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Upcoming Free Events At Lemon Creek Wildflower Preserve

Upcoming Free, Public Events At Lemon Creek Wildflower Preserve
3120 Gasparilla Pines Boulevard, Englewood, FL 34224.

Butterfly and Plant Tour

Maura Qualls and Ann Weaver will lead a walking tour through the Lemon Creek Wildflower Preserve Butterfly Habitat on Thursday, November 9 , 2023 at 9:00 am meeting at the Members entrance area. Join us as we examine the many plants, flowers, and pollinators that are present in our garden. We will offer discussions on how you can establish your own native butterfly and pollinator habitat and will provide an up-close look at nectar and host plants, both native and Florida friendly. Please bring your binoculars, cameras, water bottles, sunscreen, and bug repellent. All participants should wear comfortable, protective attire, especially footwear.

Family Explore Wonders of Water 

You are invited to join us for our upcoming “Family Explore” on November 11th, at 9:00 am to 10:30 am at Lemon Creek Wildflower Preserve, 3120 Gasparilla Pines Blvd., Englewood. November’s program focuses on Hydrology. Together we will be learning about the importance of hydrology in our ponds, water testing, monitoring, and other citizen science opportunities. Participants will learn about the wonders of water at Lemon Creek Wildflower Preserve and beyond.

 LBC will be hosting “Family Explore” sessions on the second Saturday of each month. Please be sure to bring your water bottle, wear closed toe shoes, a hat, sunscreen and bug spray, as this is an outdoor event.
Attention all new and returning Tarpon net pull volunteers, we will conduct our next Tarpon pull event on Saturday, November 18, 2023. We will first need to load the seine net and other equipment in the Jon boat before using our UTV to tow the boat over to the ponds located by Fiddlers Green. Please use the Lemon Creek Wildflower Preserve parking lot and plan to meet at the equipment shed at 7:45 am. After we have finished loading up, you can then drive your vehicle over to Fiddlers Green and park in a designated visitors space for your convenience. The actual net pull will get underway around 8:30 am starting with the smaller of the two ponds. If you have waders please bring them along with gloves, a hat, water and mosquito repellant. Please contact Malcolm Collingwood at 917-915-1076 or malcolmcollingwood@gmail.com to RSVP for the event. This event is open to everyone in the local community that is interested in participating.