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November 2011 | Miami Green Events

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MiamiGreen.info is a GREEN EVENTS CALENDAR
featuring South Florida 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 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.


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 November 1, 2011 | Orchid Society of Coral Gables

topic: New Speaker and Topics every month
location:  Fairchild Tropical Garden | 10901 Old Cutler Road | Miami, FL
room: Corbin Building, classroom "A"
time: 7:30 pm
web:
www.oscgonline.org
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November 2, 2011 | 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
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November 2-4 | American Public Gardens Association 2011 Historic Landscapes Symposium

location: Viscaya Museum & Gardens
address:| 3251 South Miami Ave. | Miami, FL
date: Saturday, November 12, 2011
time: 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
web: www.publicgardens.org

Join horticulturalists, cultural historians and landscape architects as they discuss their work in preserving America's cultural legacies.  The symposium will cover the principles and management methods to preserving historic landscapes of the United States.  Lecture topics include the design principles to restoring historic landscapes, heirloom plants, landscape design principles and the successful management of cultural resources.  

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November 4-6 | Tropical Audubon Native Plant Sale

location: Doc Thomas House | 5530 Sunset Drive |  Miami, FL 33143
date: Friday Members only pre-sale ($20 per year) 4:30 pm- 6:30 pm
date: Saturday November 5th |  9 am – 5 pm
date: Sunday November 6th | 9 am – 3 pm
web: www.tropicalaudubon.org

The Tropical Audubon native plant sales are famous for the great selection of South Florida native plants.   Volunteers are on hand to help you choose the best plants for the design of your native landscape.
The sale features rockland and hammock plants, butterfly and bird attractors, and Florida wildflowers.  Used books will also be on sale.  Arrive early for best selection.
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November 5 - 6 | South Florida Palm Society

Palms come in every shape and size and are a must for every home garden.  You don't truly have the unique tropical South Florida look until your garden is planted with palms.  The South Florida Palm Society offers the largest selection of palms available for the home landscape with vendors and members available for advice and to answer your questions about incredibly beautiful and interesting tropical plants. 

location: Fairchild Tropical Garden, 10901 Old Cutler Road, Miami, Florida
date: Saturday and Sunday | 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM. 
web: South Florida Palm Society Palm and Cycad Sale

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November 8 | Flora of Australia Lecture
organization: Montgomery Botanical Center
location: 11901 Old Cutler Road, Coral Gables, Florida 33156
rooom: Nixon Smiley Building
time: 2:00-3:30pm

web: Montgomery Botanical Garden Events

Dr. John Leslie Dowe, Adjunct Research Fellow at James Cook University, Townsville, Qld, Australia & Research Fellow at Montgomery Botanical Center, Coral Gables, Florida will be presenting a lecture on the Flora of Australia.  The presentation will explain the history and background of the Flora of Australia project, and will introduce the Australian palms as well as two other important families that the author has an interest in, the Pandanaceae [Pandans] and the Araceae [Aroids]. The talk will focus on these three families as they occur in Australia, and outline the species and their relationships.
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November 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
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November 12 | Viscaya - Behind the Scenes Tour

organization: American Institute of Architects (AIA)  | Miami Chapter
location: Viscaya Museum & Gardens
address:| 3251 South Miami Ave. | Miami, FL
date: Saturday, November 12, 2011
time: 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
tickets:
http://2011aiamiamivizcayabtstour.eventbrite.com/
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November 11-13 | The Ramble: A Garden Festival

The Ramble: A Garden Festival has been hosted by Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden for the last 70 years.   South Florida's most loved and oldest garden party, The Ramble let you experience a blend of old traditions and new introductions with Nell's Tea Garden, the largest plant sale in South Florida, antiques and collectibles, garden themed art, old and rare books, Kid Way, live music and the incredible ramble raffle.

date: Friday - Sunday | 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM
location: Fairchild Tropical Garden | 10901 Old Cutler Road | Miami, Florida
web:
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden.


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November 15 |
Bromeliad Society of South Florida

topic:
 New and improved methods to protect bromeliads from cold weather
speaker: Jay Thurrott
location: Fairchild Tropical Garden, 10901 Old Cutler Road,Miami, FL 33156
room: Corbin Building | Classroom A
dates: 7:00 pm
web: www.bssf-miami.org
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November 16 | Orchid Society of South Florida

topic: “How to Grow Great Slipper Orchids by Glen Dcecker
location: Fire Fighters Memorial Building | 8000 NW 21st St | Miami, FL
date: Third Wednesday of every month | October 19 | 7:30 pm
time: Registration & Judging of plants 7:15 PM | Program Begins 8:00 PM
web:
www.sforchid.com
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November 16 | USGBC South Florida Chapter

topic: Dispelling The Myth Surrounding Green Certified Homes
location: University of Miami  | School of Architecture
address: 1223 Dickinson Drive Coral Gables, FL
room: Stanley and Jewell Glasgow Lecture Hall
time: 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
web: USGBC South Florida Chapter


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November 17 | 21st Century Botanic Gardens

location: The Kampong | 4013 South Douglas Road | Miami, Florida
price: $10 suggested donation/general public, Free to Kampong Fellows & Members
time: Coffee/dessert Reception at 6:30PM, Lecture at 7PM
web: http://www.ntbg.org/gardens/kampong.php


The Kampong is excited to host Dr. M. Patrick Griffith, who will discuss the challenges, opportunities, and technologies for 21st century botanic gardens. Dr. Griffith has led Montgomery Botanical Center since 2005. He has worked in living collections management, herbarium curation, rare plant survey, floristic inventory, lab research and land management.

Miami Farmers Markets | Miami, Florida
www.MiamiFarmersMarkets.com | Your neighborhood guide to local farmer's markets in Miami.
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November 20 |
Vizcaya to North Grove Bike Tour

location: Viscaya Museum and Gardens
address: 3251 South Miami Ave. | Miami, Florida
time: 10am - 12 pm
reservations: Reservations are made through History Miami only
contact:
citytours@historymiami.org  or 305-375-1621.
admission: AIA Members:  $25.00 |  Non-Members: $30.00

Take a spin through the lush, leafy streets of the North Grove with eco-historian Frank Schema, who will point out the neighborhood’s botanical and architectural treasures along the clear, calm water of Biscayne Bay.  You’ll learn about the rockland hammock at Vizcaya and check out the area’s quaint architecture, ranging from historic vernacular cottages to modern houses by Arquitectonica.  Reservation fee includes admission to Vizcaya after the bike tour.  Advance reservations & payment required.
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November 22 |  AIA Design Lecture

Roberto Rivera on Landscape Architecture

location:
MDC Kendall Campus | room: K413
time: 7:00pm
web: www.aiamiami.com



November 22
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Florida Native Plant Society Miami-Dade

topic:
“Florida’s Most Exquisite Wildflowers” by Roger Hammer

l
ocation:
Pinecrest Gardens
11000 Southwest 57th Avenue
Miami, Florida 33156

time:
7:30pm – 9:30pm
web:
www.dade.fnpschapters.org

November 22
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East Everglades
Orchid Society

topic:
New topic & speaker each month
location:
UF Miami-Dade County Extension
18710 SW 288th Street
Homestead, Florida 33030
date:
Fourth Tuesday of each month

time:
• Mini-class - 7:15 p.m.
• General meeting & program - 8:00 p.m.
web: www.orchidseeos.com

November 30
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Tropical Fruit & Vegetable Society of the Redland

topic:
New topic and speaker each month
location:
Fruit and Spice Park

24801 SW 187 Avenue
Homestead, Florida 33031
date:
Last Wednesday of each month
time: 7:30 pm
web:
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• Free tasting table, plant exchange and horticultural library.
• Monthly guest speaker lecturing on tropical fruits & vegetables.


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November 28 |Tropical Flowering Tree Society

speaker:
John Banta | Tropical Plant and Aroid grower
location: Fairchild Tropical Garden | 10901 Old Cutler Road | Miami, FL 33156
room: Corbin Building, classroom "A"
date: 
Fourth Monday of each month
time: 7:30 pm

web:www.tfeps.org

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