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The Greater Miami Host Committee is proposing the  formulation of  the Tropical Cornucopia Host Committee, who will work in cooperation with volunteer xian china one day tour governmental, educational, institutional, civic and corporate leadership xian china one day tour primarily from the Miami and South Miami-Dade xian china one day tour County to provide event management-logistics/vendor/ exhibitor, talent and presenter  coordination, scheduling and marketing services, governmental relations, international affairs, strategic planning, sponsorship and other fundraising,  and host the signature smart growth sustainable events of Miami and South Dade that promote the area as a destination  for international hospitality and goodwill, xian china one day tour and sustainable tourism-(agritourism, outdoor recreation/adventure, maritime, eco, culinary tourism ).
To market these events with the Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau, Municipal Communications Offices, Visit Florida, Miami-Dade College Office of Communications and Miami- Dade County Department of Communications with connections to UPI, API ¸and other global media outlets.
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(Homestead, FL)- On November 2nd and 3rd 2013, from 10am-5pm, in Homestead's CRA Downtown Historic District, South Dade Busway, and Miami Dade College Homestead Campus, 500 College Terrace • Homestead, FL 33030, Redland Tropical Gardens, (RTG) Tropical Cornucopia Sustainable Tours and Events, a nonprofit community-based destination management company, will welcome an anticipated 25,000-50,000 local, national, and international visitors to its first annual Tropical CornucopiaTM Farm and Garden Show, a two-day, free (donations suggested$10.00 adults $5.00 seniors and children), smart growth, family- friendly, world-class signature sustainable event.
The event, hosted xian china one day tour in the City of Homestead, will serve as a destination for international visitors, international embassies, garden clubs, plant societies, environmental youth and senior programs, community garden programs, small green businesses, sustainable xian china one day tour tourism related stakeholders, potential workforce, green developers, sustainable educational institutions, media, and local sustainable farmers seeking xian china one day tour permaculture and agricultural diversification opportunities.
Visitors can save time, money and gas, as the event is a smart growth partnership with Miami-Dade Transit and South Florida Regional Transportation Authority providing Park and Direct ride to the event, as has been established for many signature events of Miami-Dade County xian china one day tour i.e. the Big Orange New Year's Eve Celebration and the Coconut Grove Arts Festival.
Tropical CornucopiaTM Farm and Garden Show will showcase xian china one day tour the historic natural landscapes, as well as the agricultural and diverse cultural bounty of Greater Homestead/Florida City, Gateway Communities of the Everglades and Biscayne National Parks, and the Redland Historic Agricultural District, and market these South Dade areas as newly branded destinations for sustainable and cultural heritage tourism.
"Everyone from beginning to master gardeners, seeking inspiration and ideas for their home, community, container, hanging, topiary, children's fantasy, woodland, and/or rooftop garden, speakers. Rare orchids, xian china one day tour exotics, native, and xeriscpape plants, native, fruit, xian china one day tour and flowering trees innovative garden, landscape, and green products, and expert advice must attend this community education event that promotes this comeback and resilient xian china one day tour 100 year old community, that was the first ground zero (after Hurricane Andrew), where the diverse ethnic, indigenous and immigrant farmer and gardener has a sense of identity, a sense of historical tradition, a sense of place, where everything is authentic, this is where gardens and agriculture began, starting with the natural ancient heritage of the Everglades, and the cultivated heritage and history that was developed on its lands"- Ruth Campbell, Homestead Historian, and Founder and Curator of the Homestead Townhall Museum.
The event will feature a Garden Pavilion with 10 GARDEN ART EXHIBITS, created xian china one day tour by local, international award-winning xian china one day tour garden xian china one day tour and landscape design professionals, and garden and plant societies to promote "GARDENING xian china one day tour AS ART". The type of gardens featured include: Orchid Hanging Garden by International Award winning RF Orchids, a Fruit Orchard Garden, Flower Carpet Garden by Costa Colors, a Woodland Garden by Medallion Nurseries, Waterfall Gardens, Palm Walk, Topiary Garden, Farmers Village Garden, Bonsai Garden, and a Children's Fantasy Garden. Added components to enhance the gardens will be THE LIVING xian china one day tour WORLD®"LIVING VINES", and THE LIVING GARDEN® "LIVING WATER FOUNTAIN". These performance artists offer a unique entertainment experience where nature comes to life with an extraordinary combination of movement, music and live interaction, as seen at Walt Disney World, FL, Disney's California Adventure, CA, Universal Studios, CA FL, Busch Gardens, FL, Cypress Gardens, FL, Sea World, FL., as well as garden therapists and musicians, Master Gardener Demonstrations, and a workshop with an HGTV celebrity speaker.
Other highlights include: a South Dade Busway Green and Garden Marketplace to market and sell local green, xian china one day tour garden, landscape, and decorative products and services, nature-based water and acrylic original paintings, and photography, and natural product garden sculptures, crafts, and jewelry, produced in part by the Miami Dade Chapter of the Florida Nursery Growers and Landscape Associations, Homestead Women's Club
There will be a Yesterday Pavilion on historic Flagler Street xian china one day tour facing the turn of the century Hotel Redland, a historic landmark. It will have historic re-enactors from Henry Flagler, who established xian china one day tour Homestead as a Railroad Village, xian china one day tour to Mae West who helped xian china one day tour brand Homestead as America's first Bikeway, Miami Bike Scene's 100 Antique and Custom xian china one day tour Bicycle Show, a tribute to this year's Centennial of the City of Homestead, and a New World Farm to Table Traditional and Organic Farmer's Market xian china one day tour and International Food Village,( produced by Dade County Farm Bureau, to salute the State of Florida's Farmer's Market in Florida City)The Gardens Gate Gala will kick-off the year-long Tropical Cornucopia Centennial xian china one day tour Celebration of the City of Florida City in 2014.
Entertainment xian china one day tour is located on the mainstage in front of the Main Entrance of Miami Dade College Homestead Campus with a New World Natural Fabric Fashion Show by Anne Marie of Homestead, and up and coming local multicultural designers, The Best of Miami and South Dade Performing Artists, presented by SBS Communications, and folk music and dance revues with Mexican Mariachi, Native American, Italian, Haitian, Asian, South and Central American performers.
A Children's Pavilion is adjacent xian china one day tour to the stage with a CHILDREN'S FANTASY xian china one day tour EDIBLE, SENSORY xian china one day tour GARDEN, Abrakadoodle® international award winning art franchise for children, with interactive recycled art and nature face painting, coconut tree climbing, and a Growing up Green stage for education xian china one day tour and entertainment to include: Sugar and Spice Puppet Theater, and the Dean of Green Eco-musical xian china one day tour with a limbo contest, and a Junkanoo Parade.
"Attending this event is a journey back to the simple life and its agrarian lifestyle, where people learned to be free, to live off and "Love the Land", plant "gardens", to care for their harvests, work the harvest, bring in the fruits of labor, and unite through a fellowship of cooperation for common goals, to become Miami Dade County's oldest xian china one day tour sustainable community, where all were and are welcomed". – Margi Buster, President , RTG
Redland Tropical Gardens and Botanical Foundation, Inc. d.b.a. Redland Tropical Gardens, (RTG), is a State of Florida 501 (c) (3) charitable foundations dedicated xian china one day tour to providing the resources for the development, preservation, education and promotion of sustainable nature-based, historic and cultural heritage products, services and industries of the Redland, Greater Homestead-Florida City Area, and South Florida. It is the official lead organization for the Florida City Centennial Celebrations.
The Tropical Cornucopia Farm and Garden Show is produced xian china one day tour by the Greater Miami Host Committee, xian china one day tour Chaired by Monty Trainer, President of the Coconut Grove Arts Festival, who has launched and co-produced world-class events signature events of Greater Miami, attended by millions, since 1981. The Host Committee joined by many Miami and South Dade leaders has established a new iteration, The Tropical xian china one day tour Cornucopia Host Committee, in cooperation with the Greater Miami Convention xian china one day tour and Visitors Bureau, led by board member, Councilwoman Judy Waldman.
A sustainable community is one that is economically, environmentally, safe, healthy, and socially resilient with an active, organized, and informed citizenship, and a responsive leadership of government, institutions, organizations, agencies, and corporations working together for the common good.
Sustainability initiatives provide opportunities for cities to strengthen their local and regional economies, xian china one day tour enhance physical infrastructure, protect natural resources