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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 October 2012
October 2 | 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 October 3 | Free Wednesday at Fairchild Garden 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 Admission prices are waived the first Wednesday of the month from June to November and each Sunday in August. Don't miss Free Days at Fairchild! Spend a day exploring 83 acres of tropical palms, cycads, flowering trees and breathtaking vistas. October 4 | Trees for a Cooler Planet speaker: John H. Parker, Founding and Emeritus Professor of Environmental Science and Chemistry at Florida International University in Miami, FL. location: The Gifford Arboretum is located on the University of Miami Coral Gables campus near the intersection of San Amaro Drive and Robbia Avenue. contact: For more information please call (305) 284-1302 host: Friends of the Gifford Arboretum web: Gifford Arboretum October 5 | The Singapore Botanic Gardens Speaker: Dr. Nura Abdul Karim Position: Plant Records Manager, Living Collection Division, Singapore Botanic Gardens Time: 2:30 PM. Location: Nixon Smiley Meeting Room | Montgomery Botanical Center Address: 11901 Old Cutler Road Pinecrest, Florida 33156 About the Singapore Botanic Gardens: Founded in 1859, the Singapore Botanic Gardens today encompasses 183 acres of beautiful tropical gardens and lakes, as well as facilities for botanical science, horticulture, education, the arts and visitor services. The garden encourages public access to a unique degree, being perhaps the only garden in the world that is open from 5 AM to 12 midnight every day of the year, with no admission fee except for admittance the National Orchid Garden. The garden also includes a small virgin tropical rainforest with massive rainforest trees. Among the countless outstanding plants in the garden is a fruiting specimen of the Coco de Mer, Lodoicea maldivica. About the speaker: Dr. Nura Abdul Karim completed her Ph.D. in Horticulture at the University of Western Australia studying fungal relationships with tropical orchids. Currently she heads the Plant Records Unit of the Singapore Botanic Gardens where she oversees the garden's database and ensures proper use of the collection for research and display. She is also a member of the Scientific Committee of the newly formed Pha Ta Ke Botanic Garden in Laos and along with other international researchers assists in training and aid in an advisory capacity for the staff there. October 5, 6 & 7 | Autumn Festival of Orchids host: South Florida Orchid Society time: 10am - 5pm location: BankUnited Center @ Univ. of Miami | 1245 Dauer Dr. | Coral Gables, FL 33146 web: www.sforchid.com Tickets for the event can be purchased at the door for $10.00. The Orchid Show will feature orchid displays, vendors with orchid plants and vendors with orchid related items. On Sunday the Orchid Society will host our annual Speakers Day event there. Speakers’ Day will feature presentations from four internationally acclaimed speakers and includes a continental breakfast and lunch. Tickets for Speaker’ Day must be purchased in advance from the SFOS office and the price is $45.00. October 6 | Growing Your Own Herbs and Veggies speaker: Dylan Terry and Chris French of location: Miami Beach Botanic Garden location: 2000 Convention Center Drive | Miami Beach, FL 33139 time: 10AM-12PM web: Miami Beach Botanical Garden The practice of growing food sustainably in cities and homes provides great health benefits for those that eat it, as well as the environment. By and large, our society’s landscapes favor ornament over functional value and don’t offer much to provide food for people and wildlife. The more it costs to transport food long distances with rising fuel cost, the greater the need will be for people to grow food closer to where they live. Even if you live in an urban environment like Miami, it is possible to start a farm! This talk by Dylan Terry and Chris French of Ready-to-Grow Gardens will showcase some of the best edible plants to grow in South Florida gardens, and advice on how grow edibles and how to incorporate them into your garden and landscape designs. Dylan and Chris will explain the nuances of producing a wide variety of vegetables, herbs and fruits. Topics covered will include garden design, soil improvement, plant selection (high maintenance vs. low maintenance), organic fertilization and organic pest control. Common and rare edible plants will be sold at the event. October 8 | Tropical Flowering Tree Society topic: "The Role of Flowering Trees in Urban Environments - New and Unusual Flowering Trees and Shrubs for South Florida Gardens" speaker: Paul Gehrke, MS Horticulturist, Pure Beauty Farms location: Fairchild Tropical Garden | 10901 Old Cutler Road | Miami, FL 33156 room: Corbin Building, classroom "A" time: 7:30 pm web: www.tfts.org/ October 11 | 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 October 16 | Bromeliad Society of South Florida Auction event: Annual Bromeliad Auction 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 October 20 and 21 | Edible Garden 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 Fairchild Garden's annual Edible Garden Festival features a weekend full of locals foods, chef demonstrations, garden lectures, edible garden workshops and hands-on educational activities for the entire family. Learn how to garden an edible landscape in your own backyard! October 23 | East Everglades Orchid Society speaker: Tom Kuligowski of Oak Hill Gardens 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 October 23 | Building Materials for South Florida Gardens location: Fairchild Tropical Garden, 10901 Old Cutler Road, Miami, FL 33156 time: 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM, One Session web: Fairchild Tropical Garden Event Website fee: Member, $30; Non-member, $45 The key to building beautiful gardens in South Florida relies heavily on choosing the right building materials for your application and applying common sense construction techniques to your garden design. Miami landscape designer, Carlos Somoza, will present both natural and man-made building material alternatives including precast concrete pavers, local and imported stone and tropical hardwood decking. Samples of materials will be available during class and a list of local building material suppliers will be provided to students. October 23 | Florida Native Plant Society Miami-Dade topic: Native Plant Lecture location: Pinecrest Gardens 11000 Southwest 57th Avenue | Miami, FL 33156 time: 7:30pm – 9:30pm web: www.dade.fnpschapters.org October 31 | House and Garden Lecture speaker: Victoria Baran, Senior Associate, Robert A. M. Stern Architects location: Jorge M. Perez Architecture Center Glasgow Hall | University of Miami time: 6 p.m. Free Visiting University of Miami Architecture critic Victoria Baran, Senior Associate at Robert A. M. Stern Architects, New York City, will discuss the design and administration of luxury residential homes and gardens. October 31 | 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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