What's Happening for Earth Day?
Miami Beach Botanical Garden Earth Day Celebration
Thurs., April 18 5:30-10pm
Family-friendly fun starting at 5:30. Highlights include:
• Sundown yoga and meditation
• Environmental marketplace
• Native plant giveaway to first 100 people
• Items from sustainably minded makers
• Artist Deryn Cowdy’s Gilden Gardens art exhibit
• Salt of the Earth documentary at 8pm
• Recycled Fashionable Experience created by Alexis Carballosa at 7pm
Plus Debris Free Oceans, Lean Orb, Frost Science Museum, Miami Beach Compost and more. Visit mbgarden.org
Earth Day at the Deering Estate
April 20
The Deering Estate will host its 2nd annual Conservation & Wildlife Expo from 10am-4pm. Activities and programs for the entire family include conservation speakers, partner booths with hands-on activities, and walking tours of the Estate's unique natural areas. Reduced admission is $10 for adults and $7 for ages 4-14.
Schedule
10:30am – Historic House Tour
11:30am – Non-native Plant Round-up
12:00pm – Butterfly & Insect Conservation Talk in Stonehouse
12:30pm – Natural Areas Hike
2:30pm – Non-native Plant Round-up
3:00pm – Historic House Tour
For more, visit the Deering Estate website.
Earth Day at the PATCH Garden
April 20, 9-1
Free family fun, browse and shop with local vendors, and win great prizes! Ladybug release and other activities, including bounce house, potted plant giveaways, garden tours, aromatherapy workshop. Fresh produce for your healthy shopping needs, too.
Details here.
City of Key West Earth Day & Arbor Day
April 20
Land, beach and shoreline cleanups from 9am – 12:30. Cleanups will be organized at Higgs Beach, Nature Beach on Atlantic Blvd and on Boca Chica Road. There will be a mangrove kayak cleanup and an invasive plant removal effort at the roller rink. The Key West Botanical Garden will hold a native and endangered species plant sale from 9 a.m. until noon at the garden nursery on College Road. Also at the Key West Botanical Garden, residents and visitors can enjoy the Earth Day – Arbor Day Eco Fair from 1 p.m. until 4:30. This is a free event featuring environmental education booths, beekeeping demonstrations, honey tasting, mead tasting and brewing, sunscreen information and a tree planting. Partners include the City of Key West Urban Forestry, Solid Waste and Sustainability departments, the Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority, Keep America and Key West Beautiful – the Great America Clean Up, Reef Relief, the Surf Rider Foundation, the Key West Turtle Club, the Monroe County Extension Service, the Southernmost Brew Club and the Key West Botanical Garden. Full details here.
Fruit Tree Giveaways for Arbor Day
City of Miami residents who bring proof of residency can get a free mango, soursop, papaya, guava or lychee trees while supplies last:
Sat. April 20
Jose Marti Park, 9am, 351 SW 4 Ave, Miami 33144
Shenandoah Park, 1pm, 1800 SW 4 Ave., Miami 33145
Sat., April 27
Armbrister Park, 9am, 4000 Grand Ave, 33133
EarthStravaganza on Key Biscayne
April 20
Celebrate Earth month with our family-friendly, fun-filled day dedicated to helping protect and preserve the environment. Volunteer for beach clean-up projects, visit the Festival Eco-Village for live music, nature tours, arts & craft, watersports and more. And don't miss the grand finale Mermaid Parade along historic Crandon Park Beach Promenade! Biscayne Nature Center from 9am-4pm. Details here.
Earth Day at UM
April 22
In addition to sustainable food vendors, local organizations and student groups that will line the Lakeside Patio, there will be EcoArt with Professor Xavier Cortada and a live concert courtesy of the Frost School of Music.
Green Fair ECO Art Installations with Professor Xavier Cortada Dance and Theater Performances from UM students
Hug the Lake
At 12:05pm, the Miami Hurricane community will come together for their traditional Hug the Lake ceremony, capped off by President Julio Frenk, who will be presenting the Bosey Foote Award. The Roberta “Bosey” Fulbright Foote Award recognizes a member of the UM community – faculty, staff, student, or trustee – who has made a meaningful and lasting contribution to the beauty, humanity, and future of the campus.
Green Fair Food vendors Live Concert with a band from the Frost School of Music, "Coat in Panda"
Details here.
Earth Day at KYU
April 22
Ever since Wynwood’s KYU opened in 2016, they knew they were going to burn a lot of wood. KYU uses old oak collected throughout Florida for their wood-fire grill. For every tree used to cook in the grill, KYU plants five additional trees through a partnership with Trees for the Future. They also allow guests to buy trees right off the menu with an item listed as “Buy 50 Trees for $5.” KYU then matches all tree purchases made by customers. On Earth Day, KYU will donate $1 per customer directly to the Earth Day Network. During the week of Earth Day, April 22, and Arbor Day, April 26, KYU will allow guests to donate to Trees for the Future on their check. They will also launch a cocktail only available that week, and donate a portion of the proceeds to Trees for the Future. For more info, visit Kyu Miami.
Earth Day Activities at La Centrale, Brickell City Centre
April 22-28
Complimentary Organic and Biodynamic Wine Tastings
Mon., April 22 • 6:30pm-8:30pm
Fri., April 26 • 5pm-7pm
Sat., April 27 | 2pm-4pm
Level 3, Bottega del Vino
You Get a Salad, We Plant a Tree
La Centrale will plant one tree with the National Forest Foundation with every salad purchase At Insalate and Stagionale
Shop 20% off Organic Products
Sustainable olive oils, wines and more
Level 1, Mercato
Fight Plastic Straw Waste
All week long, they’ll offer pasta straws with your drink
Bicycle-powered Juice
Make your own juice with Veggie Wave’s bicycle blender
Visit La Centrale.
Earth Day Dinner featuring Sustainable Supper Club
Mon., April 22
Prix-fixe dinner in Habitat at 1 Hotel South Beach, created by our sustainably focused culinary team, featuring produce from Hungry Harvest. Learn about sustainable practices, including craft spirits, such as Gem & Bolt Mezcal and Yaguara Cachaca. A percentage of ticket proceeds will be donated to No Kid Hungry Charity and Kristi House. $125 per ticket. For tickets, click here.
City of Miami Earth & Arbor Day
April 27, 10-2
Something for everyone! Urban Oasis Farmers Market, kids’ activities, health screenings, live music, yoga and more. Shoreline cleanup begins at 11am.
