Promotional graphic for “Moonlight Garden at Fairchild” with a full moon, stars, clouds and silhouetted palm fronds against a deep blue night sky.
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Fairchild’s Moonlight Garden returns beneath a nearly full Harvest Moon

Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden usually closes at 5 p.m. On Friday, Sept. 25, the gates will remain open until 10:30 for something visitors rarely get to experience: the 83-acre garden…

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A line dancing instructor in the foreground wears a cream cowboy hat and a teal Country Heart t-shirt, arms raised and mouth open mid-call, leading a dance session at an outdoor evening event. String lights glow overhead against a backdrop of lush green trees. A second instructor in an identical outfit and cowboy hat is visible slightly behind and to the left. A crowd of attendees is blurred in the background. The setting suggests a warm outdoor evening at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden.
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Boots & Blooms brings country music, line dancing back to Fairchild Sept. 12

Country music and line dancing return to Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden on Saturday, Sept. 12 as Boots & Blooms comes back for its third edition in less than a year….

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Promotional graphic for “Moonlight Garden at Fairchild” with a full moon, stars, clouds and silhouetted palm fronds against a deep blue night sky.
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Fairchild brings back moonlit garden walks with telescopes, meditation and tastings

By Coral Gables Gazette staff Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden will remain open after dark Friday for an evening of lantern-lit paths, telescope viewing, guided meditation and optional culinary and painting…

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Baskets of mangos in different colors and sizes displayed on a table with small variety labels at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden.
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Fairchild Mango Festival returns with rare varieties, chef brunch and new fruit club

By Coral Gables Gazette staff Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden’s Mango Festival has always been more than a tasting table. In its 32nd year, the June 13 and 14 festival adds…

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Cuban trombonist Julio Montalvo performs onstage at night, playing trombone under warm concert lighting during an outdoor live music performance.
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Fairchild’s Tropical Jazz Night brings Cuban jazz under the stars

By Coral Gables Gazette staff There are concerts designed for concert halls, and there are concerts designed for a warm South Florida night beneath a canopy of palms, with a…

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clusters of pink, magenta, and white phalaenopsis orchids in bloom against a blurred tropical garden background of green foliage and tree trunks.
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150,000 orchids, one big idea: How Fairchild is bringing lost blooms back

By Coral Gables Gazette staff More than 150,000 orchids will bloom across the grounds of Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden this weekend as the garden’s annual Orchids in Bloom festival returns…

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Two Carnival dancers wearing green and gold feathered headdresses and jeweled costumes pose on a lit garden pathway at night, surrounded by trees and decorative lanterns.
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Samba, sunset and the spirit of Rio: Fairchild hosts ‘Sounds of Carnival’

By Coral Gables Gazette staff The pulse of Rio will echo through the palms and orchids of Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden on Saturday night as Sounds of Carnival transforms the…

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A couple walks hand in hand along a candlelit garden path at night, surrounded by tropical foliage and soft lighting during a Valentine’s Day event at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden.
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Fairchild’s Garden D’Amore returns with Valentine’s Day concert under the stars

By Coral Gables Gazette staff On Valentine’s Day evening, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden will transform from a place of daylight exploration into an open-air concert setting shaped by music, atmosphere,…

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Close-up of fruit being dipped into a chocolate fountain at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden’s Festival of Chocolate.
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Chocolate takes over Fairchild for a weekend of indulgence, craft and discovery

By Coral Gables Gazette staff For one weekend each winter, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden trades orchids and palms for truffles and tempering tables — and the result has become one…

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Santa Claus in a red suit sits on a wooden bench beside a smiling young girl, with lush tropical plants and palm fronds in the background.
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‘Very Merry Garden’ at Fairchild gives holiday tradition a tropical twist

By Coral Gables Gazette staff The holiday season unfolds differently in South Florida, where palm fronds replace pine branches and winter sunlight filters through banyans rather than bare trees. At…

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