EVENTS

International Mango Festival: Last day of 17th annual event runs 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Sunday with more than 200 varieties of mango trees and fruits on display and for sale. Also includes a food court with goodies from mango ice cream to jerk chicken to mango wine, music, kids' activities and ''mango medics'' who will check out specimens brought in a sealed plastic bag from ailing trees; Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, 10901 Old Cutler Rd., Coral Gables; $20, $15 seniors 65 and older, $10 kids 6-17, free for members and kids 5 and younger. 305-667-1651 or www.fairchildgarden.org:

• Mango Brunch at 11 a.m: Dishes by Allen Susser of Chef Allen's, Roly Cruz-Taura of The Biltmore, Mark Militello of Regent Bal Harbour, Charles Froke of Four Seasons Hotel Miami and Giancarla Bodoni of Escopazzo's; $100, $75 for members; reservation required. 305-663-8091 or pfrank@fairchildgarden.org.

• Mango Auction at 3 p.m in Garden House.

• Workshops held in Corbin Building Classroom A include 'Mango Propagation' led by Eric Teitig at 9:45 a.m., 'Mangoes of Fairchild -- A Testimonial' led by Bruce Greer at 10:30 a.m., 'For the Love of Mangoes -- India' led by Richard J. Campbell at 1 p.m. and 'For the Love of Mangoes -- Southeast Asia' led by Noris Ledesma at 2 p.m.

House Ground Restoration: Volunteer to restore the historic Doc Thomas House grounds by removing exotics, planting trees and mulching new plantings; 8:30 a.m.-noon Saturday; 5530 Sunset Dr., South Miami. 305-667-7337 or volunteer@tropicalaudubon.org.

MEETINGS & CLASSES

Bananas: Discover dozens of banana and plantain varieties with Don Chafin of Top Banana and Chris Rollins, park director at Redland Fruit and Spice Park. Discuss banana history, cultivation, diseases, pests and recipes and learn how to grow robust healthy plants. Participants are allowed to dig a banana sucker from the park collection to take home; 10 a.m.-noon Saturday; Redland Fruit and Spice Park, 24801 SW 187th Ave., Redland; $25; reservations required. 305-247-5727 or fruitandspicepark.org.

Everything You Want to Know About Growing Orchids: Sandi Jones and Tom Wells, co-owners of Broward Orchid Supply in Hollywood teach the fundamentals such as temperatures, light, fertilizer and watering schedules for growing and re-blooming them year after year; 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Saturday; American Orchid Society Visitors Center and Botanical Garden, 16700 AOS Ln., Delray Beach; $30, $20 members; reservation required. 561-404-2031 or swayman@aos.org.

Gold Coast Orchid Society: Peter Kouchalokos of PCK Orchids and Bromeliads lectures on 'How to Prepare Your Orchids for a Hurricane.' Begins with workshop at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday; Gwen Margolis Community Center, 1590 NE 123rd St., North Miami; free. 305-681-0883.

Join the discussion

The Miami Herald is pleased to provide this opportunity to share information, experiences and observations about what's in the news. Some of the comments may be reprinted elsewhere in the site or in the newspaper. We encourage lively, open debate on the issues of the day, and ask that you refrain from profanity, hate speech, personal comments and remarks that are off point. In order to post comments, you must be a registered user of MiamiHerald.com. Your username will show along with the comments you post. Thank you for taking the time to offer your thoughts.

     Showing: Oldest first Newest first Most-recommended first Least-recommended first

@Nyx.AuthorDisplayName@ wrote on @Nyx.PostedAtTime@:

@Nyx.repliedToText@

@Nyx.replyAnswerText@

Reply to this Comment @Nyx.Recommender@ @Nyx.AbuseReporter@