Coral Gables, we hear you loud and clear! It doesn’t get much better than Fairchild Garden students speaking with NASA astronauts live in space on the International Space Station about the edible space plants they researched for them!
Climate change and sea level rise
More than 150 people turned out for the second annual Hinshaw/FIU Climate Change and Sea Level Rise Conference on April 11, 2018 at the Four Seasons Brickell hotel. Entitled ‘Thinking Beyond Risk: The Economic Effects of Sea Level Rise on Business Decision Making,’ the Conference held high level panels on insurance, lending, real estate development and the role of government.
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Japanese royal visit
The Crown Prince of Japan, Naruhito, recently visited Fairchild Tropical Botanic Gardens to visit its genetics laboratories and butterfly conservatory.
Crown Prince of Japan tours facilities at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden