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CALENDAR

The Gifford Arboretum sponsors a host of activities during the year including horticultural workshops, plant sales, festivals, and our Annual Picnic and Lecture. Below is a schedule of the events.

If you have any questions about any of the events, please contact us at 305-284-5364. We look forward to seeing you at one of our many events in the future!

2009

Tour: September 16, 5 pm (Wednesday)

The Secret Lives of Trees

By: Dr. John Cozza

Location: Meet at the wooden sign at the Arboretum

Meeting: October 7, 7:00 pm (Wednesday)

Talk: Tropical fruits and the new Williams Grove at Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden

By: Noris Ledesma, Curator of Tropical Fruit, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden

Tropical tree family of the month*: Arecaceae, The Palm Family

Location: Department of Biology, Cox science building 166

Tour: October 29, 5 pm (Thursday)

Sacred and magical tree

By: Dr. John Cozza

Location: Meet at the wooden sign at the Arboretum

Meeting: November 4, 7:00 PM (Wednesday)

Talk: Harvesting wild plants in Africa: the Sopoodu concept in indigenous Fulani communities

By: Dr. Orou Gaoue, Department of Biology, University of Miami

Tropical tree family of the month*: Myrtaceae, The Myrtle Family

Location: Department of Biology, Cox science building 166

Plant Sale: November 20-22, 5 pm (Thursday)

The Ramble at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden

Location: Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden

Annual picnic: December 5, 12:00 pm (Saturday)

Location: The John C. Gifford Arboretum

2010

Meeting: February 3, 7:00 PM (Wednesday)

Talk: Research on the chocolate tree

By: Dr. David Kuhn Research, Molecular Biologists USDA-ARS Subtropical horticulture

Tropical tree family of the month*: Lauraceae, The Laurel Family

Location: Department of Biology, Cox science building 166

Meeting: March 3, 7:00 PM (Wednesday)

Talk: Edible landscapes

By: Dr. Ron Mossman

Tropical tree family of the month*: Pittosporaceae

Location: Department of Biology, Cox science building 166

 

SAVE THE DATE!

The 22nd Annual John C. Gifford Arboretum Lecture

April 8 2010, 7:00 PM

"DNA Barcoding in Plants: The Future of Identification, Discovery, and Conservation of Tropical Biodiversity"

By: Dr. John Kress, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution

Location:Cox Science Building 126

 

Plant Biologists of South Florida Meeting

Hosted by the Department of Biology and the John C. Gifford Arboretum

University of Miami

Cox Science Building lecture hall 126

More information soon

 

 

* Tropical tree family of the month program presented by Dr. Scott Zona,  Curator of the Wertheim Conservatory, Florida International University