For several weeks, Sadie nurtured her babies. She started them from seed, but now they are getting big, and she is pushing them out into the world. She had help from Victor, the proud papa who helped pot them up, preparing them for their new homes. Sadie is the farm manager at Bee Heaven Farm, [...]
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Adopt Sadie’s babies
Posted in events, farmer/grower, market, photo, tagged Bee Heaven Farm, Edible Garden Festival, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Gardens, heirloom tomatoes on November 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Ramble 2011
Posted in events, location, tagged Fairchild Tropical Botanic Gardens, Ramble on November 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Friday, November 11, 2011 – Sunday, November 13, 2011 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Now into its seventh decade, the Ramble is still going strong. The annual festival at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden is billed as the largest plant sale in South Florida, with more than 15,000 plants up for grabs. And that’s just the [...]
Edible Garden Festival 2011
Posted in agritourism, events, farmer/grower, food, tagged Fairchild Tropical Botanic Gardens on October 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
It’s time to plant your fall vegetable garden! Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden is once again holding its annual Edible Garden Festival this weekend, October 22 and 23, from 9:30 am to 4:30 pm. The gardening celebration will have ongoing lectures, cooking and gardening demonstrations, free yoga class in the mornings, a beer garden (it is [...]
Fairchild Ramble 2010
Posted in events, food, market, tagged Fairchild Tropical Botanic Gardens, Ramble, Redland Organics on November 11, 2010 | Comments Off
The 70th annual Fairchild Ramble is this weekend. If you haven’t been, it’s a huge, amazing event, with plant sales, food vendors, a calliope — and my favorite, the Farmer’s Greenmarket. Redland Organics will be there, of course. If you missed out on getting tomato starts at the Edible Garden Festival not too long ago, [...]
Meet the Challenge
Posted in events, farm, people, photo, tagged Fairchild Tropical Botanic Gardens, Miami Southridge Senior High School on November 8, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Ten students from the Ecology Club at Miami Southridge Senior High School put in a day’s work at Bee Heaven Farm. This was not just any kind of work day but an Environmental Immersion Day, as part of the Fairchild Challenge, sponsored by Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden. On Thursday, November 3rd, ten students, their Ecology [...]
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