Botanical Gardens
Programs and Events
YOGA (Fridays @2pm)
A good way to relieve stress and anxiety is through yoga. It provides many benefits, like improving mental health, reducing burnout, promotes self-care and reduces anxiety.
POllinator Open House
June 28th, 9am-3pm
This will be a fun event for the entire family. Learn from the experts, purchase plants to support this important conservation initiative and tour the Gardens' pollinator collections.
Schedule:
10 AM – 10:45 AM: Conservation of Native Bees with Liz Childress (Natural Resources Educator, Weedon Island Preserve)
11 AM– 11:45 AM: Butterfly Conservation with Anita Camacho (President Tampa Bay Butterfly Association and Owner of Little Red Wagon Native Nursery)
12 PM – 12:45 PM: Wildflower Meadow with Dr. Craig Huegel PhD (Curator)
1 PM – 1:45 PM: Creating Pollinator Habitat with Kimberly Boucireb
2 PM - 2:45 PM: Pollinator Garden with Kim Boucireb
plant festivals
FALL PLANT FESTIVAL
October 11th –12th, 9am - 3pm
Open to members at 8:30am
- $10 Admission
- Children under 12 are free!
Vendors TBA!
BEEKEEPING
We have an Apiary Collective that meets to talk about our Western Honey Bee (Apis mellifera), join us to learn through demonstration about our Botanical Gardens hives!
We're on hiatus for the summer, but if you'd like to join our notification list for the Fall schedule, please notify Nicole Brand at brand42@usf.edu.
MESSER FAMILY BEEKEEPING SCHOLARSHIP
Anyone can have the opportunity to participate in our course through the Messer Family Award. To become an applicant, submit a personal statement—500 words or less - on why urban beekeeping is important to you and the community.
This award will assist with course expenses for individuals interested in pursuing beekeeping as well as show a committed effort to increase urban beekeeping in the local community. Expenditures awarded from this fund will be used for but not limited to course registration costs, the purchase of course educational materials and required supplies.