• 2026 Florida-Friendly Landscaping Class 8-week series

    UF/IFAS Extension - Brevard County 3695 Lake Drive, Cocoa, Florida

    Learn how to grow healthy plants & nutritious food and still protect the water quality of the Indian River Lagoon and the St. Johns River. Participate in this 8-week class series and learn how to grow healthy and nutritious plants and help protect water quality! Below is the class schedule. April 7th - All About […]

  • Reef Building

      Join the ROS team for an exciting reef-building activity! Volunteers will have the chance to get in the water and use rakes to help level out the oyster shell that has previously been placed in the water. There may also be a need to move coquina rocks (ranging from 5 to 50 pounds each) […]

  • Botanical Fest

    While spring may still be unfolding, something beautiful is already blooming in Downtown Melbourne. Come celebrate the beauty of nature at the 10th Annual Downtown Melbourne Botanical Fest! A day filled with beautiful landscapes, garden essentials, and a variety of flowers, plants, and shrubs awaits you! Saturday, April 11, 2026 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. […]

  • Earth Day Festival

      The Enchanted Forest Sanctuary - 444 Columbia Blvd, Titusville

  • 4th Annual Spring Fling in the Brevard Discovery Garden

    UF/IFAS Extension - Brevard County 3695 Lake Drive, Cocoa, Florida

    Join us for a free, family-friendly garden festival celebrating plants, pollinators, and Florida-Friendly landscapes! The 4th Annual Spring Fling Plant Sale and Bees, Butterflies & Blooms Festival, is a special collaboration between Brevard Discovery Garden and Brevard Backyard Beekeepers. For the first time, these two popular spring events will come together to create one unforgettable […]

  • Vermicomposting: A Cool Way to Compost

    UF/IFAS Extension - Brevard County 3695 Lake Drive, Cocoa, Florida

    Learn how to vermicompost! Join Master Gardener Julie Schafer on Saturday, April 25 for a fun, hands-on workshop that shows how Red Wiggler worms turn kitchen scraps into rich compost for your garden. Julie will demonstrate how easy it is to set up a simple worm bin at home and explain how these hardworking composters […]

  • The Buzz on Bees

    UF/IFAS Extension - Brevard County 3695 Lake Drive, Cocoa, Florida

    The Buzz on Bees is coming to the Brevard Discovery Garden! Curious about honeybees? Wondering how beekeeping works? Want to better understand why bees are so important to our environment and food supply? Join us on Saturday, April 25, 2026, at 11:30am in the UF/IFAS Brevard County Extension Auditorium for a special 30-minute presentation called […]

  • Learn to Build a Self-Watering Planter

    UF/IFAS Extension - Brevard County 3695 Lake Drive, Cocoa, Florida

    Come and learn how to build a self-watering planter! Curious about self-watering planters? Join Master Gardener Jeff Miller for this live demo at 12:15 PM in the UF/IFAS Auditorium during the April 25th Spring Fling! You'll learn how to build a simple self-watering planter using two 5-gallon buckets. This clever container gardening method creates a […]

  • Be Healthy: Grow your own food! 4-class series on Mondays

    UF/IFAS Extension - Brevard County 3695 Lake Drive, Cocoa, Florida

    Learn how to grow your own food in your yard or containers from vegetables, fruit, herbs, microgreens, sprouts & hydroponic lettuce buckets. This class will be held on four Mondays, June 22nd, June 29th,, July 6th & July 13th mornings from 10 am-12 pm. Or evenings, 6 pm - 8 pm. Dates: June 22nd, June […]

  • Lagoon Fest

    In the community center building. Actual time to be determined.