Come learn how to make your own Butterfly Garden even if you don’t have a backyard! This workshop will include step by step instructions, pot, soil and three native plants that will bring butterflies to your outdoor space. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
The Florida Aquarium, Tampa Bay Butterfly Foundation and FWC's Suncoast Youth Conservation Center are looking for volunteers to assist with habitat maintenance at Center for Conservation site of the Florida Conservation and Technology Center in Apollo Beach (529 Estuary Shore Lane) as well as their Adopt a Road site along Dickman Road. To volunteer, click or copy and paste into a browser: https://volunteersignup.org/MLPF3
Please join our volunteers as we clean up Butterfly Alley located behind Little Red Wagon Native Nursery. We will be maintaining the habitat behind the Little Red Wagon Native Nursery along part of Butterfly Alley (4110 W. Estrella St.). Volunteers are needed to perform regular maintenance to keep this looking beautiful. Park at the side of the building and meet us at the back of Little Red Wagon Native Nursery. To volunteer, click or copy and paste into a browser: https://volunteersignup.org/CBC3P
FREE ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS THROUGHOUT THE DAY! 9:30am – TOOL SHARPENING Bring garden tools, knives, shovels, etc. to get sharpened. Put tools into a bucket and your name on masking tape on each tool handle. Tools can be dropped off the week before and will be ready for pickup on Saturday or you can bring tools that day. 10:00am – LIVING WITH SNAKES – presented by Shiv Shukla Shiv earned his B.S. in Environmental Science with a minor in Biology from the University of South Florida in 2021. Now, he is a M.S. candidate and researcher at USF in the lab of Dr. Sean Doody, where his research revolves around the intersection of conservation biology and disease ecology, specifically as it pertains to ophidiomycosis in native snake populations. At TBBF, he is a lead reptile curator, and his favorite animal ambassador is Brooks! In his free time, he enjoys hiking, rock climbing, kayaking, playing/watching cricket, and cooking. Registration fee includes Butterfly Release at 3:15/3:30 pm (weather permitting). $10 - REGISTER HERE 11:15 am – MONARCH MIGRATION IN FLORIDA! Anita Camacho, President and CEO of Little Red Wagon Native Nursery and Tampa Bay Butterfly Foundation will present new research discussion. Registration fee includes Butterfly Release (weather permitting) immediately following. $10 - REGISTER HERE BUTTERFLY RELEASE after 11:15 am talk is finished (weather permitting) – estimated 12:30 pm ($10 per person or free if attending another paid event that day.)
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