Please, remember to respect our fellow participants, animals, lands and air space. To further enhance the experience at Sarasota County's environmentally sensitive lands, please help us with picking up and properly disposing of litter, respecting others experience with no cell phone usage, no pets, and please, no smoking. Thank you!
Explore Life in Lemon Bay With Us!
Get a little wet, have a little fun and learn a lot! Join American Littoral Society Biologist Chuck Idelberger on Saturday, July 9 from 9 - 11 AM on a search for marine life in Lemon Bay. Using hand and seine nets, you will search shallow waters and sea grass beds, observing, collecting, and discussing the natural history of some of the many interesting fishes and other animals that inhabit Lemon Bay. This event which is held at the Lemon Bay Park and Environmental Center, runs the second Saturday of each month this summer.
Participants should wear wading type shoes, a hat, sun screen, insect repellent, and bring a towel and drinking water. Prepare to get wet and muddy! All Sarasota County nature walks prohibit participants from smoking or bringing pets.
You may reach Lemon Bay Park and Environmental Center, 570 Bay Park Blvd., Englewood by taking I -75 to Exit 193 (Jacaranda Boulevard), turn toward CR 765/Englewood/Venice, and traveling south 5.3 miles to Englewood Road (SR 776). Turn left on Englewood Road (SR 776) (4.1 miles), turning right onto Old Englewood Road (1 mile), turning a slight right onto Kilbourne Avenue to the first right onto Morrison Avenue then the first left onto Curtis Boulevard, then the first right onto Brengle Avenue and the park entrance will be straight ahead.
Register on-line at www.scgov.net<http://www.
If you are having problems with on-line registration, please contact the Sarasota County Call Center at 941-861-5000 and ask for Natural Resources. Learn more about Sarasota County Natural Lands athttp://www.discovernaturalsara
Your feedback on our performance is an important and valued part of our improvement process and would greatly appreciate your participation in a brief post event survey regarding the nature program you attended. The survey will be emailed to you on the following week.
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From the UF/IFAS Sarasota County Extension Office
Free Rain Barrel workshops
All workshops will be from 10 a.m. - 11 a.m.
2011 Dates Location
July 16 Twin Lakes Park
August 20 Woodmere Community Park & Recreation Center
September 17 Twin Lakes Park
October 15 Englewood Sports Complex
November 19 Twin Lakes Park
December 17 North Sarasota Library
Locations
Englewood Sports Complex, 1300 South River Road, Englewood, FL 34223
North Sarasota Library, 2801 Newtown Blvd., Sarasota, FL 34234
Woodmere Community Park & Recreation Center, 3951 Woodmere Park Blvd., Venice, FL 34293
Twin Lakes Park, 6700 Clark Road, Sarasota, FL 34241
Sarasota County Environmental Services will sell rain barrels after the class for $37
each, including tax. Payment may be made by check or cash (exact change only).
Online registration required. Please register at sarasota.ifas.ufl.edu.
For questions regarding registration, please call the UF/IFAS Sarasota County Extension Office at 941.861.9900.
An Equal Opportunity Institution. Extension Service, University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Millie Ferrer-Chancy, Interim Director.
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July and August Extension Education Class Schedule
Date
Time
Subject
Location
July 5
9 am
Organic Vegetable Gardening: Fruit Crops
Warm Mineral Springs
July 5
1 pm
Irrigation 101
Twin Lakes Park
July 6
10 am
Incentives for Home Energy Improvements
Twin Lakes Park
July 6
1 pm
Good Bugs in the Garden
Twin Lakes Park
July 7
2 pm
Creating Wildlife Habitat/Urban Ponds
Shamrock Park
July 13
4 pm
Natural Insecticides
Twin Lakes Park
July 14
6 pm
Plant Propagation: Tips and Techniques
Twin Lakes Park
July 16
10 am
Rain Barrel Workshop
Twin Lakes Park
July 20
10 am
Landscaping with Color
Twin Lakes Park
July 20
1 pm
Ants, Ants, Ants
Twin Lakes Park
July 21
2 pm
What to do About Ants
Shamrock Park
July 27
1 pm
Insect Pests of Woody Plants
Twin Lakes Park
August 4
2 pm
Native Shrubs for the Landscape
Shamrock Park
August 10
10 am
Incentives for Home Energy Improvements
Twin Lakes Park
August 10
1 pm
Rodent and Mole Management
Twin Lakes Park
August 17
10 am
Green Cleaning at Home
Twin Lakes Park
August 17
1 pm
Life on a Popcorn Senna: Its Insect World
Twin Lakes Park
August 18
2 pm
Partnering with Pollinators
Shamrock Park
August 20
10 am
Vegetable Gardening 101
Twin Lakes Park
August 20
10 am
Rain Barrel Workshop
Woodmere Park
August 24
1 pm
Introduction to Insects and Mites
Twin Lakes Park
August 24
4 pm
Irrigation 101
Twin Lakes Park
August 31
1 pm
Red Imported Fire Ants
Twin Lakes Park
Registration is required. For class description and online registration:http://sarasota.ifas.ufl.edu<h
North Port Library: 13800 S. Tamiami Trail, North Port
North Sarasota Library: 2801 Newtown Blvd., Sarasota
Twin Lakes Park: 6700 Clark Road, Sarasota
Shamrock Park: 3900 W. Shamrock Drive, Venice
Extension programs are open to all persons without regard to race, color, sex, age, disability, religion or national origin. All Extension Service events comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Individuals with disabilities requiring special accommodations, please inform the contact person for each event at least 72 hours prior to the event date.
*SAVE THE DATE: PLAN TO ATTEND OUR EXTENSION OPEN HOUSE NOVEMBER 10*
Deborah Zeilman
Program Specialist
Sarasota County Government
Environmental Resource Management
Natural Resources
1001 Sarasota Center Boulevard
Sarasota International Trade Center area
"In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks."
- John Muir
Learn more at http://www.discovernaturalsara
