Elemental Seasons Homeschool - BHNP Spring 2025
2025-04-30 09:30 - 12:00, 2025-05-07 09:30 - 12:00, 2025-05-14 09:30 - 12:00, 2025-05-21 09:30 - 12:00, 2025-05-28 09:30 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Boyd Hill Nature Preserve Classroom, 1101 COUNTRY CLUB WY S, St. Petersburg, FL, 33705, United States
Join Ruth Glass as we study the seasons and traditional celebrations from around the world.
Children will go on hikes, participate in celebrations of nature, and create nature art to take home.
Please bring water and a snack.
Ages 5 yrs – 12 yrs
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Farming at Boyd Hill Garden
2025-05-01 15:30 - 17:00, 2025-05-08 15:30 - 17:00, 2025-05-15 15:30 - 17:00, 2025-05-22 15:30 - 17:00, 2025-05-29 15:30 - 17:00, 2025-06-05 15:30 - 17:00, 2025-06-12 15:30 - 17:00, 2025-06-19 15:30 - 17:00 and 1 more date | Pinellas Pioneer Settlement, 3130 31st Street South, St. Petersburg, FL, 33712, United States
Fun, hands-on education on organic gardening, raising chickens, and fun activities from 4-H curricula.
Ages 7 yrs – 11 yrs
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Bay Babies
2025-05-02 11:00 - 12:00, 2025-05-03 11:00 - 12:00, 2025-06-07 11:00 - 12:00 | Tampa Bay Watch Marine & Education Center, 3000 Pinellas Bayway South, Tierra Verde, FL, 33715, United States
Come join us with your young scientists!
Ages 3 – 6
This program is for the youngest ocean explorers. Bay Babies is offered for 3 to 6 year olds monthly. Each session may include story time, crafts, activities, and animal interactions to keep your little one(s) engaged and excited.
Program is held in our indoor classroom and space is limited.
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Children must have an accompanying adult in the classroom. Due to space constraints, only one adult per child is allowed.

Ssssssnakes of Boyd Hill
2025-05-03 10:00 - 11:30 | Boyd Hill Nature Preserve Classroom, 1101 COUNTRY CLUB WY S, St. Petersburg, FL, 33705, United States
Ages 6 yrs – 13 yrs

Join our Ranger Intern to explore eight common native snakes that are found in the Boyd Hill Nature Preserve. You will learn the difference between nonvenomous and venomous snakes.

There will be practice of snake identification so that you can be safe and smart in snake habitat. Activities will be interactive and engaging through crafts, games, and animal encounters.
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World Bonsai Day Celebration
2025-05-10 | Moccasin Lake Environmental Education Center, 2750 Park Trail Lane, Clearwater, FL, United States
Celebrate World Bonsai Day at Moccasin Lake Nature Park!
The Hukyu Bonsai Society will host the event in the Garden Lodge with demonstrations and displays for park guests to see.
If you have an interest in Bonsai, come visit! Learn about this very ancient art form.

Bouquet Bar
2025-05-10 10:00 - 11:30 | Boyd Hill Nature Preserve Classroom, 1101 COUNTRY CLUB WY S, St. Petersburg, FL, 33705, United States
Join our rangers to learn about our native butterfly and rain gardens. After a walk through the gardens, make your own bouquet for yourself or a special someone in your life.
We will have a bouquet bar for you to mix and match flowers for a beautiful display.
Bring your own vase to make your bouquet pop!
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All ages welcome with a registered adult. Please select the correct number of participants or seats needed at the time of enrollment.

Senior Artisans
2025-05-13 14:00 - 15:30, 2025-05-27 14:00 - 15:30 | Boyd Hill Nature Preserve Classroom, 1101 COUNTRY CLUB WY S, St. Petersburg, FL, 33705, United States
Ages 50 yrs +
It’s never too late to try out a new art form! Led by local artist Francine Michel. Explore the preserve by tram and create a piece of art based on nature.
All materials are provided.
Feel free to bring your own sketchbook and camera.
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Artist Reception & Program: Photography by Karl & Kathleen Nichter
2025-05-18 13:00 - 15:00 | Brooker Creek Environmental Education Center, 3940 Keystone Road, Tarpon Springs, FL, 34688, United States
Karl and Kathleen Nichter are the unofficial Photo Laureates of Brooker Creek Preserve. For over twenty years they have been dedicated volunteers and photographers at Brooker Creek Preserve teaching classes and giving hikes on nature photography. To honor their collaborative career, the FOBCP is pleased to showcase their work with a retrospective exhibition of photography taken in the Preserve.
To support the Friends group, the Nichter’s are offering the sale of their images in the show with a 50% donations back to the FOBCP.
The reception is free and open to the public. Come enjoy the art and support the artists!
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Get Artsy Leaf Clay Dishes
2025-05-24 10:00 - 11:30 | Boyd Hill Nature Preserve Classroom, 1101 COUNTRY CLUB WY S, St. Petersburg, FL, 33705, United States
Are you always losing your rings or your keys? Why not make a small dish with nature impressions for jewelry or other items of importance here at the Preserve?
Bring your own leaves or even flowers, we will have everything else for you to make your own dish.
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Backyard Science
2025-05-31 10:00 - 12:00 | Bishop Museum of Science ﻿and Nature, 201 10th St. West, Bradenton, FL, 34205, United States
Make your Saturday mornings even more fun!
Check out the Backyard Science program for elementary-aged learners at The Bishop’s incredible indoor Mosaic Backyard Universe. This wildly popular learning program launched last year and offers a wide range of activities, observations, and crafts that are sure to excite curiosity and ignite learning. Using unique Museum resources, hands-on activities, and thinking questions within this amazing educational space, you and your child will explore a different topic each month.

Save the Whales : World Ocean's Day Workshop
2025-06-07 13:00 - 14:00 | Majeed Discovery Garden, 12520 Ulmerton Road, Largo, FL, 33774, United States
Recommended for ages 8+
Registration is recommended

Rocks, Shells, & Fossils of Florida Camp
2025-06-23 08:00 - 17:00, 2025-06-24 08:00 - 17:00, 2025-06-25 08:00 - 17:00, 2025-06-26 08:00 - 17:00 | Boyd Hill Nature Preserve Classroom, 1101 COUNTRY CLUB WY S, St. Petersburg, FL, 33705, United States
Calling all rockhounds!
This is your chance to learn the basic types of rocks found in Florida as well as fossils from animals that roamed Florida long ago! Campers will go home with daily craft and go on daily hikes.
Ages 6 yrs – 11 yrs
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