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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!
The Secret Lives of Trees
By: Dr. John Cozza
Location: Meet at the wooden sign at the Arboretum
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
Sacred and magical tree
By: Dr. John Cozza
Location: Meet at the wooden sign at the Arboretum
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
The Ramble at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden
Location: Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden
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
Talk: Edible landscapes
By: Dr. Ron Mossman
Tropical tree family of the month*: Pittosporaceae
Location: Department of Biology, Cox science building 166
"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
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