Advance reservations are required. Call 305-247-5727 to reserve seating for classes and tours. Space is limited. Class cancellation policy 5 days in advance.

Saturday April 3^rd
Growing Herbs in South Florida
10 am to 12 pm
Instructor: Carolyn Coppolo
Fee: $25

Discover the ease of growing conventional herbs and exciting tropical herbs that thrive in South Florida.  Plants will be distributed to participants. 

Saturday April 10^th 
Edible Landscaping Without Pesticides
10:00 am – 12 pm
Instructor:  Chris Rollins
Fee: $25

Learn to plant a pesticide free garden in your home landscape.  Recipes, a work book and cuttings will be distributed to participants.

Saturday April 24^th
Edible Wild Plants 
Instructor: Chris Rollins
Fee: $25

Plants for food in the weed and wilderness will be explored.  Edible plants that are native or naturalized in South Florida will be exhibited and discussed.

Saturday May 8^th
Bamboo Workshop
10 am to 12 pm
Instructor: Daniel Holmes
Fee: $25

Discover the 70 varieties of bamboo grown in South Florida.  Learn how to select the right bamboo for your garden and make it thrive.

Saturday May 15^th
Florida Keys Plant Safari
All Day
Guide: Chris Rollins
Fee: $40

Visit gardens and botanical sites in this all day excursion to the Florida Keys.  Breadfruit trees, Key Deer, and hand fed Tarpon highlight this tour

Saturday May 22^nd
Things That Poison, Itch, Sting, and Bite
9am to 12 pm
Instructor: Chris Rollins
Fee: $25

This workshop covers the dangerous things in South Florida that every resident should know.  Poisonous plants encountered in our yards, marine life, dangerous snakes, stinging caterpillars and insects.

Saturday May 29^th
Growing Real Food in Your Back Yard
9 am – 12 pm
Instructor: Chris Rollins
Fee: 25

This is a realistic approach to genuinely producing a quantity of good foods that can be grown in your own back yard throughout the year.  Emphasis will be on low maintenance plants that can be introduced into your existing landscape.  Seeds and cuttings will be distributed to class members.

Saturday June 5^th
Plant Propagation
10:00am to 4:00 pm
Instructor: Chris Rollins
Fee: $40

Learn the methods utilized in producing tropical fruit trees: how to plant seed, air layer and graft.  Session breaks for lunch.  Receive a free tree to graft and take home.

Saturday June 12^th
Mango Mania
9 am to 12 pm
Instructor: Chris Rollins
Fee: $40

It's everything you want to know about mangos: how to grow them, their insect and disease problems, recipes and many different varieties.  Sample fruit until the juice drips from your elbows and taste luscious sticky rice with mango. Visit more than 150 different varieties in the Fruit & Spice Park.

Saturday June 19^th
Lychee & Longan Workshop
10 am to 12 pm
Instructor: Chris Rollins
Fee: $25

This class will cover how to grow and use lychee and longan.  It will be held during the Redland Summer Fruit Festival.  Participants can sample lychee and longan products and buy freash lychees and mangos in the festival after the class.  Lychee and longan trees will be available for purchase.