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“Go Native” – it’s easy at the 2010 Spring Native Plant Sale at Morningside Nature Center
Spring Native Plant Sale: April 16 and 17, 2010
Put some zing in your garden and bring the family out to the Native Plant Sale to get native plants for your home. The largest native plant sale in North Florida, offering thousands of ferns, grasses, trees, shrubs, and wildflowers.
Sale on Saturday, April 17th - open to the general public from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm. An exclusive member’s sale is on Friday, April16th, and it will run from 4:30 to 6:30 pm - open to members of the Florida Native Plant Society (FNPS), and Friends of Nature Parks (FNP) only. Memberships are available at the gate. Only cash and checks are accepted.
The sale is hosted cooperatively by the City of Gainesville’s Nature Operations Division of the Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs and the Payne’s Prairie chapter of the Florida Native Plant Society (FNPS), Friends of Nature Parks (FNP). The sale features thousands of beautifully-grown native wildflowers, ferns, shrubs, grasses, vines and trees grown at area nurseries. Vendors are members of the FNPS and certify that plants are nursery propagated and grown.
The event features a free naturalist-led wildflower walk (Saturday only), free expert plant advice at the FNPS booth and our famous free Park-A-Plant service that allows you to shop hands free while we tag, store and help load your plants.
The Morningside Nature Center is located at 3540 East University Avenue.
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Take a WALK on the WILDflower side with us! Every Saturday in October
Start at 9:00 am at Morningside Nature Center
The Jean Dorney Memorial Wildflower Walks begin Saturday, Oct. 3, at Morningside Nature Center. The walks will take place every Saturday in October and start at 9:00 am.
The walks are guided by a Morningside Nature Center staff member. During the walk, participants will enjoy the spectacular fall wildflower bloom at the park. Each week, the walks will be different in focus, participants are asked to please call the office if they would like to find out the theme for the dates they wish to attend.
Please meet at the Education Office and wear comfortable walking shoes. It is also suggested to bring any guide that may be of use along the walk.
Wildflower walks at Morningside Nature Center, 3540 E. University Ave., are offered free to the public courtesy of a grant from the Friends of Nature Parks in honor of charter member Jean Dorney.
Jean, a Texas native, moved her family to Gainesville in 1972. She quickly became involved with the Alachua Audubon Society and was a founding member of Friends of Nature Parks (formerly Friends of Morningside). Through the years, Jean was an active advocate of adult education programs at the nature parks and participated in many wildflower walks and natural history classes. Take a WALK on the WILDflower side with us!
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A Family-Friendly Ghost Walk:
Saturday October 24 7:00 to 8:30 pm at the Morningside Nature Center
On October 24th, the Saturday before Halloween, come with family and friends for a night hike to the Morningside Living History Farm where you will meet ghosts from 1870 and hear about their lives in rural Florida.
The program begins at 7:00 pm and goes to 8:30 pm. The admission gate will close when the program begins so be sure to arrive on time. Bring insect repellant and a flashlight. We’ll meet in the parking lot. Admission for this event is one non-perishable food item for each participant.
The Morningside Nature Center Living History Farm is located at 3540 East University Avenue.
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 Youth Fiddle & Open String~Band Contest at the Cane Boil: Saturday November 28 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. Youth Fiddle and Open String Band Contest at the Cane Boil. Three contest divisions are available: Seedling (through 12 years old), Sapling (13–18 years old) and Open String Band (no age limit, not restricted to fiddle). Please read complete rules, and more information about judging. CASH PRIZES! No Entry Fees for Parents/Accompanists. Admission is $2 for adults and $1 for kids age 3-12, free for children less than 3 years.
Experience life in North Central Florida during the year 1870 at Morningside Nature Center Living History Farm. Visitors can sample fresh cane syrup and homemade biscuits, experience live folk music, farm animals and much more!
The Longleaf Pine Youth Fiddle and Open String~Band Contest will take place during the Annual Cane Boil, thus bringing together the traditions of giving thanks and fall harvest with a music tradition that has been so influential throughout the South. Organizers wish to invite fiddlers to be part of creating a new family tradition with old roots: The Longleaf Pine Youth Fiddle and Open String~Band Contest at the Cane Boil.
The Morningside Nature Center Living History Farm is located at 3540 East University Avenue. Enjoy Cane Boil, Food & Fun! Make this event part of your Thanksgiving weekend tradition!
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11th Annual Great Air Potato Roundup: Saturday, January 30, 2010
Registration is required—look for more information on this page, coming in the future.
Join in the fun and come help protect our conservation lands. On the last Saturday of January, from 9:00 am to 11:00 am, join more than a thousand volunteers that will be taking back Gainesville’s Natural Areas. Following the roundup, a celebration festival will be held at Morningside Nature Center until 1:00 pm, with food, live entertainment, guest speakers, and a drawing for great prizes.
On a clear sunny morning of January 31st. of this year 1,118 eager volunteers of all ages joined together at the 10th annual Great Air Potato Roundup to remove air potato and other invasive exotic plants from 34 of Gainesville’s natural areas. In the process, they collected a total of 9,070 lbs. or 4.5 tons of air potatoes, 1,425 lbs of other invasive plants, and 1 ½ 20-yard construction dumpsters full of trash!
The Morningside Nature Center is located at 3540 East University Avenue.
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 The Farm and Forest Festival Returns to Morningside Nature Center Saturday, April 24, 2010
Admission to the festival is $5 for adults and $3 for children ages 3 to 12. Admission is free for children under 3.
The Farm and Forest Festival is the largest festival at Morningside Nature Center Living History Farm. The Festival, which takes place on April 24th, highlights North Central Florida rural life in 1870. Visitors can view historic-breed farm animals, hear period music, and observe traditional crafts and trades such as sheepshearing, spinning, weaving, and woodstove cooking. Horse-drawn wagon rides and crafts add to the merriment of this family-friendly event!
The Morningside Nature Center Living History Farm is located at 3540 East University Avenue.
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