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HORTICULTURE
Late winter (and spring) is a great time for viewing the xeriscape plantings by Swan Lake and the Meadow Garden at Pinecrest Gardens. Rain-free days with lower humidity bring out the succulents’ colors. Many aloes respond to the dry season by intensifying their leaf patterns and blooming. Various agave species are giving off chemical signals, stimulating group production of their once-in-a-lifetime flower spikes. The Desert Roses have dropped their leaves and are beginning to respond to the lengthening days by shyly blooming, opening a few red flowers here and there. They will explode with color with the first heavy rains.
Horticulture staff have been working intensively, redesigning two areas. In one, the stream that feeds the Lower Gardens pond system has been cleared and extended. A network of above-ground irrigation pipes has been removed and a curving streambed created. The musical sounding stream rushes around rocks and under the buttress roots of a large native Strangler Fig tree, delivering naturally oxygenated water to the ponds. Additional planting is ongoing to complement the rare palms and aroids already there. The Caribbean Garden area has also been extensively redesigned, thanks to the generous support of The Garden Fund. Overgrown and inappropriately sited plants have been removed, replaced by a dramatically colorful planting of bromeliads, large anthuriums, and a low groundcover.
The new installation can be viewed from the middle path or from the Reclining Lady sculpture near the Historic Entrance.
Although most home gardeners delight in working in their landscapes during South Florida’s glorious winters, the horticulture staff at Pinecrest Gardens use the rising temperatures and longer days of spring and early summer to complete major planting projects; the plants say “Bring on the heat!”
BEETHOVEN IN THE BOWL
Friday, March 3 | 8 p.m. | www.pinecrestgardens.org
Pinecrest Gardens is proud to be a sponsor of and host Orchestra Miami’s “Unfinished,” featuring two uncompleted works by famous composers. The first is the little-known 10th Symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven, which was left unfinished at his death in 1827. Orchestra Miami will perform this symphony for the first time in South Florida. This little-known piece will be paired with a very well-known unfinished work, Schubert’s “Unfinished” Symphony N. 8 in D Minor, D. 759. The 42 musicians of Orchestra will be led by Artistic Director Elaine Rinaldi.
DANCECREST FESTIVAL
Saturday, March 4 and Sunday, March 5 | 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. | dancecrest.com
Pinecrest Gardens is pleased to host DanceCrest Festival, a weekend filled with artistic opportunities for young and aspiring dancers. Festival participants will have the opportunity to show their work, exchange ideas, learn from master classes and workshops, and grow as dancers. Pinecrest Dance Project invites the community to attend and enjoy being enriched through dance appreciation.
TROPICAL NIGHTS: COPACABANA
Friday, March 10 | 8 p.m. | www.pinecrestgardens.org/tropicalnights
Tropical Nights is a new musical collaboration featuring the very best of Latin Jazz throughout the years, curated and performed by Grammy award-winner, Chino Nunez. Copacabana will take you on a musical journey revisiting the great New York clubs of the 70s and 80s paying tribute to the likes of Celia Cruz, Tito Puente, Machito, Tito Rodriguez, La Lupe and more featuring orchestra, vocalists, and cabaret dancers.
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