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