QUESTION: “Andy, where have you led plant walks in Florida?” Well, I thought that I would finally compile a mostly complete list. Here’s are the over 200 locations where I have led plant walks in Florida over the past 24 years, from1993-2017. I consider myself incredibly fortunate to have seen so much beauty while strolling along, chatting about plants with over 30,000 attendees. MORE WILL BE ADDED TO THIS LIST OFTEN. 

1.Alexander Springs – OCALA 

2.Alice Wainwright Park – MIAMI 

3.All World Acres, Sustainable Living Conference – PLANT CITY 

4.Allen David Broussard Catfish Creek Preserve State Park – HAINES CITY 

5.Amberjack Environmental Park – ENGLEWOOD 

6.Anastasia State Park – ST. AUGUSTINE 

7.Arbuckle Tract, Lake Wales Ridge State Forest – FROSTPROOF 

8.Archbold Biological Station – LAKE PLACID 

9.Arlington Park – SARASOTA 

10.Avalon State Park – FORT PIERCE 

11.Bahia Honda State Park – BIG PINE KEY 

12.Bamboo Grove – ARCADIA 

13.Barefoot Beach Preserve – BONITA SPRINGS 

14.Bayshore Live Oak Park – PORT CHARLOTTE 

15.Beacon Community Garden – CLEARWATER 

16.Big Cypress National Preserve – OCHOPEE 

17.Big Small Farm – BUSHNELL 

18.Bill Baggs State Park, Cape Florida– KEY BISCYANE 

19.Biscayne National Park – HOMESTEAD 

20.Blackburn Point Park – SARASOTA 

21.Blanchard Park – ORLANDO 

22.Bowman’s Beach – SANIBEL ISLAND 

23.Boyd Hill – ST. PETE 

24.Brownsville Park – SANIBEL ISLAND 

25.Captiva Island Beach – CAPTIVA ISLAND 

26.Carlton Preserve – VENICE 

27.Carlton’s Ranch – ARCADIA 

28.Caspersen Beach – VENICE 

29.Castello Hammock Park – GOULDS 

30.Cauley Square – GOULDS 

31.Cayo Costa State Park – CAYO COSTA ISLAND 

32.Charlotte Flatwoods Environmental Park – PUNTA GORDA 

33.Charlotte Harbor Environmental Center – PUNTA GORDA 

34.Charlotte Harbor Preserve State Park – PUNTA GORDA 

35.Circle B Bar Reserve – LAKELAND 

36.Cliff Stephens Park – CLEARWATER 

37.Coconut Grove Farmer’s Market – COCONUT GROVE 

38.Colt Creek State Park – LAKELAND 

39.Coquina Beach [for seaweed[]- BRADENTON BEACH 

40.Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary – NAPLES 

41.Covewinds Farm – PORT CHARLOTTE 

42.Crandon Park Beach – KEY BISCAYNE 

43.Crooked Lake Prairie – BABSON PARK 

44.David T. Kennedy Park – COCONUT GROVE 

45.Deep Creek Preserve – ARCADIA 

46.Deer Prairie Creek Preserve, Myakka River – NORTH PORT 

47.DeSoto Memorial Park – BRADENTON 

48.Devil’s Millhopper State Geological Site – GAINESVILLE 

49.Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge, Wildlife Drive – SANIBEL ISLAND 

50.Don Pedro Island State Recreation Area – BOCA GRANDE 

51.Eagle Lake Park – LARGO 

52.Earth N Us Farm – MIAMI 

53.East Flatwoods – SARASOTA 

54.ECHO Global Farm – NORTH FORT MYERS 

55.Eco Farm – PLANT CITY 

56.Emerson Point Park – PALMETTO 

57.Everglades International Hostel – FLORIDA CITY 

58.Everglades National Park, Anhinga Trail – HOMESTEAD 

59.Everglades National Park, Chekika – HOMESTEAD 

60.Everglades National Park, Eco Pond – HOMESTEAD 

61.Everglades National Park, Flamingo – HOMESTEAD 

62.Everglades National Park, Gumbo Limbo Trail – HOMESTEAD 

63.Everglades National Park, Hell’s Bay [canoe trip] – HOMESTEAD 

64.Everglades National Park, Mahogany Hammock – HOMESTEAD 

65.Everglades National Park, Flamingo – HOMESTEAD 

66.Everglades National Park, Pa-Hay-Okee Overlook – HOMESTEAD 

67.Everglades National Park, Royal Palm – HOMESTEAD 

68.Everglades National Park, Shark Valley 

69.Fairchild Tropical Gardens – CORAL GABLES 

70.Fakahatchee  Strand State Preserve – COPELAND 

71.Fanning Springs State Recreation Area – FANNING SPRINGS 

72.Fern Forest Nature Center – POMPANO BEACH 

73.Fisheating Creek – PALMDALE 

74.Florida Botanical Gardens – LARGO 

75.Fort DeSoto Park – ST. PETE 

76.Fruit and Spice Park – HOMESTEAD 

77.Ginny Springs – ALACHUA 

78.Gizella Kopsick Palm Arboretum – ST. PETE 

79.Great Spirit Farm – BROOKSVILLE 

80.Green Dreams, Sandhill Farm – SPRING HILL 

81.Green Swamp Wilderness Preserve, West Tract – DADE CITY 

82.Green Swamp Wilderness Preserve, East Tract – LAKELAND 

83.Greynold’s Park – NORTH MIAMI BEACH 

84.Gulfport downtown – GULFPORT 

85.Hammock Park – DUNEDIN 

86.Harbour Heights Park – PUNTA GORDA 

87.Hare Krishna Temple – ALACHUA 

88.Hathaway Park – PUNTA GORDA 

89.Hawthorne Farmer’s Market – HAWTHORNE 

90.HEART – LAKE WALES 

91.Hickey’s Creek – NORTH FORT MYERS 

92.Hickory Hammock Wildlife Management Area – LORIDA 

93.Hickory Lake Scrub – FROSTPROOF 

94.Highlands Hammock State Park – SEBRING 

95.Hillsborough River State Park – THONOTOSASSA 

96.Hollinsgworth Ranch - ARCADIA 

97.Homestead Bayfront Park – HOMESTEAD 

98.Honeymoon Island State Park – DUNEDIN 

99.Indian Mound Park – ENGLEWOOD 

100.JB Starkey Wilderness Park – NEW PORT RICHEY 

101.Jelks Preserve – NORTH PORT 

102.John Paul’s Ranch – ARCADIA 

103.John Pennekamp State Park, Cannon Beach – KEY LARGO 

104.Johnson Manor – WINTER PARK 

105.Jonathan Dickinson State Park – HOBE SOUND 

106.[The] Kampong, National Tropical Botanical Garden – COCONUT GROVE 

107.Kanapaha Botanical Garden – GAINESVILLE 

108.Kashi Ashram – SEBASTIAN 

109.Key Largo Hammock State Botanical Site – KEY LARGO 

110.Kinnard Farm – ARCADIA 

111.Kissimmee Prairie State Preserve – OKEECHOBEE 

112.Kiwanis Park – PORT CHARLOTTE 

113.Koreshan State Historic Site – ESTERO 

114.Lake-June-In-Winter Scrub State Park – SEBRING 

115.Lake Kissimmee State Park – LAKE WALES 

116.Lake Manatee State Recreation Area – BRADENTON 

117.Lake Seminole Park – SEMINOLE 

118.Lake Wales Ridge State Forest – FROSTPROOF 

119.Lakeland downtown – LAKELAND 

120.Lakes Regional Park – FORT MYERS 

121.Larry and Penny Thompson Park – MIAMI 

122.Lazy Hollow Farm – LAKELAND 

123.Leffis Key – BRADENTON BEACH 

124.Lemon Bay Park – ENGLEWOOD 

125.Lettuce Lake Park – TAMPA 

126.Leu Gardens – ORLANDO 

127.Lido Beach [for seaweed] – SARASOTA 

128.Little Manatee River State Park – WIMAUMA 

129.Live Oak Bayshore Park – PORT CHARLOTTE 

130.Lover’s Key State Recreation Area – BONITA BEACH 

131.Lower Hillsborough Wilderness Preserve – TAMPA 

132.Lowry Park – TAMPA 

133.Lummis Park – MIAMI BEACH 

134.Macks’ Fishing Camp [boat trip] – MIAMI 

135.Madira Bickel Mound State Archaeological Site – ELLENTON 

136.Manasota Scrub Preserve - ENGLEWOOD 

137.Matanzas Pass Preserve – FORT MYERS BEACH 

138.Matheson Hammock Park – CORAL GABLES 

139.Mead Gardens – ORLANDO 

140.Miccosukee Indian Village – MIAMI 

141.Millcreek Preserve – ALACHUA 

142.Miracle Farm – VENICE 

143.Moccasin Lake Nature Park – CLEARWATER 

144.Morgan Park – ARCADIA 

145.Mound Key Museum – FORT MYERS BEACH 

146.Mounts Botanical Garden – WEST PALM BEACH 

147.Myakka River State Park – SARASOTA 

148.Myakka River State Park, Myakka Prairie Tract – SARASOTA 

149.Myakka State Forest – ENGLEWOOD 

150.Myakkahatchee Park – NORTH PORT 

151.Natural Chai Farm – DAVIE 

152.Neal Preserve – BRADENTON 

153.Ocala National Forest, Hopkins Prairie – OCALA 

154.Ocala National Forest, Ocala North Trail – OCALA 

155.Ocala National Forest, Ocala South Trail – OCALA 

156.Old Miakka Preserve – SARASOTA 

157.Oleta River State Recreation Area – NORTH MIAMI 

158.Ollie’s Pond – PORT CHARLOTTE 

159.Open Studio – ENGLEWOOD 

160.Oscar Scherer State Park, Green Trail – OSPREY 

161.Palm Arboretum – ST. PETE 

162.Palma Sola Botanical Park – PALMA SOLA 

163.Paynes Creek State Historic Site – BOWLING GREEN 

164.Paynes Prairie State Preserve – MICANOPY 

165.Peace River Campground – ARCADIA 

166.Peace River Farm – ARCADIA 

167.Peacock Park – COCONUT GROVE 

168.Philippe Park – SAFETY HARBOR 

169.Picnic Beach? – TAMPA 

170.Pine Creek Park – VENICE 

171.Pinebrook Park – VENICE 

172.Pocono Trail Preserve – NOKOMIS 

173.Poe Springs Park – HIGH SPRINGS 

174.Ponce De Leon Park – PUNTA GORDA 

175.Pond Apple Trail – SANIBEL ISLAND 

176.Possum Trot Nursery – HOMESTEAD 

177.Prairie Creek Preserve – PUNTA GORDA 

178.Prairie / Shell Creek – PUNTA GORDA 

179.Rainbow Springs State Park – DUNNELLON 

180.Red Bug Slough – SARASOTA 

181.Retreats by the Lake, Camp La Llanada – LAKE WALES 

182.Ridge Audubon Center – BABSON PARK 

183.Robinson Preserve – PALMETTO 

184.Rose Kalajian’s Herb School – WESLEY CHAPEL 

185.RV Griffin Reserve – ARCADIA 

186.Rye Preserve – PARRISH 

187.Sand Key Park – CLEARWATER 

188.Sanibel Captiva Native Plant Nursery adjoining trails – SANIBEL ISLAND 

189.Sarasota downtown – SARASOTA 

190.Savannas Preserve State Park – PORT ST. LUCIE 

191.Secret Woods Nature Center – FORT LAUDERDALE 

192.Selby Botanical Garden – SARASOTA 

193.Shamrock Park and Nature Center – VENICE 

194.Shell Creek Preserve – PUNTA GORDA 

195.Six Mile Cypress Slough – FORT MYERS 

196.Sleeping Turtles Preserve – VENIC E

197.South Lido Beach – SARASOTA 

198.Spanish Point – SARASOTA 

199.Sprawling Oaks Farm – ARCADIA 

200.Starkey Wilderness Preserve – NEW PORT RICHEY 

201.Stump Pass Beach – ENGLEWOOD 

202.Sun Ray Scrub – FROSTPROOF 

203.Sunnyspot Gardens – TAMPA 

204.Sweetwater Organic Community Garden – TAMPA 

205.Ten Thousand Islands [canoe trip] – EVERGLADES CITY 

206.Terra Ceia Preserve Frog Creek – PALMETTO 

207.Tiger Creek Preserve – BABSON PARK 

208.Tippecanoe Park – PORT CHARLOTTE 

209.Topeekeegee Yungee Park – HOLLYWOOD 

210.Tradewinds Park, Butterfly World – COCONUT CREEK 

211.Tropical Bamboo Nursery – LOXAHATCHEE 

212.Tropical Park – MIAMI 

213.Unbelievable Acres – WEST PALM BEACH 

214.USF Botanical Garden – TAMPA 

215.Venice Rookery – VENICE 

216.Wallaby Ranch – DAVENPORT 

217.War Veteran’s Memorial Park – ST. PETE 

218.Warm Mineral Springs – NORTH PORT 

219.Weedon Island Preserve – ST. PETE 

220.Withlacoochee State Forest, Citrus Tract – BROOKSVILLE 

221.Withlacoochee State Forest Citrus Tract North – BROOKSVILLE 

222.Withlacoochee State Forest, Brooksville Caves – BROOKSVILLE 

223.Yamato Scrub – BOCA RATON
ADDITIONS:
224. Crescent Beach - SARASOTA
225. Turtle Beach - SARASOTA
226. Celery Fields - SARASOTA
227. Twin Lakes Park -  SARASOTA
I PLAN ON EXPLORING THE FOLLWING LATER THIS YEAR: 
Egmont Key State Park - ST. PETERSBURG
Paleo Hammock Preserve - FORT PIERCE 
Rock Springs Run State Reserve - APOPKA