Garden Calendar | Events, meetings and classes

African Violet and Mother's Day Show and Sale: Free for moms with one paid admission; 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Sunday; Flamingo Gardens, 3750 S. Flamingo Rd., Davie; $12 for kids 12 and up and adults, $5.50 for kids 4-11, free for kids 3 and under. 954-555-1234 or

flamingo gardens.org.

Tropical Flowering Tree Society's Mother's Day Show and Sale: 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sunday; Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, 10901 Old Cutler Rd., Coral Gables; $20 adults, $15 seniors, $10 kids 6-17, free for FTBG members and kids 5 and younger. 305-389-5405 or tfts.org.

Redland International Orchid Festival: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, Saturday and May 18; Redland Fruit and Spice Park, 24801 SW 187th Ave., Redland; $5, free for kids 12 and younger. 305-247-5727 or redlandorchidfestival.org.

American Bougainvillea Society Sale: 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday; Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, 10901 Old Cutler Rd., Coral Gables; $20 adults, $15 seniors, $10 children 6-17, free for members and kids 5 and younger. 305-667-1651 or fairchildgarden.org.

MEETINGS

Eastern Airlines Orchid Club: Stig Dalstrom, curator of the Orchid Identification Center at Marie Selby Gardens in Sarasota, talks about conservation; 7:30 p.m. Friday; Florida International University's Wertheim Conservatory at 112th Avenue and Southwest Eighth Street, in the classroom next to the greenhouse, in Southwest Miami-Dade; free. 305-385-4007.

Rare Fruit Council International: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday; Miami Science Museum, 3280 S. Miami Ave., Coconut Grove; free. 305-794-1395.

To get listed go to miamiherald.com/calendar and click 'Add Event' or e-mail information to newscalendar@MiamiHerald.com. Notices must be received at least two weeks in advance. Put garden on the subject line. Questions? Call 305-376-3355 or 305-376-3754. Compiled by Angel L. Doval.

 

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