Go Bananas! Houston Botanic Garden

Celebrate the world’s most popular tropical fruit - bananas - at the Houston Botanic Garden.

Discover all there is to love about the banana during our day-long festival celebrating this amazing tropical fruit, and one of the can’t miss plants in the Garden’s tropical collection. There will be educational offerings on banana-related topics, cooking demonstrations and tastings of banana and plantain-inspired dishes, a kids zone, farmer’s market, and more.Presented with sponsorship support from AARP Texas & AARP Texas en Español.

Go Bananas! Special Events:
(additional registrations & fees apply)

Pop-Up Dinner & Wine Pairing
Friday, June 2, 6 p.m.
$145 (includes festival admission on June 3)
*Garden members receive a $25 discount

To whet appetites for the full celebration to follow the next day, Chef Keisha Griggs of Kuji Kitchen and Bocage Catering will treat attendees to a five-course dinner of ingenious and delicious banana-infused and inspired dishes. Several courses will be paired with curated wine tastings.

Brunch
Saturday, June 3, 9:30 a.m.
$65 (includes festival admission)
*Garden members receive a $15 discount

Go Bananas! kicks off with a delicious, upscale mid-morning brunch, with coffee and mimosas followed by four amazing courses of curated banana and plantain dishes from Marlies Wasterval of Fresh from Mars and previously of MFA Café.