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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 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: Facebook |
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