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MiamiGreen.info is a Green Events Calendar featuring South Florida architecture, environmental design, garden lectures, and eco events. This events 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 January 2013
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January 1 | Orchid Society of Coral Gables
location: Fairchild Tropical Garden | 10901 Old Cutler Road | Miami, FL room: Corbin Building, classroom "A" date: first Tuesday of every month time: 7:30 pm web: www.oscgonline.org January 3 | Green Drinks Miami Happy Hour when: The First Thursday of each Month time: 5:30-7:30 p.m. venue this month: website: www.greendrinks.org/FL/Miami | www.facebook.com/greendrinksmiami Hosted every first Thursday of the month, join green industry professionals for an informal meet-up known as Green Drinks. This month, join the Green Drinks Miami chapter and NET IMPACT for a sustainability happy hour and networking event at Baru Restaurant. January 10 | 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 January 14 | Tropical Flowering Tree Society topic: "New Flowering Plants for Your Landcape - From Knee High to First Story" speaker: David McLean location: Fairchild Tropical Garden | 10901 Old Cutler Road | Miami, FL 33156 room: Corbin Building, classroom "A" time: 7:30 pm web: www.tfts.org/ January 15 | Bromeliad Society of South Florida Meeting speaker: Lenny Goldstein 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 Presentation: A review of photos of award-winning bromeliads from the 2012 BSSF show. This program will present an opportunity for members to ask questions and share opinions about proper growing conditions for these species/cultivars in South Florida gardens, as well as to discuss some of the secrets of what makes a plant a prize-winner. January 22 | Landscape Architecture and the Design of Miami Beach’s South Point Park location: FIU College of Architecture | School of Landscape Architecture room: Paul L. Cejas Architecture (PCA) Building, Room #175 address: 11200 SW 8th Street , Miami, Florida 33199 time: 6:15pm Matthew Tucker, from the University of Minnesota College of Design and a former Senior Associate at Hargreaves Associates, will be visiting Florida International University (FIU) and giving a presentation on the design and construction of South Pointe Park and discussing the topic of paradigm shifts in landscape architecture. Matthew Tucker’s professional background and reasearch interests focus on re-purposing contaminated urban sites, with particular emphasis on waterfronts, as generators of public and private re-investment, and emerging definitions of urban nature. He will also discuss the design and construction of South Pointe Park as a part of his talk. January 22 | Moonlight Garden Tours at Viscaya location: Vizcaya Museum and Gardens address: 3251 South Miami Avenue | Miami, FL 33129 time: 6:30 p.m. 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: Viscaya Website Vizcaya's bayfront gardens are breathtaking transformed by the glow of a bright Miami moon. The formally landscaped grounds will feature live music in the courtyard, the allure of Italian-inspired gardens and the delicious temptations available in the café shop. January 22 | Florida Native Plant Society Miami-Dade topic: Endemic Plants of Florida Lecture location: Pinecrest Gardens 11000 Southwest 57th Avenue | Miami, FL 33156 time: 7:30pm – 9:30pm web: www.dade.fnpschapters.org Program by Roger Hammer, award-winning professional naturalist, author, botanist and photographer on endemic species – plants found in the Florida landscape and nowhere else on Earth. January 23 | 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 January 26 | Growing Roses in South Florida speaker: Roger Stone of Stone's Rose Gardening location: Miami Beach Botanic Garden location: 2000 Convention Center Drive | Miami Beach, FL 33139 time: 10AM-12PM web: Miami Beach Botanical Garden Join Roger Stone, of Stone's Rose Gardening of Davie, Florida as he explains the basics of maintaining rose plants in South Florida gardens. Mr. Stone will speak about proper species selection for subtropical landscapes, environmental requirements, pruning techniques, tips on pests and disease, and tricks for obtaining the perfect rose blooms in your gardens. The lecture will end with a Q&A session, and a raffle on sample rose plants to take home. January 25-27 | 7th Annual International Chocolate Festival location: Fairchild Tropical Garden, 10901 Old Cutler Road,Miami, FL 33156 time: 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM web: Fairchild Tropical Garden Event Website January 30 | 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 |
A Miami landscape design studio that is passionate about the design and craft of timeless, elegant gardens.
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