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 for 2005.  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!
	Pictures from the Dec. 2003 Picnic

Saturday, February 2, 6:30 pm
The Kampong of the National Tropical Botanical Garden, Coconut Grove
"2008 Fairchild Medal Symposium"
by Peter Ashton, Professor, Harvard University

Wednesday February 6, 7 pm
Cox Science Building, Room 166, University of Miami
"Integrated Pest Management: Horticulture without Chemicals"
by Jeff Shimonski, V.P. for Horticulture, Jungle Island, Miami
Featured family of the month: Simaroubaceae

Thursday March 20, 2008
"Celebrate the Restoration of the Arboretum"
6 pm: Tour by John Cozza
Meet at the wooden sign, across from San Amaro Drive and Robbia Avenue
7 pm: Twentieth Annual John C. Gifford Arboretum Lecture
Cox Science Building, Room 145, University of Miami
"Weeds in paradise"
by Julie S. Denslow, Research Ecologist, USDA Forest Service

Wednesday, April 2, 2008, 7 pm
Miami's tropical tree explorers of the early twentieth century: what they brought and who they were
by Adrian Hunsberger, Urban Horticulture Agent, Miami-Dade County
Featured family of the month: Rutaceae