Botanical Gardens
Programs and Events
Wellness Welcome: YOGA
AUGUST 30TH @10AM
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.
Native Plant Open House
September 14th, 9:00am-3pm
Celebrate the beauty and importance of native plants at the 91社区 Botanical Gardens on September 14th, 2024. This event brings together local businesses and organizations dedicated to environmental conservation and the promotion of native plants. Visit informational tables, engage with experts, and learn how you can make a positive impact on our local ecosystems. Discover the wonders of native plants and how they support 91社区's unique wildlife and habitats. Don't miss this fantastic opportunity to connect with the local plant community and enhance your knowledge about sustainable landscaping practices!
- Talks
- Tours
- Tabling
- 10% off everything in the Plant Shop!
Talks/Tours Schedule
9:00am-10:00am - Dr. Craig Huegel (Creating a WildFlower Meadow)
10:30am - Dr. Craig Huegel (Gardens Tour)
10:30am-11:30am - Troy Springer (Designing and Maintaining a Native Plant Landscape)
12:00pm-1:00pm - Tampa Audubon (Plant for Birds)
1:30-3:00pm - Kimberly Boucireb -Talk&Tour- (Native Plants for Pollinators)
Plant Festivals
FALL PLANT FESTIVAL
October 12th鈥�13th, 9am- 3pm
Open to members at 8:30am
- $10 Admission
- Free for Members & USF ID
- Children under 12 are free!
Fall Vendors
- 2 Grandma Soul Food
- 3 Seasons Growers, INC
- ABC Tropical Plant Nursery
- Amelia's Garden
- Bee Happy Native Nursery
- Begonia Society of Tampa Bay
- Boyce Nursery
- Calusa Palms Nursery,LLC
- Critter Companions by Kenny
- Coogan
- Elting's Exotic Plants
- Eva's Ideas
- Exotic Palms
- Garden Trails
- George Griepenburg
- Grace's Hydro-Organic Garden Center, Inc.
- Grassroots Nursery
- Green Leaf Worm Farm
- Gulf Coast Bamboo and Gardens,
- LLC Island Bamboo
- Hills Co. Master Gardeners
- Homegrown Hillsborough
- J&P Nursery
- Jersey Dogs
- Jessica's Lovely Garden
- Kessler's Cacti
- Louise's Healing Salve
- Lutz Nutz Company
- Mad Plants
- Munchies Kettle Corn
- My Crazy Plant Life
- Oh 4 Succ's Sake LLC
- Orchids & Tropicals
- Organics or Nothing
- Prana Farms
- Rare Fruit Council
- Scully's Cafe
- Skoops Italian Ice
- Southern Blooms LLC
- Spring Lake Tropicals
- Suncoast Chapter of the 91社区
- Native Plant Society
- Tampa African Violet Society
- Tampa Bay Gesneriad Society
- The Honey Couple
- The Little Adventure Farm
- Third Insight Design Inc
- USF Beekeepers
- Wallace Nursery
- Willow gardens
SPRING PLANT FESTIVAL
April 12th鈥�13th, 9am- 3pm
Open to members at 8:30am
- $10 Admission
- Free for Members & USF ID
- Children under 12 are free!
Vendors TBA!
BEEKEEPING CERTIFICATION
2023-2024 Beekeeping Class
Monthly November 4, 2023 - October 5, 2024
| Date | Lecture | Hive |
|---|---|---|
| 11/4/23 | Introduction to Bees | First look inside the hive |
| 12/2/23 (Potluck) | Integrated Pest Management (1PM) | Reading a Frame |
| 01/06/24 | Setting up Your Apiary | In-hive Basic Inspection |
| 02/03/24 | Hive Building | None |
| 03/02/24 | Swarm Control | Hiving Your Bees |
| 04/06/24 | NO LECTURE - Pick Up Nucs | Installing Nucs/Re-queening |
| 05/04/23 | Q&A, Swarm Control | Making splits |
| 06/01/24 | Queen Biology | Re-queening |
| 07/06/24 | Mead Making | |
| 08/03/24 | Varroa Destructor |
Varroa Counts & Treatment |
| 09/03/24 | Honey Extraction, Bottling, and Labeling | Honey Extraction |
| 10/05/24 | Winter Preparations, Q&A | Inspections and Q&A |
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鈥�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.