WELCOME TO THE 88TH ANNUAL ROYAL POINCIANA FIESTA 2025 EDITION
Join Miami-Dade County’s Longest-Running Festival
Established 1937
Schedule for the 88th Annual Royal Poinciana Fiesta in 2025
June 7– June 15, 2025
Miami-Dade County’s Longest-Running Festival
Presented by the Tropical Flowering Tree Society
10:00 AM Simpson Park and South Miami Avenue Walking Tour presented by Dade Heritage Trust. View a South Florida natural hammock and the Royal Poinciana tree-lined South Miami Avenue. Start at DHT Headquarters, 190 SE 12th Terrace. Free, but donations are welcome.
Walking Tour of the Jean Willis Park, the county’s first flowering tree park which was planted by the Tropical Flowering Tree Society in 1992, with a supplemental planting in 2014. The tour will feature yellow and orange flowering poincianas and other tropical flowering trees, and it will be led by Steve Pearson, who was involved in both the original and supplemental plantings. The address of the Park is 7220 SW 61 Court, South Miami, FL 33143. and this part of SW 61 Court can only be reached from SW 72 Street (Sunset Dr.) The Park is just west of the city hall and police station and, since the tour is not during business hours, guests can park free in the city parking in the spaces facing SW 72 Street or other spaces in the lot so long as they are not reserved for employees or City officials.
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. There will be a special display of works by renowned Highwaymen works collected by Mark Lerner also known as “The Highwaymen Collector.” 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.
7:00-9:00 PM Painting Royal Poinciana Trees. A “cocktail party with a paintbrush”. Join in for a fun experience painting Royal Poinciana Trees at this unique event, no previous art experience necessary. All supplies are included. Take home a wonderful DIY painting! This event will be $45 per person. (Very limited seats available). Wine and light refreshments. Miami Art Club, Mall of the Americas/Midway Crossing #18, 7795 W. Flagler Street, Miami. Entrance near Marshall’s blue sign.
10:30AM – 12:00PM 60-minute yoga class combines movement, relaxation, and meditation. Kampong yoga classes are calming flow practices that link basic yoga postures in a purposeful sequence incorporating traditional sun salutations and balance poses. Vinyasa style classes link movement with breath. This class is perfect for yoga beginners but works equally well for anyone looking for a gentle alternative to a stronger vinyasa flow class. You’ll always be given the option to keep it mellow or to make the practice more challenging with variations, such as crow. Suitable for all levels. Afterwards we will bath in majesty and shade of Miami’s oldest Royal Poinciana planted by David Fairchild himself. Located on Biscayne Bay in Coconut Grove, the Kampong is a nine-acre botanical garden, part of the National Tropical Botanical Gardens, a non-profit dedicated to education and conservation. Named for the Malay or Javanese word for a village or cluster of houses, The Kampong is the former estate of Dr. David Fairchild, the famed botanical explorer who traveled throughout Southeast Asia. Please bring your own yoga mat, water bottle and insect repellent (if needed). Cost:$25 non Kampong members, $18 members.
RSVP: https://ntbg.org/events/yoga-with-sam-reynolds/
2:00-5:00 PM The Royal Poincianas Trolley Tour begins at the Coral Gables Library, 3443 Segovia Street, highlighting the best trees and blossoms of the 2024 season. Narrated by two poinciana experts and past presidents of the Tropical Flowering Tree Society. Tickets $25 pp. Sold out please book early next time. Please arrive on time. Free parking available in surrounding area next to the Coral Gables Library. Coral Gables Library, 3443 Segovia St, Coral Gables, FL 33134
ADVANCED EVENT TBA 2025 POINCIANA TREE PLANTING Thank you to Tree World Wholesale for the donation of the flowering trees for 2024 tree plantings. Watch this space for next year or contact us at info@tfts.org to partner on a tree planting or another family friendly event!
All proceeds of these events will be used for scholarships for young women in botany, horticulture or related STEM fields and to further the mission of the Tropical Flowering Tree Society.