Vizcaya Moonlight Garden Tours- January 23-24, 2013

This favorite visitor experience is a rare opportunity to see Vizcaya's gardens by moonlight. Enjoy live music before or after strolling through the gardens and learning more about them. Wine and light refreshments are available for purchase. Not all areas of the gardens are wheelchair accessible. Guided tours begin at 6:30 p.m. and continue at intervals throughout the evening.

For more information, please visit Vizcaya Museum. 

Vizcaya Museum and Gardens
3251 S. Miami Ave.
Miami, FL 33129 
305-250-9133


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Floral Design Class - Curved Designs, Elements and Principles- January 15, 2013

Spend the day learning from accredited floral designers, who combine lectures, demos, and critiqued hands-on workshops to develop an understanding of the art of flower arranging. This class is the third unit of a six-part floral design study hosted by the Miami Beach Garden Club. The unit focuses on curved designs and the use of fruit in designs. Check out this pic from our first class on vertical designs! Class costs $28 to attend; lunch is included! To register, email Nina Worth at ninanevanu@gmail.com, or call  (305) 532-9987 . 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. 
 

This class covers:

• Care, cutting and grooming of plant materials for curves

• Geometrically-based line designs

• Usage of fruit and vegetables in designs

• A demonstration and critique of crescent and Hogarth designs

 For more info, please visit Miami Beach Botanical Gardens. 

Miami Beach Botanical Garden
2000 Convention Center Drive
Miami Beach, FL 33139

Fairchild Edible Garden Festival- October 20-21

Saturday, October 20, 2012 - Sunday, October 21, 2012 from 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM
   It's a weekend full of delicious food, cooking demonstrations from South Florida’s most loved chefs, gardening demonstrations, edible garden workshops and lectures, hands on educational activities and more.  
     And don’t miss our fall inspired activities! Including, our annual Scarecrow Competition and Pumpkin Patch and the Fall Beer Garden! To enter an original botanical scarecrow into the competition, download the application and rules. 
Download the full Edible Garden program.

Talks and Lectures, Garden House 

Saturday, October 20  

10:30 a.m.                             Noris Ledesma, FTBG
                                                Pollinators in the Edible Garden 
2:30 p.m.                               Danny Acke
                                                Veggies, South Florida Style 
Sunday, October 21
10:30 a.m.                             Richard J. Campbell, PhD., FTBG
                                                Edible Gardening at Fairchild  
2:30 p.m.                               Samantha and Jeff Wasielewski, FTBG
                                                Edible Gardening with Your Kids   

Talks and Lectures, Outside Garden Demo Tent   

Saturday, October 20 
10:00 a.m.                            Marlon Rumble, FTBG
                                               Container Gardening at the Fairchild Nursery  
11:00 a.m.                            Teena Borreck
                                               Benefits of Using Local Produce 
12:00 p.m.                            Mary Keppler, FTBG
                                               Children's Gardening Activities  
1:00 p.m.                              Alexis D'Orsi, Garden with Taskease
                                              Grow Your Own
2:00 p.m.                              Lanette Sobel, Fertile Earth
                                              Using Earthworms to turn 'trash' into
                                              'treasure' for your garden
Sunday October 21  
10:00 a.m.                            Bob Brennan, FTBG
                                               Composting in the Edible Garden 
11:00 a.m.                            Carolyne Coppolo, Redland Herb Farm
                                               Garden Herbs 
12:00 p.m.                            Sara Edelman, FTBG
                                               Edible Palm Gardening 
1:00 p.m.                              Dainel, Ian and Thiago Campbell, FTBG
                                               Vegetable Gardening for Kids-Learn by Doing
2:00 p.m.                              Danny Acke
                                               Veggies, South Florida Style
3:00 p.m.                              Dylan Terry, Ready to Grow Gardens
                                               Designing your Edible Landscape

Tours of the Edible Garden

Saturday
11:30 a.m.                            Noris Ledesmas, FTBG
                                               Gardening at Fairchild
Sunday
11:30 a.m.                            Richard J. Campbell, PhD, FTBG
                                               Gardening at Fairchild

Cooking Demonstrations, Garden HouseSponsored by Whole Foods Market

Saturday, October 20
11:30 a.m.        Real Sorbet's Tessa Mencia
                            Pumpkin Sorbet
12:30 p.m.        Chef Brian Browning, Whole Foods Market
                            Sangria and Tapas
  1:30 p.m.        Chef Chris Bulgarin, Delicious Catering Services
                            Pan Seared Herb Crusted Line-Caught Swordfish
                            with a Frisee Salad tossed with Pan-Seared Pink
                           Sea Salt Crusted Baby Artisan Potatoes finished
                           with a Baby Sweet Pea Vinaigrette
Sunday, October 21
11:30 a.m.        Chef Debra Upshaw, Sisters in Pink
                            Outrageous Zucchini Muffins
12:30 p.m.        Chef Jessica, Whole Foods Market Health Starts Here Specialist
                            Kale Waldorf Salad and Pumpkin Pie Smoothie
  1:30 p.m.        Chef Loren Pulitzer, Meals that Heal
                            Quinoa Stuffed Peppers

Fall Beer Garden, Cycad VistaSponsored by Whole Foods Market

The Brown Distributing Company will be sampling Monk in the Trunk Organic Amber, Palm, Estaminet, Blue Point White IPA, Blue Point Hoptical Illusion, New Planet Off Grid Pale Ale and New Planet 3R Raspberry Ale.
Gold Coast Beverage will be sampling Abita Pecan Harvest, Abita Satsuma, Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout, Crispin Original, Fox Barrel Pear, Fox Barrel Blackberry Pear and Fox Barrel Organic Pear Naked.
The Whole Foods Market will be sampling Fox Barrel Cider, Crispin Bare Naked Cider and a selection of Seasonal Beers.

 For the Kids

Saturday, October 20
12:30 p.m.                           Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden presents                                         
                                              Bee Smart, Bee Cool with Bees
Sunday, October 21
12:30 p.m.                           Common Threads presents
                                              We scream for banana ice cream!

10901 Old Cutler Road

Coral Gables, Florida 33156

(305) 667-1651 

Visit Fairchild Botanical Gardens for details!



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