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The Redland International Orchid Festival Returns to Fruit and Spice Park

From Friday, October 16, through Sunday, October 18, the Redland International Orchid Festival fills Fruit and Spice Park with judged orchid competitions, growers from around the world, and three days of tropical gardens.

By Nanci Gilbert, PA September 28, 2026
Event · October 16 through 18, 2026
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The Redland International Orchid Festival runs Friday, October 16, through Sunday, October 18, at Fruit and Spice Park, 24801 Southwest 187th Avenue in Homestead. Growers and vendors from around the world fill the open-air pavilions with blooming orchids, a judged competition celebrates the weekend's best plants, and live talks and demonstrations cover orchid care between strolls. International food vendors set up across the park, and the tropical orchard grounds stay open for the entire festival.

A weekend built around the blooms

The festival structures itself around the plants: Friday opens the show, Saturday and Sunday carry the judging, the grower booths and the lectures, and the weekend closes Sunday evening. Between the aisles of orchids, families can walk the park's collection of more than five hundred varieties of tropical fruits and spices, one of the largest in the region. For anyone considering acreage in the Redland, the event is a working sample of the area's agricultural rhythm and the country pace that draws families to farms and estates here.

Plan the day around the park

The visit works best as a full day out of Fruit and Spice Park: arrive when the festival opens, tour the orchids first, then follow the walking paths through the fruit trees and spice gardens. Mid-October is the finest weather of the Redland season, and the festival's shade pavilions keep the plants and the people shaded through the warmest hours. Families leave with plants, notes from the demonstrations, and a real feel for the countryside around Homestead.

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