WILDFLOWER WALK: ASL EDITION
2025-09-06 13:00 - 14:30 (America/New_York) | Boyd Hill Nature Preserve Classroom, 1101 COUNTRY CLUB WY S, St. Petersburg, FL, 33705, United States
Immerse yourself in the beauty of native Florida flowers on this inclusive, ranger-led hike. We’ll explore how the flowers, trees, and green spaces at Boyd Hill contribute to the health and vitality of the preserve. Each month, participants have the opportunity to learn about up to 10 flowers currently in bloom.
In recognition of Deaf Awareness Month, this hike will be interpreted in American Sign Language (ASL) to promote accessibility and inclusion. An additional ASL-interpreted hike will be offered at the end of the month.
Ages 12 and up
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Fall Fright Fest
2025-10-04 17:00 - 21:00 | Camp Bayou Outdoor Learning Center, 4202 24th St SE, Ruskin, FL, 33570, United States
Our Fall Fright Fest will be held on Saturday, October 4 from 5-9pm.
First walks will be for the young ones, beginning at 6pm, learning about our native nocturnal wildlife.
The 7pm and later walks will be stories about past misadventures at Camp Bayou and the spirits who can’t rest.
Then join us by the campfire for s’mores!
A donation of $5 per person is requested to help cover the cost of supplies.
Registration will open in September.

Spooky Swamp Family Night Hike
2025-10-24 | Boyd Hill Nature Preserve Classroom, 1101 COUNTRY CLUB WY S, St. Petersburg, FL, 33705, United States
Bring the whole family for a spooktacular Halloween night hike through the shadowy trails of the preserve and listen to a kid friendly tale filled with playful frights and mysterious phantoms said to dwell in the woods. Costumes encouraged and a sense of wonder absolutely required for this enchanting evening of nature and Halloween fun!
All ages welcome with a registered adult.
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Owl-O-Ween!!
2025-10-25 09:00 - 15:00 | Brooker Creek Environmental Education Center, 3940 Keystone Road, Tarpon Springs, FL, 34688, United States
Join the Friends of Brooker Creek Preserve and the Tampa Bay Raptor Rescue for a day of owl-related events including LIVE owl displays, owl story time for children, owl pancake breakfast, nest box building, an owl pellet dissection and more!
Some activities cost $0-$25.

Live Owls On Display 10:00am – 2:00pm
Owl Fun Tattoos
Owl Pancake Breakfast ($5/person) 8:00am – 2:00pm
Owl Story Time
Owl Scavenger Hunt
Owl Pellet Science ($5/person)
Owl Nest Box Building ($25/person)

Questions: email info@friendsofbrookercreekpreserve.org call 727-934-2680
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Pumpkin Carving
2025-10-25 14:00 - 16:00 | Boyd Hill Nature Preserve Classroom, 1101 COUNTRY CLUB WY S, St. Petersburg, FL, 33705, United States
Bring your creativity and create a creepy, silly, or original pumpkin carving design!
Pumpkins are included in the cost. Tools are provided.
Please wear clothing you don’t mind getting dirty.
(two carvers per pumpkin max)
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Fall-O-Ween 2025 at Moccasin Lake
2025-10-25 15:00 - 20:00 | Moccasin Lake Environmental Education Center, 2750 Park Trail Lane, Clearwater, FL, United States
We would like to invite you and your family to Fall-O-Ween!
This Fall & Halloween themed all-ages event will feature:
3-7pm: Animal encounters with snakes, tortoises, raptors, and
3-6pm: Mini Highland Cow! $10
3-7pm: Arts and crafts Story time
3-7pm: Food & treats for purchase!
7-8pm: Sensing Nature’s Bat Prowl Club information stands with hand outs and activities
FREE ADMISSION
COSTUMES ENCOURAGED

Camp Bayou Night Paddle
2025-10-25 18:00 - 20:00 | Camp Bayou Outdoor Learning Center, 4202 24th St SE, Ruskin, FL, 33570, United States
Join the Camp Bayou volunteers on Saturday, October 25 for a Special Night Paddle. There will be just a sliver of a moon while we explore the Little Manatee River after dark- without flashlights!
The tour is $25 if you need to use one of our canoes or kayaks and $5 if you bring your own.
Plan to arrive by 6pm so we can be on the river by 7pm.
Registration required– call 813-641-8545, Thursday- Sunday between 9am and 2pm.
Camp Bayou continues to offer day paddle trips on the first and third Saturdays each month at 9am.

Bonsai and Bootanicals Workshop
2025-10-28 19:00 - 20:30 | Tampa Garden Club, 2629 Bayshore Blvd, Tampa, FL, 33629, United States
Where Creepy Meets Crafty
Join us for a frightfully fun evening where garden magic meets miniature masterpieces!
Discover the ancient art of Bonsai in a hands-on class led by our expert instructor.
Sip spooky cocktails and nibble eerie eats, all crafted from hauntingly delicious garden bootanicals.
Bring a friend and experience a night of:
•Creepy creativity
•Garden goodness
•Tiny tree enchantment
•Costumes welcome but not required.
>>> REGISTER HERE

Trail-or-Treat
2025-10-31 16:00 - 18:00 | Boyd Hill Nature Preserve Classroom, 1101 COUNTRY CLUB WY S, St. Petersburg, FL, 33705, United States
Is nature spooky? Come walk the trails to see what animals puts the OOOOOO in SPOOKY.
Don’t forget to wear your costume and bring a treat bag to see what surprises you can find along the way.
All ages welcome with a registered adult. Please select the correct number of participants or seats needed at the time of enrollment.
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Pass-along Plants
2025-11-05 18:00 - 19:00 | Land O’Lakes Library, 2818 Collier Parkway, Land O' Lakes, FL, 34639, United States
Learn how to make memories by selecting plants that you can share with others.
One for me, one for you; sharing our favorite plants.
Look around. Do you see that plant that reminds you of a relative or friend? Learn how to make memories by selecting plants that you can share with others. Many of these plants can’t be found in garden centers and can only be acquired as a gift from friends or family.
We will cover various plants that can make an easy transition as well as the best methods to divide your stash.
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Holiday Nature Crafts & Music
2025-12-06 11:00 - 15:00 | Moccasin Lake Environmental Education Center, 2750 Park Trail Lane, Clearwater, FL, United States
Come visit Moccasin Lake Nature Park to make holiday crafts using natural and recycled materials and more.
Participants will be able to assist in decorating the park’s Holiday Tree with their crafts along with taking an ornament home for themselves.

Purchase yourself a treat from PattyeCakes!
There will be reptiles and raptors to see!
The Silver Strings Dulcimer Group will play Holiday Music at 11am!
The Leila Davis Chorus will perform on stage at 1:30pm!
Sponsored by the GFWC Clearwater Community Woman’s Club

Wreath Making Workshop
2025-12-07 13:00 - 14:00 | Brooker Creek Environmental Education Center, 3940 Keystone Road, Tarpon Springs, FL, 34688, United States
Learn how to make a beautiful holiday wreath from native grapevines!

We will learn how to create the grapevine wreath base together. Our instructor will also share tips and tricks on how to decorate the base with extra foliage. Each participant will go home with a completed wreath “base” ready to decorate for the holidays!
Important Information:

This workshop caps at 20 participants, registration is required. We will only have enough materials for registered participants. Cancel your free ticket if you can no longer attend, so someone else can enjoy your spot.
Bring your own gloves and garden clippers.
If you wish to create a wreath as a team with your family or friends, please only select ONE ticket. Each ticket indicates one wreath.
Meet at the Outdoor Pavilion next to the Wildflower Garden. This workshop will be outdoors.

Additional Notes: It takes about 10 minutes to drive from the preserve entrance (Keystone Rd.) to the parking lot, and there is a 5 minute walk from the parking lot to the outdoor pavilion.
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Holiday Themed Container Gardening
2025-12-09 14:00 - 15:00 | New River Branch Library, 34043 State Road 54, Wesley Chapel, FL, 33543, United States
Planting in containers on your Lanai, porch, or indoors offers you a chance to be creative. Come learn more at this informative seminar.

Even if you have a small space, you can have a wonderful variety of plants to enjoy year-round. Planting in containers on your lanai, porch, or indoors offers you a chance to be creative. You will learn the basics of growing in pots from selection of plants and pots to grouping plants together with similar needs. Tips on repotting, soil mixture and growing the healthiest plants will be provided in this free UF/IFAS Pasco County Extension program with a holiday theme.
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S'MORES WITH SANTA
2025-12-12 17:00 - 19:00 | Boyd Hill – Pioneer Settlement, 2900 31ST ST S Gate 2, St. Petersburg, FL, 33712, United States
Let’s have s’more fun with Santa, his elves, and our rangers! Join us around the campfire to make delicious s’mores and snap photos with Santa at the Pioneer Settlement photo set.
Join us on Friday or Saturday evening. Registration is required. However, Saturday also includes a limited walk-up option before TASCO’s Movie in the Park. After your sweet treat, stay for even s’more holiday fun and enjoy a showing of “The Santa Clause” at Boyd Hill with TASCO.
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Hillsborough River Holiday Boat Parade
2025-12-13 18:00 - 20:30 | Lowry Park Boat Ramp,, 1204 W Flora Street, Tampa, FL, 33604, United States
25th Annual Holiday Boat Parade sponsored by Friends of the Hillsborough River and the Tampa Bay Sierra Club

Signup Instructions: All participants must register.
Bring: Battery operated lights to decorate your canoe, kayak, paddle board or boat; water; layers of clothing in case it is cool after sundown; a flashlight; your own vessel; a whistle; LIFE JACKETS MUST BE WORN AT ALL TIMES
Signup Restrictions: All participants must register and sign the Waiver
Additional Directions: We will gather at the Lowry Park Boat Ramp beginning at 5:00 pm to begin decorating boats so that we can launch at 6:00 pm. Canoes and kayaks lead the parade upstream past the Bird Street bridge at I-275 where the decorated boats will come and turn around and then lead the paddlers back to Lowry Park Boat Ramp.
Cancellation Policy: Heavy rain cancels

For more information and to Register:
https://act.sierraclub.org/events/details?formcampaignid=701Po00001AJTEcIAP

Holiday Plants
2025-12-15 14:00 - 15:00 | Centennial Park Library, 5740 Moog Road, Holiday, FL, 34690, United States
Come and get some tips about getting your plants ready for the season at this seminar.
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Horticulture in Arts and Crafts
2025-12-16 17:30 - 18:30 | New Port Richey Library, 5939 Main Street, New Port Richey, FL, 34652, United States
Discover how to use your flowers and plants for decorations, crafts and gifts at this seminar.

Have you grown lots of flowers and plants? Now what? Discover how to preserve and use them for decorations, crafts and gifts. Samples will be shown of greeting cards, framed flower pictures, potpourri, a variety of seed tapes, seed balls, gift tags, gift boxes, book marks and 2 topiaries. Handouts for making some items will be given out.
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GINGERBREAD HABITATS
2025-12-20 10:30 - 12:30 | Boyd Hill Nature Preserve Classroom, 1101 COUNTRY CLUB WY S, St. Petersburg, FL, 33705, United States
Enjoy a day of gingerbread fun as your family creates a habitat for your favorite animal friends! Will you build an aviary for birds, a mountain for goats, or a grassland for lions? The possibilities are endless with our decorating supplies!
Cost: $15 for one house (four participants per house)
Ages 6 & up welcome with a registered adult
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Hiking into the Horizons
2025-12-27 13:00 - 14:30 | Boyd Hill Nature Preserve Classroom, 1101 COUNTRY CLUB WY S, St. Petersburg, FL, 33705, United States
Join our park rangers for the last hike of the year at the Preserve.
Walk through the preserve and plan your new year’s resolution.
Ages 12 yrs +
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Tampa Bay Super Bowl Paddle
2026-02-08 10:00 - 13:30 | Rotary Park, 5505 Rose Garden Road, Cape Coral, FL, 33914, United States
We will put in and take out at Rotary Park and paddle up to Lettuce Lake Park.
At Lettuce Lake, we will have a group pizza lunch. We have a pavilion near the boat launch reserved, and we will furnish pizza directly to Lettuce Lake. We can enjoy lunch, walk the boardwalk, enjoy the birds and gators, and then paddle easily back to Rotary Park.
Total paddle length is about 5 miles.
For more information and to register:
https://act.sierraclub.org/events/details?formcampaignid=701Po00001L2tFLIAZ
