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Our January topic is the Arecaceae (Palm Family), last covered in March 2022.  Please bring in at least 3 plants, which needn’t necessarily cover the topic.  It is best to bring plants with flowers and/or fruits, especially for those which you do not know. For palms, bring in whole fronds and include the base of the petiole which attaches to the trunk as best you can (take a photo too), when collecting young plants or seedlings, be sure and dig them up. 

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December is our annual Christmas Party. Feel free to bring a dish (appetizer style, dessert, or non alcoholic beverage).  

Our December topic is the Burseraceae (Frankincense family), which in South Florida has only one native, Gumbo Limbo (Bursera simaruba), which has many "look-alikes", and we will learn how to tell them apart. Please bring in at least one plant, which needn’t necessarily cover the topic.  

The Native Plant Workshop is FREE. Meeting time is at…

Our November topic is the Cucurbitaceae (Squash Family).  Please bring in at least 3 plants, which needn’t necessarily cover the topic.  It is best to bring plants with flowers and/or fruits, especially for those which you do not know.

The Native Plant Workshop is FREE. Meeting time is at 5:00PM, the third Tuesday of each and every month. We convene at the Miami Dade College Kendall Campus’s Landscape Technology…

We will have a spooky workshop as we visit Pinewoods Cemetery located along Erwin Road Between Sunset Drive and 80th Street. https://maps.app.goo.gl/nhVNRddjVPz7rSDr7 . This is an old neighborhood, and an older cemetery. Cemeteries are great places to look at plants, discover why if you dare!  

The Native Plant Workshop is FREE. Meeting time is at 5:00PM.

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