Worm Tea at Caribbean Plants and Produce
Freshly made worm tea available every day! Now only $10 a gallon!
Our Worm Tea is an actively aerated brew made with worm castings, well water, molasses, and kelp and is pH neutral. It costs $10/gallon for an ultraconcentrate. Add up to 5 gals of distilled, rain, or well water for maintenance or apply at full strength to sad and sick plants or bug problems. You can also preorder our soil blends, worm bins, and worm starter kits (worms and bedding) for pick up from Caribbean, just email or text to place your order (561)287-0406
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Address: 13527 Okeechobee Blvd, Loxahatchee Groves, FL 33470
Kids Worm Activity
18591 131st Trail N, Jupiter, FL 33478
Nourishing Food for Thought at the Jupiter Creamery
Monday May 19th at 10am
Get ready to wiggle into the world of worms! In this workshop every adopts pet worms! This is a hands-on kids activity that starts with homework and it ends with pet worms. We ask each kid to bring in a recycled container such as: produce container, salad tub, tupperware, etc... and some plant based scraps from breakfast or dinner, as we build a miniature worm ecosystem together using materials brought and provided. We will learn about soil ecology and the decomposition process as well as all about the earthworm and how it works to turn your scraps into dirt.
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Best suited for ages 3 to 12
Approximately 45 minutes duration
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Presale Tickets Required: HERE
Adding Color to your South Florida Garden
Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden
10901 Old Cutler Road Miami, Florida 33156
Saturday May 24th at 11:30 am
Gardening in the tropics is different from gardening in the rest of this country. This class focuses specifically on plants that do well in our hot and humid South Florida climate. We review some of the most colorful native plants, foliage plants, bromeliads, and flowering plants to incorporate into your garden. This class mostly focuses on identifying different plants and goes over some basic garden design. You will learn many different plant varieties and how to take care of them. There will be demo plants available for purchase after the class.
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Presale Tickets Required: HERE
Living Soils and Compost Teas
Jupiter Creamery
18591 131st Trail N, Jupiter, FL 33478
Nourishing Food for Thought at the Jupiter Creamery
Sunday May 25th at 10am
In this class we are introduced to the microbial world of compost. We go over the benefits of using compost and other living amendments instead of synthetic fertilizers in your garden. We discuss soil ecology and techniques for using organic material to build soil and increase plant health. Then we go over multiple kinds of compost teas and how to make and use them.
Event attendees will also receive a gallon of worm tea to take home
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Presale Tickets Required: BUY TICKETS HERE
Build-A-Bin: Build and take home a personal worm composting system
Jupiter Creamery
18591 131st Trail N, Jupiter, FL 33478
Saturday June 7th at 10am
Join the worm queen for her most popular event! Together we will assemble one of Let it Rot’s 5 gallon personal worm composting systems. We will learn everything you need to know about vermiculture, how worms eat, and the benefits the whole process brings. Go home with your own fully functional and ready to use worm bin and your own colony of approximately 250 red wigglers; capable of composting 3 to 7 pounds of scraps a week almost immediately! Come with nothing and leave with a new outlook on worms and your own squirmy kingdom, plus all the knowledge you need to keep them happy!
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Presale Tickets Required: HERE
Free Classes at the Acreage Branch Library
15801 Orange Blvd, Loxahatchee, FL 33470
Compost 101 & Adding Color to your South Florida Garden
June 21st and September 20th
The Acreage branch library offers garden classes and workshops as well as a seed giveaway and plant swap the third Saturday of every month from 10am to 12 noon. Please mark your calendars for our upcoming free classes on June 21st and September 20th.
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FREE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC
Living Soils and Compost Teas
Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden
10901 Old Cutler Road, Miami, Florida 33156
Saturday June 14 at 11am
In this class we are introduced to the microbial world of compost. We go over the benefits of using compost and other living amendments instead of synthetic fertilizers in your garden. We discuss soil ecology and techniques for using organic material to build soil and increase plant health. Then we go over multiple kinds of compost teas and how to make and use them. This class is a good for intermediate to advanced gardeners and composters.
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Presale Tickets Required: BUY TICKETS HERE
Free Class at the Wellington Branch Library
1951 Royal Fern Dr, Wellington, FL 33414
Compost 101
July 26th 11am
Do you know how many ways there are to compost? Thermophilic, cold, aerated, static, in-vessel, in field, vermicompost, bokashi, etc. There is a method that may be best suited for your circumstances that you haven’t even heard of! In this class we discuss the various composting techniques and the pros and cons of each of them. We go over the best ways to implement these kinds of composting into your garden or farm and how you can expect them to work for you. This class is focused on introducing you to multiple kinds of composting. Even an experienced composter may learn something new.
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FREE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC
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Butterfly Host Plants
10901 Old Cutler Road, Miami, Florida 33156
Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden
July 5th at 11:30 am
Butterfly gardening can be tricky if you don’t understand the needs of the butterfly in all its life cycle forms. In this class we focus on Host Plants for the egg and caterpillar stages of various species. We discuss some basic concepts of butterfly garden design and maintenance. We will have a power point presentation of the butterflies in their larval and butterfly phases with images of their host plants. Demo plants and when available actual caterpillars will be there to observe. We will learn how to attract 15 different species of butterflies to your garden. Demo plants will be available for purchase after the class.​
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Presale Tickets: HERE
Compost 101
10901 Old Cutler Road, Miami, Florida 33156
Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden
July 19th at 11:30 am
Do you know how many ways there are to compost? Thermophilic, cold, aerated, static, in-vessel, in field, vermicompost, bokashi, etc. There is a method that may be best suited for your circumstances that you haven’t even heard of! In this class we discuss the various composting techniques and the pros and cons of each of them. We go over the best ways to implement these kinds of composting into your garden or farm and how you can expect them to work for you. This class is focused on introducing you to multiple kinds of composting. Even an experienced composter may learn something new.
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Presale Tickets: HERE
Introduction to Worms
10901 Old Cutler Road, Miami, Florida 33156
Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden
August 2nd at 11:30 am
Did you know Charles Darwin’s last book was about worms? Worms, or Annelids, are some of the oldest creatures unchanged by time. They have no bones and are 90% water, however they shaped our entire environment as we know it. In this class we get to meet some squirmy companions as we discuss vermiculture, or the raising of worms. We will go over how to keep worms as domestic livestock and some techniques for composting with worms or breeding worms for bait and soil maintenance. Worms and Wormbins will be available for purchase after the class.
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Presale Tickets: HERE
To Be Determined
10901 Old Cutler Road, Miami, Florida 33156
Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden
August 9th at 11:30 am
We have many classes and workshops available for adults and children, if you would like to Host or Book a class please request our class menu to see our offerings.
We have open availablity through 2025 for bookings!
