October 14 | Tropical Flowering Tree Society
lecture: Kirsten Albrecht Llamas
location: Fairchild Tropical Garden | 10901 Old Cutler Road | Miami, FL 33156
room: Corbin Building, classroom "A"
time: 7:30 pm
web:  www.tfts.org/

About the speaker: Kirsten Albrecht Llamas is the author of Tropical Flowering Plants: A Guide to Identification and Cultivation, a book that bridges the standing gap between obscure references in tropical botany and the gardener's need for an accurate, practical guide with clear photographs.
Incorporating the latest advances in plant taxonomy from the definitive text of  Dr. Walter Judd, the book is a rare work of scrupulous research  —  and  magnificent photography  —  that will be as useful to the gardener as it is to  the botanist. Kirsten Llamas exhaustively documents more than 1400 flowering  trees, shrubs, vines, and herbaceous plants commonly grown in tropical and
subtropical gardens. She provides thorough information on cultivation for each
plant, including growth characteristics, light exposure, cold hardiness,  invasive tendencies, and unique horticultural features. More than 1500 color  photos of magnificent flowering specimens make this book as much a pleasure to  browse as it is a resource for research. Sure to appeal to gardeners, landscape  designers, and collectors, Tropical Flowering Plants promises to be a staple
reference for decades to come.

October 15 | Bromeliad Society Annnual Auction
location: Fairchild Tropical Garden, 10901 Old Cutler Road, Miami, FL 33156
time: 7:00 PM 
web: http://www.bssf-miami.org/

October 17 | Organic Vegetable Gardening in the South
lecturer: Melissa Contreras
location: The Kampong | National Tropical Botanical Garden 
address: 4013 S Douglas Road | Coconut Grove, Florida 33133
 
6:30 pm: Refreshments provided by Edible South Florida Magazine
7:00 pm: Presentation
8:00 pm: Star Gazing on the Lawn
RSVP to kampong@ntbg.org or 305.442.7169

October 20 |ConSerVations: Champion Trees!
time: 10:00 am
address: 3251 South Miami  Avenue | Miami, FL  33129
contact: Rebecca Peterson
phone Number: 305-860-8423
link: http://www.vizcayamuseum.org

When James Deering decided to preserve as many trees as possible during Vizcaya's construction (almost 100 years ago) he paved the way for them to become registered state and national champions. Join Ian Simpkins, Chief Horticulturist at Vizcaya for a tour of the notable and champion trees on Vizcaya's grounds. Learn about how a tree becomes a champion and participate in measuring a candidate along with State Foresters to see if there will be a new champion at  Vizcaya!

October 10 | Infill Housing Book Talk @ LAB Miami 
venue: The LAB Miami
address:  400 NW 26th Street | Miami, FL 33127
web: http://infillhousing-es2.eventbrite.com/?rank=1

Miami has built to the sky and horizon with towers and subdivisions but lacks neighborhoods of a middle scale. In other cities—like Boston’s North End or New York’s West Village—those places are often the most vibrant. To help Miami start developing such neighborhoods, Knight
Foundation funded an architecture studio course at the Florida International University School of
Architecture about the neighborhood building block: small, adaptable buildings.
 
“‘Infill Housing’ is an easy-to-follow roadmap of how Miami can draw from the past to develop the small, adaptable buildings that add up to great middle-scale neighborhoods,” said Andrew Frey, Townhouse Center’s executive director.

During the visits to downtown Miami and Savannah, students experienced how small-scale infill buildings create resilient urban environments. The Savannah visit took students far out of the studio, to places and buildings that they had never seen before. Immersing students in cities so
that they can experience buildings in person is critical to architecture education. It teaches students to “see” architecture and to appreciate its scale, materials, use and context.

“Infill Housing” was published after two months of culling, editing and formatting. It begins with student drawings of their inspiration—the small urban buildings in Miami and Savannah—and continues with their new designs, interspersed with photos of the students at work in Miami and Savannah. It provides a clear vision of what the students produced and experienced and is
available in paperback or as a free e-book.

October 10| South Dade Garden Club Meeting
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

October 12 | Advanced Edibles Seminar
host:  Miami Beach Botanic Garden
location: 2000 Convention Center Drive | Miami Beach, FL 33139
time: 10am-Noon

This last month's popular discussion on basic edible gardening in South Florida. If you didn't attend the September talk because you were too busy tending your already-burgeoning garden, then this is the class for you. This lecture is given by Adrian Hunsberger, the Urban Horticulture Agent and Master Gardener Coordinator at the Miami-Dade Extension Service. Adrian writes the plant clinic column for the Miami Herald. BONUS! We now have a  Nespresso machine at the Garden.  
Take your morning joe at our Saturday Seminars  to the next level.