Miami Lakes Garden Club

07/01/2026

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Register today for TWO FREE TREES
at FIU's Biscayne Bay Campus! Saturday, July 25 8:30 —11:30 a.m.
FIU Biscayne Bay Campus
3000 NE 151 St.
North Miami, FL 33181

Who is eligible to receive a FREE tree?
Homeowners of a single-family or duplex residential property in Miami-Dade County.
Renters with permission from the property owner. Acceptable forms of permission are a copy of a letter of permission and/or the property owner’s driver’s license.
Other cases may qualify; call 311 or visit us online at Adopt-a-Tree.
Which trees are available?

Residents eligible to adopt trees will be able to choose from:
Barbados Cherry
Cinnamon Bark
Firebush
Jaboticaba
Locustberry
Mamey
Paradise Tree
Pigeon Plum
Red Mulberry
Sugar Apple
Wax Jambu
White Stopper

07/01/2026

Miami Lakes Garden Club is open to everyone who loves or is interested in gardening. You don't have to live in Miami Lakes. We have members from Hialeah, Miramar, Palm Springs North, Miami, etc. We meet every third Saturday morning at the Mary Collins Community Center -- September thru May.

We sponsor a Bunco Game/Luncheon every second Wednesday at 12:30 pm which is open to the public and features buffet lunch, prizes and a fabulous Bunco game.

Mary Collins Community Center 15151 NW 82nd Ave Miami Lakes, 33016. Club meetings 10am every 3rd Saturday Sept-May
Bunco/Lunch $6 12:30 pm every second Wednesday

07/01/2026

The Flamingo Gardens Orchid Society meets every 2nd Monday evening at Flamingo Gardens

South Florida has its own special forces. They’re organized, mission-driven and spread out across the front lines every week. Their assignment? Orchids.

06/18/2026

get to know native Florida pollinators

Learn how to attract pollinators and create habitat with Florida's native wildflowers. Our helpful resources will show you how.

06/15/2026

Thank you to the Tropical Audubon Society! (please read the article below)

A Win for Wildlife & Wetlands:
GMX Scraps 14-mile 836 Extension!

In an action that reflects the consistent position our organization (Tropical Audubon Society) has taken over many years, the Greater Miami Expressway Agency (GMX) has voted to abandon the proposed 14-mile Kendall Parkway extension of SR 836, instead directing staff to consider a shorter, 4-mile elevated extension to Southwest 8th Street. The original proposal would have extended a major toll road beyond Miami-Dade County’s Urban Development Boundary (UDB), and deeper into environmentally sensitive Everglades wetlands in western Miami-Dade County.

While financial and cost/benefit considerations appear to have influenced the decision, this outcome also underscores years of advocacy, public engagement, scientific analysis and legal action that highlighted the project’s significant environmental risks. According to a June 11 Miami Herald report, potential environmental impacts factored into their decision: “GMX leaders contend other planned improvements of local roads that already connect the 836 to Kendall — the widening of Southwest 137th and 157th Avenues — weaken the case for spending billions on a multi-lane expressway that would be built on environmentally sensitive lands in the western part of Miami-Dade," — issues TAS has been raising for years.

05/26/2026

From the Tropical Audubon Society:

Color your garden 'Wild' at our annual Go-Native Plant Sale!
https://tropicalaudubon.org/go-native-plant-sale-2026?emci=bf71e848-1053-f111-8ef2-000d3a14b640&emdi=5fc67b97-1859-f111-8fcb-000d3a18905c&ceid=11600805

Want to give your garden a botanical glow that's also great for wildlife? Florida native plants can put on a show. Think sunshine yellow, powder pink, bright white, ruby red, and the gloriously gaudy fuchsia American Beautyberry. This isn’t just eye candy. Native blooms and berries attract butterflies, bees and songbirds, transforming any garden into a chorus of fluttering wings, buzzing bees and sweet birdsong.

Saturday, June 6, 9-3 RAIN or SHINE!

LOCATION: 5530 Sunset Drive, Miami, 33143. Limited onsite parking via our 55th Avenue Auto Gate.
Plants Galore & More!

Discover our Doc Thomas House
Parking: Limited on-site parking via the 55th Avenue entry gate; metered parking on Sunset Drive; various garage within 1-3 blocks; Metrorail service to South Miami Station.

Tropical Audubon Society
5530 Sunset Drive
Miami, FL 33143
United States

05/21/2026

To view the Florida Wildflower Foundation's webinar on Florida's bees go to this website: (The recording will be posted here by Friday, May 22.). They have some other very interesting recordings, also.

Recordings of the Foundation’s past webinars are posted below.

05/20/2026

Miami Lakes Garden Club has nominated Mr. Michael Salem of S.T.E.P.S. in the Right Direction as a Good Citizen. Michael is a resident of Miami Lakes who runs a nonprofit to assist people in need of help with educational or situational difficulties. He has worked closely with local committees and leaders to provide assistance to many people in our area. His nonprofit is recognized with 4 stars on Charity Navigator and he takes no salary or renumeration for his efforts. MLGC is proud to nominate him for this recognition by the District XII Garden Clubs President's Council .