Yes, please bring your favorite dish to share and the event is free to attend.

This is a scholarship reception and art exhibition so we ask that all our guests dress appropriately in smart casual party attire. Everyone is welcome!

Is there free parking?

Yes, but we encourage you to car pool. Thank you!

Sunday, June 9

Poinciana Fiesta Celebration Party, Artist Exhibition, & Reception FREE

Celebrate with a reception for the scholarship winners of Miami’s oldest continuously running festival now and its 87TH year.

By Tropical Flowering Tree Society

Date and time

Sunday, June 9 · 6 - 9pm EDT

Location

Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden

10901 Old Cutler Road Coral Gables, FL 33156

Refund Policy

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About this event

3 hours

Sunday, June 9th, 2024

6:00 – 9:00 PM Poinciana Fiesta Celebration Party and Reception in the Garden House of Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, 10901 Old Cutler Road, Coral Gables. Starting at 6 PM, trolley tours of Fairchild. Starting at 7 PM, refreshments will be served including Royal Poinciana Punch. At 7:30 PM, presentations will take place for the 2024 Royal Poinciana Fiesta Queen and Court scholarship recipients and the Larry Schokman Book Award recipient. Poinciana cake will be served at the end of the presentations. Special exhibition of famous Key West Bahamian-Conch artist Roy Rolston’s vibrant works featuring Royal Poincianas curated by his daughter Michelle, in attendance. Limited edition Royal Poinciana Fiesta posters will be available for sale. This event is free and open to the public, but guests are requested to bring a dish to share or make a donation. New memberships in the Tropical Flowering Tree Society are encouraged. Park and enter at the Fairchild South Entrance on Old Cutler Road (the old, traditional entrance to Fairchild) donations are welcome.

*This event is free and open to the public, but guests are requested to bring a dish to share or make a donation.

*New memberships in the Tropical Flowering Tree Society are encouraged. Just add a membership with your FREE admission ticket!

*Park and enter at the Fairchild South Entrance on Old Cutler Road (the old, traditional entrance to Fairchild)

Organized by

Tropical Flowering Tree Society

The Tropical Flowering Tree Society (TFTS) www.tfts.org was formed in 1988 as a nonprofit by a handful of enthusiasts interested in promoting, propagating and preserving tropical flowering trees. TFTS hosts the Royal Poinciana Fiesta www.royalp.org now in its 86th year! The longest continuously running festival in Miami-Dade celebrating the beauty of flowering trees and distributing scholarship money to young women studying horticulture in all its aspects and botany related fields.