Come out and join us for a lake bank planting at Lakewood Ranch's Town Hall, 8175 Lakewood Ranch Blvd, Lakewood Ranch. We will be there Saturday, March 27th from 9 am until 12:00pm. Bring your gloves and a shovel to help install a vegetative buffer zone along the shoreline of Lake Uihlein.
This is a grant funded project made possible by the South West Florida Water Management District. Establishing a “maintenance-free zone” of at least 10- feet between your landscaped areas and the waterfront filters pollutants and protects the water from runoff. Lake Uihlei'sn maintenance-free zone will not be mowed, fertilized, or have pesticides applied.
Saturday, March 20th from 9 am to 2 pm join us at Bradenton Beach City Hall, 107 Gulf Drive North, for a Water Conservation Program & Native Plant Sale. For a $15 fee you will receive a 55-gallon rain barrel complete with all hardware, an A/C condensate drip hose, an indigenous plant , a hose repair kit and other water-saving devices. Please call 941-778-4619 to register.
The Florida-Friendly Family Festival held March 6th at the Manatee County Fairgrounds brought 515 people together to share environmental themes and conservation methods. The Eco-Workshops were attended by 158 attendees thirsty for ideas. Topics included worm composting, conservation at home, making bio-fuel, the importance of bees and the water cycle. The Earthlings, musician with an environmental message, provided musical suggestions for conservation with their instruments made from recycled items. The Manatee County Utilities Department provided food which was grilled to perfection by the Palmetto Kiwanis Club volunteers. A local 4-H club served drinks for $.50 in re-useable cups with refills offered for $.25 to encourage reuse. Compost bins were manned with volunteers to educate on compostable trash vs. non-compostable trash. Food service items were made of 100% paper and able to be composted.
