroom "A" time: 7:30 pm web: www.tfts.org/ Thomas Hecker, President of Eco-Botanic Landscape Designs, Naples, Florida and founding Director of Naples Botanical Garden, will speak on "Newest & Greatest Finds in Flowering Trees" with an emphasis on Tabebuia (Handroanthus). Thomas has traveled recently to Brazil, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Panama, and the Virgin Islands. April 12 | South Dade Garden Club topic: New topic and speaker each month location: Fruit and Spice Park | 24801 SW 187 Ave | Homestead, Florida 33031 date: Second Thursday of each month time: 7:00pm web: www.miamifruitandspicepark.com April 14-15 | Fairchild Garden Food and Garden Festival location: Fairchild Tropical Garden, 10901 Old Cutler Road,Miami, FL 33156 time: 9:30am-4:30pm web: Fairchild Tropical Garden Event Website Fairchild Tropical Gardens annual celebration of local foods and gorgeous gardens features local growers, food proveyors and plant enthusiasts and the Garden's 33rd Annual Spring Plant Sale, Experience food and recipe demonstartions, landscape design lectures, and a vendors area bringing togethers some of South Florida's local growers and gourmet food producers. April 15 | Edible Community Gardens - Ice Cream Social location: Merrick House | 907 Coral Way | Coral Gable, Florida time: 3pm-6pm web: Event Poster tickets: Tickets $20 per adult, children under 12 years free. rsvp: Contact exileatmed@comcast.net. Limited space, please reserve and pay by check before April 12. Checks payable to: Edible Community Gardens Project, 915 Castile Plaza, Coral Gables, FL 33134. Details available when you reserve. The Edible Community Gardens Project invites the Coral Gables community to “Sundays on the Porch with George” for an Ice Cream Social, featuring Azucar Ice Cream Company and local band Southbound Suspects. Parking is available behind the Merrick House. April 15 | Spring Pedals: Shady Canopy Tour time: 11:00 AM location: tour begins at the Coral Gables Museum | 285 Aragon Ave | Coral Gables, FL tickets: $10 per person; $5 for Museum members. Space is limited. rsvp: 305.603.8067 Join the Coral Gables Museum for Spring Pedals, a series of fun, educational bicycle tours through The City Beautiful presented by the Coral Gables Museum and Bike/Walk Coral Gables. Coral Gables is probably best known for having the most impressive tree canopy in Miami-Dade. The tour takes riders down some of the greenest roads with arching branches and trunks as big as cars. Learn about rare and special trees from a knowledgeable tree expert. This five mile ride is leisurely with frequent stops. Great for nature picture takers. April 15 |Earth Day 2012 Festival at Pinecrest time: 11am-4pm location: Pinecrest Gardens (the former site of Parrot Jungle) address: 11000 Red Road, Pinecrest | Florida Pinecrest Gardens will celebrate Earth Day 2012 with a festival featuring a local farmers market, landscape and wildlife demonstrations, local foods and eco friendly workshops presented by the CLEO institute. The Greater Miami Youth Symphony will also perform. April 17 | Bromeliad Society of South Florida topic: Evening Tour Narrated by Carl Bauer location: Fairchild Tropical Garden, 10901 Old Cutler Road,Miami, FL 33156 room: Corbin Building | Classroom A dates: 7:30 pm web: www.bssf-miami.org April 18 | Orchid Society of South Florida speaker: Third Wednesday of every month | 7:30 pm date: Third Wednesday of every month | 7:30 pm time: Registration & Judging of plants 7:15 PM | Program Begins 8 PM web: www.sforchid.com April 18 | Great Park Summit time: 8:00 A.M. – 2:00 P.M. location: Fairchild Tropical Garden, 10901 Old Cutler Road,Miami, FL 33156 web: Flyer Join county leaders, architects, urban designers, planners and landscape architects in an engaging discussion about enhancing cities through innovative design, planning and stewardship of public space. The Miami-Dade County Parks and Open Space Master Plan provides a framework for a healthier, more sustainable and economically viable. The Great Park Summit is the place where communities come together and the best ideas take root. For additional information contact Eric Hansen at erich@miamidade.gov or by calling 305.755.5460. April 18| Redland Tropical Fruit & Vegetable Society topic: New topic and speaker each month location: Fruit and Spice Park | 24801 SW 187 Avenue | Homestead, FL 33031 date: Last Wednesday of each month time: 7:30 pm web: Facebook April 21 & 22 | Bromeliad Show and Sale location: Fairchild Tropical Garden, 10901 Old Cutler Road,Miami, FL 33156 time: 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM web: Bromeliad Show and Sale The Bromeliad Society of South Florida Annual Show and Sale is the perfect opportunity to add bromeliads to your garden. Meet many of Florida's finest bromeliad nurseries and private growers offering bromeliads for sale and sharing plant care and landscape design advice. April 21 & 22 | Earth Day: Party for the Planet @ ZooMiami time: 11am-4pm location: Zoo Miami | 12400 SW 152 Street | Miami, FL 33177 tickets: Regular Admission Rates apply. free admission: During Party for the Planet, guests can come in free of charge if they turn in a cellphone as part of the Zoo's ECO-CELL phone recycling program. Zoo Miami’s Earth Day 2012 will feature fun “green” activities and entertainment for the entire family as well as animal enrichment demonstrations with recycled items and/or natural materials like newspapers, cardboard tubes, bamboo, old tires, fire hoses & more. The Tropical Flowering Tree Society of Miami, Florida will also be hosting their annual world’s largest flowering tree plant show and sale. April 22 | MiChiMu’s Green Team Earth Day Extravaganza time: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. location: Miami Children's Museum | 980 Macarthur Causeway, Miami tickets: Regular Admission Rates apply. Join MiChiMu’s GreenTeam for a spectacular Earth Day Celebration! Find out what it means to be “green”. Through games and crafts learn about clean energy, recycling, and conservation. Discover things you can do at home to protect our planet. April 22 | Earth Day 2012 @ Fontainebleau Miami Beach time: 3pm location: Fontainebleau Miami Beach | 4441 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach 33140 Fontainebleau Miami Beach is going green. As part of Fontainebleau Miami Beach eco-initiatives and commitment to sustainability, the resort will commemorate Earth Day by giving back to Mother Nature. Bleau Signature, Fontainebleau’s logo retail store, will be offering a complimentary green FB recycled logo shirts with any purchase of $20 or more. FBKIDS’, Fontainebleau program for children ages 4-12 will plant a tree at 3 p.m. and learn about protecting the environment. Over the years, Fontainebleau has implemented a variety of creative green solutions to provide guests with an eco-friendly experience; priority is given to sustainable principles and practices that conserve resources without compromising the guest experience. Green practices include linen and towel re-use (they will be refreshed upon request), eco-friendly laundry and cleaning products, organic menu options and green-certificated air filters. April 24 | East Everglades Orchid Society speaker: Broward Orchid Supply location: UF Miami-Dade County Extension 18710 SW 288th ST date: Fourth Tuesday of each month time: • Mini-class - 7:15 p.m. • General meeting & program - 8:00 p.m. web: www.orchidseeos.com April 24 | Florida Native Plant Society Miami-Dade topic: Orchids of Southern Florida speaker: Frank W. Schena location: Pinecrest Gardens 11000 Southwest 57th Avenue | Miami, FL 33156 time: 7:30pm – 9:30pm web: www.dade.fnpschapters.org A lecture on the the fascinating history of South Florida’s native orchids, including bio-geography, plant explorers, collectors and preservation. April 28 | The Beauty of Plumeria (Frangipani) speaker: Luc Vanoorbeeck host: Miami Beach Botanic Garden location: 2000 Convention Center Drive | Miami Beach, FL 33139 time: 10AM-12PM web: Miami Beach Botanical Garden Mr. Vanoorbeeck is the owner of Florida Colors Nursery in Homestead, FL. Celebrate one of Florida's most popular blooming tropicals by delving into the fragrant and beautiful world of the Plumeria genus. Color varieties, propagation, and their use in South Florida landscape design will be discussed. |
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