Outdoor

Touch a Truck Coral Springs

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Children and young adults with special needs are invited to spend the morning with fire and police personnel, learn about the equipment and explore emergency vehicles. This is event is open to all children and young adults with special needs, regardless of the city where you reside.

Meet & Greet

Fire Rescue Engine Truck • SWAT Bearcat • Police Patrol Car • EMS Truck • Bike Patrol • K9 & Officer • Scene Crime Investigator

Fishing Derby & Breakfast

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Come out to Zoo Miami, enjoy some breakfast, help catch INVASIVE fish from their lakes!

Removing invasive fish species helps improve habitat quality and creates room for native fish and wildlife. Zoo Miami provide the rods and bait, you reel 'em in! The family that catches the largest fish will win a behind-the-scenes experience in our Amazon and Beyond exhibit!

Zoo admission for the rest of the day is included.

Annual Waterway Clean-up

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The Town of Davie and the Central Broward Water Control District welcomes you to participate in the 20th Annual Waterway Clean-up, a public awareness campaign to keep our waterways clean.  This event will take place on April 16, 2016, from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. along the C-11 Canal, between State Road 7 and Flamingo Road, in Davie.  Be sure to pack your SWIMWEAR and enjoy the after party to thank you for all your hard work!  

 

Let's Explore at Fairchild

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Let’s Explore at Fairchild (LEAF), a program for children and families, consists of themed activities ensuring that kids receive as broad a botanical learning experience as possible. The program takes place at The Learning Garden and is instructed by Fairchild staff and trained volunteers. Children have the option of rotating through various stations where they can work with crafts, play science-themed games, complete fun and educational worksheets, participate in planting activities, and more. 

Mother's Day Tea at the Gardens

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Spoil mom with a gorgeous tea at the Fairchild Tropical Botanical Gardens in Miami this year.  

Join all the mothers on the Veranda and in the Ballroom of the Jean Ellen DuPont Shehan Visitor Center as we celebrate mothers and grandmothers with a lovely Afternoon Tea. Guests will be treated to scones, savories and desserts served by delightful garden volunteers while enjoying live music.

Tea service begins at 3:00 p.m.

Cost per person is $27 for members, $37 for non-members and $17 for children 12 and under.

Fairchild Spring Garden Festival

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Celebrate the season with local foods and the gorgeous Fairchild Botanical gardens they grow in. Learn tips to keep your garden thriving during the summer months, pick up a trick from local chefs at a cooking demonstration, shop artisan vendors or pick up delicious foods from local vendors. And, take home a spectacular plant from our 37th Annual Spring Plant Sale

April 9-April 10 2016

Saturday, April 9

Spring Fest

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Celebrate Earth & Arbor Day with the city of Deerfield Beach this year.  The event will take place on April 29th from 1 pm - 5 pm. at Pioneer Park. 

The City of Deerfield Beach would like to invite you to join them at Spring Fest Celebrating Earth & Arbor Day presented by DNA Labs International.  Spring Fest will feature the annual tree giveaway, local entertainment, a kids’ zone featuring a petting zoo and bounce houses, as well as educational components focused on green living.

Seedlings Preschool Open House

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Sunflower Creative Arts' Seedlings Preschool is a play-based learning environment that nurtures imagination, science and nature exploration, arts expression and literacy. Preschool for ages 3-6. Mommy & me to preschool transition program (Little Seedlings) for ages 2-3. More info at SunflowerCreativeArts.org/preschool



Activities at the open house: See our warm and welcoming classrooms, run up and down the hills in the nature playground, take a nibble from our learning garden and create a nature art sculpture in our outdoor classroom.