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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 September 2012
September 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. September 4 | Orchid Society of Coral Gables location: Fairchild Tropical Garden | 10901 Old Cutler Road | Miami, FL room: Corbin Building, classroom "A" date: first Tuesday pf every month time: 7:30 pm web: www.oscgonline.org September 13 | 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 September 10 | Tropical Flowering Tree Society topic: "Flowering Trees of the Dry Land: Experiences from the Middle East to Madagascar" speaker: Dr. Michael Maunder, FIU professor location: Fairchild Tropical Garden | 10901 Old Cutler Road | Miami, FL 33156 room: Corbin Building, classroom "A" time: 7:30 pm web: www.tfts.org/ September 15 and 16 | International Aroid Society Plant Sale 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 The International Aroid Society will showcase some of the world's most beautiful plants. There is no easier way to add a touch of the tropics to your garden designs than by mixing the striking look of aroids with stately palms. The leaves of many aroids are so stunning that they are frequently used in artwork throughout the world. Discover the beauty and great variety of aroids available for our gardens. No garden is complete without the look that aroids achieve. September 16 | Autumn Trails: Secret Gardens time: 11:00 am location: Coral Gables Museum | 285 Aragon Ave | Coral Gables, FL tickets: Tickets for the opening reception which includes cocktails and hors d’oeuvres are $20 for Museum members and $25 for non-members. rsvp: Call 305-603-8067 for tickets and to RSVP today. admission: $10.00 per person |$5 for Museum Members. Find serenity in the beautiful secret gardens of Coral Gables. Join the Coral Gables Museum as you gain access behind the walled gardens of local churches, universities and private homes for a sneak peek of tropical landscapes. Our horticulturist expert will lead an informative tour and guide visitors through the garden designs and the subtropical plant palettes of these hidden gems. September 18 | Bromeliad Society of South Florida speaker: Lynne Fieber 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 September 19 | 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 September 22 | Rain Barrel Lecture and Workshop speaker: Barbara McAdam from the Miami Dade Cooperative Extension Service location: Miami Beach Botanic Garden location: 2000 Convention Center Drive | Miami Beach, FL 33139 time: 10AM-12PM web: Miami Beach Botanical Garden Learn how to use sustainable landscape practices when watering your garden by incorporating a rain barrel into your garden design. Barbara McAdam, of the Miami Dade Cooperative Extension Service, will provide attendees with everything they need to make their own rain barrel to start making it rain in their back yards. RSVP for the event here by September 15th. Lecture is free, workshop materials are $40. September 25 | East Everglades Orchid Society speaker: Brian Monk of Blu Llama Orchids 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 September 26 | 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 September 27 | TropiColor: Bold + Beautiful Planting Combinations for Subtroipical Garden 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 Join Miami landscape designer, Carlos Somoza, on a journey through subtropical gardens that illustrate stunning planting combinations that you can use in your private garden and container collections. Fundamental planting design principals, including color, form and texture will be discussed along with basic culture and species characteristics of the plant palettes being highlighted. A plant species list of Carlos’ favorite planting combinations for Zone 10 and a list of local nursery resources for plant materials will be available to students. |
A Miami landscape design studio that is passionate about the design and craft of timeless, elegant gardens.
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