Experience Miami’s Countryside: Nov. is Miami-Dade Farmers Month
This November, enjoy special deals and experiences at South Dade farms and related businesses. Visitors can choose from numerous ways to celebrate Miami’s farming community with Miami-Dade Farmers Month. When you visit, you’ll find acres of lychee groves, exotic fruit and vegetable farms, local produce stands, and more. See the full deals list here. And check out these places to visit during Miami-Dade Farmers Month – or any time!
Pick Up Local Fruits and Veggies
On Saturdays during the growing season, stop by Michael Borek Farms for heirloom tomatoes, produce and cut flowers. At the Redland Market Village, stock up on fresh fruits and veggies and authentic Mexican foods year-round.
Eat and Drink
Try seasonal tropical fruits and fruit smoothies at Robert Is Here and an education on in-season fruits like guanabana, jackfruit, passion fruit, mamey sapote and much more. Get an all-local rainbow smoothie on weekends at LNB Grovestand. Stop by Knaus Berry Farm (they're open for the season Oct.-April) for warm cinnamon rolls and locally grown produce. Have lunch at Heritage Market. Kick back with wine made with local tropical fruits or beer at Schnebly Redland’s Winery and Brewery.
Get Planty at Nurseries
Pick up plant starts and seeds at Little River Cooperative. Shop for orchids at R.F. Orchids. Are succulents and cactus your jam? Check out Isaac Farms. You'll also discover roadside vendors when you drive around the Redland.
Discover Nature
At Fruit and Spice Park, the only park of its kind in the U.S., see tropical fruit trees, sample what’s in season and learn about our agricultural past and present. Everglades National Park and Biscayne National Park, both in south Miami-Dade, offer unique glimpses into a subtropical wilderness. Patch of Heaven Sanctuary is a 20-acre nature preserve of old-growth tropical hammocks and lush habitat.
Head to Festivals and Events
The Berry Farm celebrates fall with a Harvest Festival including a corn maze, hay rides and a pumpkin patch. At Tinez Farms, take the family to Fall on the Farm, a pumpkin patch, animal barnyard. On Jan. 18, the Redland Riot Road Rallye challenges you to discover Homestead and the Redland sites and win prizes.
Dig into Local History
Once a warehouse and packinghouse is now Cauley Square Historic Railroad Village, with shops, gardens and a tea house. Once the home of Chicago industrialist and philanthropist Charles Deering, the Deering Estate today is a museum and ecological gem that includes a centuries-old Tequesta Indian burial mound (deeringestate.org). The charming Homestead Historic Downtown District is home to the Historic Homestead Town Hall Museum and restored Seminole Theatre, antique shops and restaurants.
