Upcoming Events
- ButterflyFest - October 13, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Florida Museum of Natural History (3215 Hull Road, Gainesville)
Learn about butterfly gardening, native pollinators, conservation, backyard wildlife and more during this FREE, fun-for-all-ages event. Enjoy the ButterflyFest plant sale beginning Friday, Oct. 12 to Oct.14, one of the museum’s largest sales of the year with more than 150 species available. Experience butterfly releases and come dressed in your favorite pollinator attire for the pollinator parade! For more information visit the Florida Museum of Natural History's website.
- 2018 Florida Bat Festival - October 20, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Lubee Bat Conservancy (1309 NW 192nd Ave, Gainesville)
This Fun, Family Friendly Festival features Games, Music, Environmental Discussions, Crafts, Food Trucks, a Beer Garden, and of course our Superhero Bats.
Check the Facebook event page for admission prices and more information.
Ongoing Events
Florida Organic Growers
Florida Certified Organic Growers and Consumers, Inc. supports and promotes organic and sustainable agriculture, wherein; we educate consumers, farmers, future farmers (children & youth), businesses, policy makers and the general public.
Frog Drinks
First Thursday of EVERY Month from 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. EST @ First Magnitude Brewery, 1220 SE Veitch St, Gainesville, FL 32601
Each month an organization will be featured at Frog Drinks and an individual from that organization will briefly present what issues they are working on locally and internationally and how the community can support their cause. The overall goal of Frog Drinks is to connect working professionals who share a vision in order to collectively strengthen the environmental and wildlife conservation community in north Florida and surrounding areas. Frog Drinks is an event to inspire, educate and empower fellow wildlife conservationists and to have a good brew at the same time.
Gainesville Greenway Challenge
volunteer workdays the first Saturday each month from 9 - 11:30 a.m., registration required. http://goo.gl/forms/e1aaJsZj5s
Green Caffeine (info on Facebook)
Green Caffeine was created to promote, educate, and discuss the goals of a prosperous and sustainable future for our nation.
Green Drinks
Green Drinks meet the first Thursday of each month.
Green Drinks is a networking group that meets the first Thursday of each month to share their enviro projects. They typically meet at area restaurants. Meetings begin at 6 p.m. and speakers will convene at 7 p.m.
If you’re new to Green Drinks, please take advantage of the first hour to introduce yourself and explore opportunities to network together and help build our green community.
Urban gardens are growing in neighborhoods across Alachua County: in backyards and community gardens, and at schools and community centers. They provide us with fresh, nutritious produce, right outside our front and back doors, and help to increase food security in our community while beautifying neighborhoods.
With this in mind, Florida Organic Growers funded by the Alachua Community Agency Partnership Program, is working with community partners including Slow Food Gainesville, Abundant Edible Landscapes, Edible Plant Project, Santa Fe College, University of Florida, and many others, to form Grow Gainesville, an urban gardening network.
Grow Gainesville's Mission: "to increase our community's ability to produce and share food grown in urban gardens by facilitating the networking of gardeners, resources and information in a way that is easily affordable and accessible to all."
Visit Grow Gainesville on Facebook and check out their calendar listing of gardening events.
They provide scientific and problem solving information to Alachua County residents; and offer educational programs in agriculture, family and consumer sciences, community development, and 4-H youth development.
Educational and technical assistance programs provided include: gardening advice, crop and livestock recommendations, soil testing information, pest and plant disease identification and recommendations, and restricted-use pesticide training.