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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!

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                                           month of  May 2012


May 1  | City of Miami: Let's Talk Parks
host: City of Miami Planning Department
location: Jose Marti Park, 361 SW 4th St, Multipurpose Room
time: 6:30 pm - 8:00pm
web: http://www.transitmiami.com/places/miami/the-city-of-miami-lets-talk-parks
The City of Miami is talking parks, and they want your input.  Ensure that your voice is heard as the future of our city’s park system is considered. Your input will help inform the park component of the City of Miami’s next Comprehensive Plan.

May 1  | Orchid Society of Coral Gables
topic: Members Presentation Night: Planting and Potting Orchid Demonstrations
location:  Fairchild Tropical Garden | 10901 Old Cutler Road | Miami, FL
room: Corbin Building, classroom "A"
time: 7:30 pm
web:
www.oscgonline.org

May 2 | Challenges & Benefits of Restoring Pine Rocklands
speaker: Steve Woodmansee, President of the Florida Native Plant Society
location: The Gifford Arboretum is located on the University of Miami Coral Gables campus near the intersection of San Amaro Drive and Robbia Avenue.  For more information please call (305)  284-1302
host: Friends of the Gifford Arboretum
web: Gifford Arboretum

Pine Rockland is one of the rarest and yet most botanically diverse habitats in Florida. In Miami-Dade County only 1.5% remains outside of Everglades National Park (which has 10% of the original amount).  Although restoring existing tracts of pine rockland is essential, it may not be enough, and Steve Woodmansee will discuss the reasons why, and some possible solutions to help thwart the decline of pine rockland plants and the wildlife that use them. Steve Woodmansee is the President of the Florida Native Plant Society and a respected naturalist who has been working for years with Florida's native flora. A native of Miami, he has special interest and expertise in the plant communities of our area.

May 2  | 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

May 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

May 12 - 13 | Tropical Flowering Tree Plant Sale
location: Fairchild Tropical Garden, 10901 Old Cutler Road,Miami, FL 33156
time: 9:30am-4:30pm
web:
Fairchild Tropical Garden Event Website
The Tropical Flowering Tree Sale will showcase some of the most beautiful and colorful trees, shrubs and vines in the tropical world. South Florida is a great place to grow flowering trees and vendors and members of the Society will be on hand selling plants, giving advice and answering questions about using tropical trees in your landscape design.


May 15 | 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 

May 16 | 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

May 18 | Nursery Tour and Expo
host: FNGLA and FLASLA
location:  Bus Departs Books & Books Coral Gables | 265 Aragon Avenue | Coral Gables, Fl
RSVP:  305-248-1117 or gustavo.santana@aecom.com
note: This tour is geared toward persons in the South Florida green and building industries.
cost: $10 per person
Join architects, planners and landscape architects on a green industry tour of South Florida nurseries and building industries suppliers.  A guided bus tour includes visits to local speciality and growers of herbs, rare palms and native plants and a local stone supplier specializing in Florida and Caribbean limestone.

May 18, 19, and 20 | Redlands International Orchid Show
host: Fruit and Spice Park
location: 24801 S.W. 187th Avenue | Miami, Florida
admission: $10
time: 9am-5pm

This three-day event is the largest annual orchid show in the U.S. featuring over 50 booths of educational exhibits and orchid vendors from around the world. The show is an American Orchid Society judged event showcasing various types of orchids, plants, and supplies for sale, as well as lectures by experts orchid growers, raffles, and international food.  Learn about the various types of orchids that thrive in South Florida and how you can use them in your landscape designs.

May 19 | Growing Palms and Cycads for South Florida
speaker: Jody Haynes
host: Miami Beach Botanic Garden
location: 2000 Convention Center Drive | Miami Beach, FL 33139
time: 10AM-12PM      
web:
Miami Beach Botanical Garden

Learn the secrets to growing some of the most ancient and threatened families of plants that Miami is famous for. This lecture is taught by Jody Haynes of Signature Trees and Palms in Miami, and Director and Editor of the South Florida Palm Society. Among other impressive titles, Haynes is the President of The Cycad Society (www.cycad.org) and co-authored research describing five new cycad species in 2008. Come early or stay late to scope out the Garden’s own cycad and palm collections for a mini field expedition.

May 19  | Landscape Architecture Now! Book Signing
speaker: Raymond Jungles, ASLA
location: TASCHEN Bookstore | 1111 Lincoln Road | Miami Beach, Florida
time: 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Landscape Architecture Now! a new release by TASCHEN publishing features examples of contemporary landscape design from around the world, including 1111 Lincoln Plaza designed by Miami landscape architect, Raymond Jungles.  The award-winning designer will be present for a Q&A and book signing, as well as a walkthrough of the gardens.

May 20 | Spring Pedals: Fountain, Pools & Waterways 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. 

Some of the most special features of the Gables are its street fountains and waterways. Join other nature enthusiasts and discover hidden water-gems in your backyard. In addition you will see the network of canals that link to Biscayne Bay and experience, up close, one of the most beautiful swimming pools in the entire country - a true national treasure. Three miles with some walking - bring a bike lock.

May 22 | East Everglades Orchid Society
speaker: Annual Orchid auction
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

May 22 | Florida Native Plant Society Miami-Dade 
topic: David Lee, “Wayside Trees of Tropical Florida”
location: Pinecrest Gardens 11000 Southwest 57th Avenue | Miami, FL 33156
time: 7:30pm – 9:30pm
web:
www.dade.fnpschapters.org
FIU professor emeritus of Botany and Biology David Lee, will take us through his new book illustrating the native and exotic tree species found in the urban landscape of Miami and the rest of South Florida. His book will be for sale at the event, with a portion of the proceeds going to the DCNPS.

May 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:
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