City of Miami in partnership with Citizens for A Better South Florida Please join City of Miami Mayor Tomas Regalado and Commissioner Ken Russell in our Virginia Key Park and Nature Conservancy Restoration project. Volunteer check-in and breakfast bites start at 8:15 am Volunteers will receive: ∙ T-shirt and water bottle ∙ Breakfast and lunch […]
Adopt-a-Tree This Saturday, September 17
This Saturday, September 17, is the last Adopt-a-Tree Community Forestry Project event for the 2016 season. The first took place in June and the second was in August. The Adopt-a-Tree program provides Miami-Dade single-family or duplex homeowners with two FREE trees every year, even if they have adopted trees in previous years. Trees reduce air-conditioning costs by […]
FREE Tree Give-Away Saturday, August 27
This Saturday, August 27, is the second Adopt-a-Tree Community Forestry Project event for the 2016 season. The first took place in June. The Adopt-a-Tree program provides Miami-Dade single-family or duplex homeowners with two FREE trees every year, even if they have adopted trees in previous years. Trees reduce air-conditioning costs by providing shade, while a good landscape […]
2016 Adopt-a-Tree Community Forestry Project Starts Tomorrow
One of my favorite conservation programs starts its 2016 season tomorrow: The Miami-Dade County Adopt-a-Tree Community Forestry Project. Before moving to my downtown Miami condo, I took advantage of the program to get some wonderful native shade trees and fruit trees. Homeowners can “adopt” two trees per year – FREE! Tips from experience: Bring a […]
Park(ing) Day in Coconut Grove This Friday
The US Green Building Council’s South Florida Chapter Emerging Professionals will be participating in this Friday’s “Park(ing) Day,” a worldwide event that inspires city dwellers everywhere to transform metered parking spots into temporary parks. Started in 2005, Park(ing) Day is a way to draw attention to the need for more public parks in urban areas. This year’s local event is […]
Free Trees This Saturday
Miami-Dade’s 2008 Adopt-a-Tree program is giving away trees this Saturday, September 13, in Homestead. From MiamiDade.gov: Summer is almost over and the final event of the 2008 Adopt-a-Tree season is here! This is the last chance in 2008 for eligible Miami-Dade residents to adopt their two FREE trees courtesy of the Miami-Dade County Department of […]