Celebrate Earth Month in Miami-Dade

Celebrate Earth Month in April in Miami-Dade County. Enjoy a variety of fun-filled family friendly activities, events, tips and much more.

Events

• The 41st Annual Baynanza Biscayne Bay Cleanup Day takes place Saturday, April 15 from 9 a.m. to noon at 31 different locations along Biscayne Bay
• Help restore some of Miami-Dade’s most environmentally-sensitive lands. Participate in Environmenally Endangered Land Program volunteer workdays at the following locations:
  • Saturday, April 8 at Florida City Pineland Preserve
  • Friday, April 28 at Zoo Miami Pineland Preserve
  • Saturday, April 29 at Rockdale Pineland Preserve
  • Sunday, April 30 at Trinity Pineland Preserve
• Join Miami-Dade Parks on Earth Day, Saturday, April 22, in restoring a tropical hardwood hammock
• Head to Zoo Miami’s Party For The Planet on Saturday, April 22 and Sunday, April 23 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Enjoy a mobile in-park scavenger hunt to save our planet from environmental threats
• Attend a virtual rain barrel workshop Friday, April 14 and learn a simple way to collect rain water to help your yard flourish

Ongoing events and ways to help our earth

Tips

• Green Tips: There are many easy ways to go green. Read about them as well as more Resilience initiatives taking place in Miami-Dade County
• Keep Biscayne Bay clean: Find out how to help protect this precious natural resource
• Recycling at home: If you’re a customer of Miami-Dade County’s Department of Solid Waste Management, get all the details you need to ensure you recycle right
• Visit a nature-based playground: Nature-based play encourages children to experience the world around them, through a curated natural environment. Visit a nature-based playground near you
• Sign up for paperless water bill statements: Save paper and increase convenience by enrolling in paperless Water and Sewer Department bills
• Home Chemical Collection and Chem-Again Program: Home Chemical Collection Centers are open to all Miami-Dade residents and they’ll take lithium batteries, pesticides, paints and many other items. If the items are in good shape, they’ll even make them available free of charge on a first-come, first-served basis to other Miami-Dade residents
• All About Trees: Learn everything you need to plant and properly care for your trees
• EcoAdventures: Get a renewed appreciation of nature and explore our County in an EcoAdventure