Busy People: Seven Updates from the Friends of Carlton Reserve

    [clearboth]1. The Friends of the Carlton Reserve are supporting Fire Fest, a public education event sponsored by Sarasota County Natural Resources, Feb. 1, 2014.  Volunteers have been helping "spruce up" the public area and adjacent trails for the event....

News from Sarasota’s IFAS – Bee Ridge Community Garden Opens, Sustainable Communities Workshop Dec. 18th

  From UF/IFAS Extension Gazette, 12.2013: Extension Welcomes Dailey as New Director Mr. Bryan Dailey has joined us as the Director for UF/IFAS Sarasota County Extension. He most recently served as the Director of Information Technology for Cornell University Cooperative...

Audubon Bird-A-Thon, Volunteer Fair, Head Race at Benderson, & More: Friends of the Parks News for November 2013

The Friends of Sarasota County Parks, Inc. In This Issue Starting Up Get your bird on and Volunteer Surrey and FLT Our Friends We are a founding member of Gulf Coast Gives You'd Be Perfect SRQ Volunteen === Foscp.org Our...

Sarasota Bay Water Festival coming Nov. 2 to Ken Thompson Park – Dragon Boats, Food, Kids Stuff, more

Spooktacular Plants, Birding, Ghost tales and more! Nature Events for October 2013 and IFAS Classes

Update: One event change! The VIVA Florida Scrub-jay! Presentation with speaker Brooke Elias, that was originally scheduled for Friday, October 25, 2013 has been changed by Gulf Gate Library staff because of a scheduling conflict. The new date for the VIVA Florida...

Celebrate National Public Lands Day Sept. 28th at Oscar Scherer: Kids Activities, Music, Tours, Demos

What Kind of Wild Are You? Nature Events and National Public Lands Day in Sarasota

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May Nature Events — a walk in the park, and more

We are pleased to offer you nature events for the month of May. This is an invitation to go outside, take part in a healthy, fresh-air walk, and enjoy beautiful Sarasota County with all it has to offer. For details...

A few history notes about the Keith Farmhouse at Phillippi

To celebrate Historic Preservation Month, there will be an Open House at Phillippi Estate Park’s Keith Farmhouse on Wednesday, May 1, from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. The farmhouse exterior has been restored while the interior is still “a work...

March into Parks! Nature Events in Sarasota for March 2013

[clearboth]We are pleased to offer you nature events for the month of March. An invitation to you to go outside, take part in a healthy, fresh air walk, and enjoy beautiful Sarasota County with all it has to offer.  ...