Orchids & Arts Festival
The Miami Beach Orchid Society, Miami Beach Botanical Garden, and Foundation for Emerging Technologies invite you to experience the inaugural Orchids & Arts Festival at the Garden. Our two-day festival will celebrate all things orchids and will highlight our Florida native orchid species, aiming to raise awareness about our beautiful, yet fragile ecosystems. The weekend will include:
Premium orchid growers market
Soroa Orchids • Orchid Eros (Hawaii) • So Orchids • Florida Orchid House • Jim-N-I Orchids • Mac's Orchids • Orchids in Bloom • Quest Orchids
Orchid-related vendor market
OFE International Orchid Supplies • Kawaii Universe orchid clothing • Orchidabilia and Ingram's Better Orchid Books • The Branch Imaginative Orchid Mounts • Glasshouse Creations Orchid Decor
Orchid Bench Exhibit American Orchid Society (AOS) judging will take place on Friday afternoon and festival visitors will view the winners all
weekend.
Arts presentations & performances
• Harold Golen Gallery features orchid paintings by El Gato Gomez, Mariana Kojšova and others.
• Foundation for Emerging Technologies and Arts presents: Orchid Adventure by Juraj Kojš, a series of short music, dance and storytelling performance activations about the Florida native Butterfly Orchid Encyclia tampensis
featuring Pioneer Winter Collective, Miami Sound Choir and Betzaida Ferrer.
• Orchid Music: A sound installation presenting sonifications of 15 Florida native orchid species DNA by Juraj Kojš.
• The University of Miami's Frost Electronic Music Ensemble will perform orchid-inspired electronic music on laptops.
• Rachel Joy Weiss will present a meditative and educational Augmented Reality Installation on Israeli orchid species in the garden's Gazebo.
Orchid lectures
Growing Tips by Carlos Cahiz (OFE International)
Intro to Orchid Culture by Melana Davison (Jim-N-I Orchids)
Cattleya Culture by Lou Lodyga (Esteemed American Orchid Society judge)
Dates:
May 04, 2024 10:00 AM-4:00 PM
May 05, 2024 10:00 AM-4:00 PM
Location: Miami Beach Botanical Garden | 2000 Convention Center Dr., Miami Beach, FL 33139
Admission:
General Admission $5 • VIP $25 includes 2 cocktails
Event website: mbgarden.org
