The Labyrinth on the Hill monthly guided walk is Wednesday September 20th from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm at Lemon Creek Wildflower Preserve, 3120 Gasparilla Pines Boulevard, Englewood, Fl. Located at the top of a berm overlooking all four directions […]
Wildflower Preserve
You are invited to join us for our ongoing rock painting series on Tuesday, September 19, 2023 from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. Please note: This workshop will be moving back to the outdoor classroom area in the meadow at […]
Beautyberry is native to flatwoods and hammocks. Thanks to birds and planting efforts it has spread throughout Lemon Creek Wildflower Preserve. This Florida native is scientifically known as Callicarpa americana, and its bright purple fruits are some of the most […]
On Saturday September 9, 2023 the first session of the new “Family Explore” series was held at Lemon Creek Wildflower Preserve. September’s program focused on creating a habitat that supports butterflies and pollinators. Attendees gathered together to learn about “Pollinators” […]
You are invited to join us as we launch the first session in a new series of “Family Explore” events on September 9th, 9 am at Lemon Creek Wildflower Preserve, 3120 Gasparilla Pines Blvd., Englewood. September’s program focuses on creating […]
Firebush is a perennial or semi-woody shrub that is known scientifically as Hamelia patens. The bright red flowers attract hummingbirds and butterflies, including the zebra longwing and gulf fritillary butterflies, making it one of the most prolific pollinators at Lemon […]
In July, Lemon Bay Conservancy volunteers marked the completion of our 12th year of water quality testing in the ponds and creek system at Lemon Creek Wildflower Preserve. Each month, conditions permitting, volunteers launch kayaks and collect water samples at […]
One year monitoring report on the 2022 plantings at Turtle Mound in Lemon Creek Wildflower Preserve.
Rock Painting Workshop: You are invited to join us for our ongoing rock painting series on Tuesday, August 22, 2023 from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. This workshop will be held at the Sanctuary at Cape Haze Condominiums Clubhouse, located […]
We continue to work on Hurricane Ian recovery projects at Lemon Creek Wildflower Preserve.Thanks to persistent follow-up by volunteer Coke Wilson, we were able to get a fencing company onsite in July to complete repairs to the parking lot gates and […]
Walking sticks, or stick insects, are a group of highly camouflaged insects. They typically escape predation by blending into plant material, but that was not the case as seen here on a bench at Lemon Creek Wildflower Preserve. As their […]
The amazing volunteer effort to stake and raise windblown trees at Lemon Creek Wildflower Preserve in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian
Major restoration plantings at Lemon Creek Wildflower Preserver were done from September 2020 through January 2021. In the summer of 2022, an additional 340 plantings were added. This summer 2023, another 277 plantings are being added. The 2023 plantings target relatively […]
The newly installed bat house at Lemon Creek Wildflower Preserve is a three chamber nursery house that can house up to three hundred bats. The house was built according to specs from Bat Conservation International by Dave Flynn, a wood […]
As part of his work toward attaining the rank of Eagle Scout, James Ash, from Scout Troop 26 in Englewood, recently placed a new turtle basking platform in Hosman Pond at Lemon Creek Wildflower Preserve. The new platform will allow […]
On June 12th, Maura Qualls and Suzanne Bayley traveled to Twin Lakes Park in Sarasota to pick up 100 Atala caterpillars and crysalides. Forest Hecker with UF/IFAS Extension has established a thriving colony of the Atala butterfly and offered to share with us […]
Our team is building and installing pollinator houses in the Lemon Creek Wildflower Preserve Butterfly Habitat in observation of National Pollinator Week June 19 -25 this year. Pollinator homes support solitary bees, providing a cozy nesting site.The US has around […]
With funding provided by Lemon Bay Conservancy donors and a $100 grant from the Mangrove chapter of the Florida Native Plant Society, LBC volunteers have replanted Florida native plants in the butterfly habitat at Lemon Creek Wildflower Preserve. The new plants now […]
Thank you to the Charlotte Community Foundation for providing a $6,800 Hurricane Ian Relief Grant to rebuild our maintenance equipment shed at Lemon Creek Wildflower Preserve! Our old shed was completely destroyed by the hurricane, leaving our volunteers no place […]
We concluded our monthly, seasonal tarpon research on April 15 with a very exciting morning. Once each month since November, we’ve had up to 40 volunteers come out on Saturday mornings to assist with this interesting research, including 4 scientists […]