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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 February 2012
February 1 | 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 February 7 | Orchid Society of Coral Gables topic: Jean Wilson: Growing Specimen Plants location: Fairchild Tropical Garden | 10901 Old Cutler Road | Miami, FL room: Corbin Building, classroom "A" time: 7:30 pm web: www.oscgonline.org February 8 | 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 February 9 | Moonlight Tour at Fairchild Gardens topic: Moonlight Garden Tour location: Fairchild Tropical Garden | 10901 Old Cutler Road | Miami, FL time: 6:30 pm - 9:00pm web: www.fairchildgarden.org/events/ February 9 | 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 February 15 | Orchid Society of South Florida topic: Orchids Pests and Diseases speaker: Peter Kouchalakos 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 February 16 | Fairchild's Canary Islands Explorations topic: Following the Steps of David Fairchild in the Canary Islands speaker: educator and plant researcher Dr. Javier Francisco-Ortega location: Kampong Gardens | 4013 South Douglas Road | Miami, FL time: Dessert Reception begins at 6:30 p.m | Lecture begins at 7 p.m. cost: Free to Kampong Members | General Public: $10 suggested donation web: National Tropical Botanic Garden: Kampong Website February 17 | The High Line Park Lecture topic: The High Line – NYC’s Park in the Sky: Lessons for Miami Marine Stadium speakers: Robert Hammond, co-founder with Philip Aarons, founding chair location: Jorge M. Perez Architecture Center Glasgow Hall | University of Miami time: 6 p.m. Followed by a reception in the Irvin Korach Gallery interests: landscape architecture, urban design February 21 | Bromeliad Society of South Florida topic: Tillandsioideae - Overview of the Sub-Family: Not just Tillandsias speaker: Dennie Cathcart 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 February 24 | Upper Keys Garden Tour topic: Self-guided garden tour and garden festival location: Various private gardens in Key Largo time: 10am-4pm web: http://www.upperkeysgardenclub.com/gardenwalk/ tickets: $20 February 25 | Hollywood Historical Society’s Home Tour topic: Visit six homes built from the 1920s through the ’50s including waterfront properties, restorations, designer-owned homes and an indoor pool. Where: Begins at Art & Culture Center, 1650 Harrison St., Hollywood when: 1-4 p.m. tickets: $25 information: 954-923-5590 or HHS webpage February 25 | Secret Garden of Fort Lauderdale Garden Tour host: Fort Lauderdale Garden Club where: Begins at the Church by the Sea, 2700 Mayan Dr., Fort Lauderdale when: 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Feb. 25; last check-in 2:30 p.m. tickets: $25 in advance at www.flgc.org (or send a check payable to FLGC to P.O. Box 4114, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33338-4114); $30 day of event. information: 954-561-8475 | FLGardenClub@gmail.com details: Visit gardens of six homes in the Las Olas Boulevard area and Harbor Beach and portions of the interiors of three of them. Participants provide their own transportation (bikes will work) and can visit the gardens in any order. Proceeds benefit the garden club and its youth programs. February 28 | Florida Native Plant Society Miami-Dade topic: Palm-spotting around Florida speaker: Scott Zona speaker: Chris Migliaccio, Professor of Ecology, Miami-Dade College location: Pinecrest Gardens 11000 Southwest 57th Avenue | Miami, FL 33156 time: 7:30pm – 9:30pm web: www.dade.fnpschapters.org February 28 | 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 February 29 | 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 February 29 | Bayfront Parkway 2012 location: Biscayne Boulevard between Flagler and NE 1 Street | Miami, FL date: February 29 - March 5 time: 8am-7pm web: http://bayfrontparkway.com/index.php For 5 days, the parking lot on Biscayne Boulevard between Flagler and NE 1 Street will be converted it into a grass covered urban park with moveable seating, food trucks, exercise equipment and more. There will be street performances throughout the festival from spoken word to jazz shows, sponsored by Miami-Dade College. The goal is simple – to activate this space as much as possible with the everyday activities of a typical park. |
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