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MAY 2013 GREEN EVENTS
May 2 | Green Drinks Miami Happy Hour
when: The First Thursday of each Month time: 5:30-7:30 p.m. 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. May 2 | Butterflies: How they Function; What they Need; and Why they are Important location: Gifford Arboretum is located on the University of Miami Coral Gables campus near the intersection of San Amaro Drive and Robbia Avenue . time: 7:00 pm admission: free web: http://www.bio.miami.edu/arboretum/Calendar.html Lector, Linda Evans, will present a program on the role ofbutterflies in our ecosystems. Ms. Evans is the Vice President of the Miami Blue Chapter of the North American Butterfly Association, and regularly gives butterfly tours at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden. The lecture will cover how to design a garden that attracts butterflies and also provide an opportunity to learn how butterflies interact with plants and their importance in our South Florida habitats. May 7 | 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 May 9 | 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 May 11 - 12 | Tropical Flowering Tree Society Plant Sale location: Fairchild Tropical Garden | 10901 Old Cutler Road | Miami, FL 33156 time: 9:30 am - 4:30 pm web: www.tfts.org/ The Tropical Flowering Tree Society Sale showcases some of the most beautiful and colorful trees, shrubs and flowering vines of the tropical world. Vendors and members of the Society will be on hand selling plants, giving advice and answering questions on how to incorporate flowering tropical trees into your South Florida gardens and landscape designs. May 15 | Lecture: Protecting Viscaya from Rising Sea Levels location: Vizcaya Museum and Gardens address: 3251 South Miami Avenue | Miami, FL 33129 time: 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 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 Tidal Surge: An Inside Look at Efforts to Protect Vizcaya from Rising Sea Levels Led by Chief Horticulturist Ian Simpkins and the CLEO Project on Climate Do you have questions about our strategies for protecting Vizcaya’s living collections from sea level rise? Meet us on the scenic patio of our Café and Shop for Science Café where you can connect with Ian and leaders of the CLEO Project on Climate to learn about sea level rise, its impact, what Vizcaya is doing and your role. This is a chance to meet and greet like-minded people over a glass of wine, in the unique, historic and environmentally relevant setting of Vizcaya. Tickets $15; available onsite only beginning at 6:00 p.m. on the evening of the program. May 17 - 19 | Redland International Orchid Show location: Fruit and Spice Park address: 24801 S.W. 187th Avenue | Miami, Florida time: 9 am to 5 pm admission $10:00 The largest annual orchid show in the U.S. featuring over 50 booths of educational exhibits and orchid vendors. Join other orchid enthusiasts at this American Orchid Society judged event showcasing various types of orchids, plants and supplies for sale, as well as lectures by experts, raffles and international food. May 21 | South Florida Bromeliad Society Lecture location: Fairchild Tropical Garden, 10901 Old Cutler Road, Miami, FL 33156 time: 7:30 PM web: http://www.bssf-miami.org/ The New World plant family Bromeliaceae is represented in Florida by 16 species distributed among three genea: Tillandsia (12), Catopsis (3) and Guzmania (1). These range from such common species as the familiar Spanish Moss (Tillandsia Usneoides) to such seldom-seen species as the comically named Fuzzy-Wuzzy Air Plant (Tillandsia pruinosa) and NoddingCatopsis (catopsis nutans), which are rare in Florida. In addition, two named natural hybrids in Tillandsia have been recorder for the state. These native bromeliads will be the subject of an old-fashioned slide program by native plant enthusiast Chuck McCartney. May 22 & 28 | Miami Beach Convention Center Master Plan Public Meeting agenda/Committee: Finance & Citywide Projects Committee address: 1755 Meridian Avenue | Miami Beach, Florida room: Third floor, Training room time: 3:00 p.m. The May 28 meeting is scheduled for 11:00 a.m to be held at the Commission Chambers, third floor, Miami Beach City Hall, 1700 Convention Center Drive. The second meeting is a Special Planning Board meeting. The City of Miami Beach is in the process of developing the 52-acre Miami Beach Convention Center District. Two top qualified teams have been short-listed to continue on to phase II. There are currently two meetings open to the public. Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) Architecture has collaborated with West 8 Landscape Architects, Fentress, JPA and developers Portman CMC to challenge an OMA- and South Beach ACE-lead team in the 52-acre Miami Beach Convention Center overhaul. With a mission to “bring Miami Beach back to the Convention Center,” BIG’s newly unveiled proposal aims to transform the “dead black hole of asphalt in the heart of one of the most beautiful and lively cities in America” into an archipelago of urban oases made up of paths, plazas, parks and gardens, which will all lead to the heart of the plan: the Miami Beach Square. This tropical centerpiece will become the front door to the convention center and the convention hotel, as well as the front lawn to a revitalized Jackie Gleason Theatre, a town square for the city hall, an outdoor arena for the Latin American Cultural Museum, and the red carpet for the big botanical ball room. <read more at ArchDaily.com> The South Beach ACE-lead team is comprised of national developer Tishman, international architecture firm OMA, and Miami Beach developer UIA Management. Landscape architects for the group include Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates and the Miami landscape architecture firm of Raymond Jungles. ACE's vision involves bringing to life one of Miami Beach’s most underutilized public sites with a fully-revamped convention center capable of luring major events from around the world, an iconic hotel, inviting green spaces, low-density retail uses, and cultural venues. <read more at ArchDaily.com> May 24-26| South Florida Cactus and Succulent Show and Sale location: Fairchild Tropical Garden | 10901 Old Cutler Road | Miami, FL 33156 time: 9:30 am - 4:30 pm web: http://www.sfloridacactus.org The South Florida Cactus and Succulent Society invites everyone from plant enthusiasts to the merely curious to its 29th Annual Show and Sale for the opportunity to acquire collectible cacti and succulents in a variety of colors and forms. Wander through our air-conditioned exhibit of superior specimens entered for judged competition. Hundreds of different species of flowering cacti and succulent plants will be offered for sale. Also, Society members will be available at the show to answer questions and provide advice on plant cultivation and propagation techniques for incorporating succulents in your landscape designs and collector gardens. Volunteers will assist visitors carrying their purchases to their vehicles. May 28 | Florida Native Plant Society Miami-Dade Lecture topic: Transforming Lives through the Transformation of Urban Landscapes location: Pinecrest Gardens 11000 Southwest 57th Avenue | Miami, FL 33156 time: 7:30pm – 9:30pm web: www.dade.fnpschapters.org James Jiler will speak about his experience helping prisoners and at-risk youth re-direct their lives through horticulture and gardening. In programs at prisons, drug rehabilitation centers and inner-city high schools, James teaches and works with at-risk groups planting urban food forests and native gardens in an effort to return Miami’s exotic landscapes back to native habitat. James holds a master’s degree in Forestry and Social Ecology from Yale University and is the former director of The Horticultural Society of New York’s GreenHouse Program, a jail-to-street horticulture program at New York City’s jail complex on Rikers Island. As a landscape designer, he has created gardens in Miami and other US cities and in India. He also directs the Miami-based Urban GreenWorks, a non-profit providing environmental programs and green job training to at-risk youth and others. James is author of Doing Time in the Garden (New Village Press, 2006) and appeared in two recent documentaries, the "Healing Gardens" and "Dirt: The Movie." In September 2012 he gave a TED talk at the Coconut Grove TEDx conference where he was a recipient of the first annual HOPE Prize. He spent 6-years living in Kathmandu, Nepal, working with ecological farming systems in the Himalayas and teaching at the University of Kathmandu. May 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 |
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