Name: Florida Arbor Day: Youth Papermaking
Start: 2025-01-17T13:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-01-17T14:00:00-05:00
Location: Brooker Creek Preserve Environmental Education Center

In honor of Florida Arbor Day, we are celebrating TREES!
Explore the inside and outside of trees with a hands-on activity! Many products we use everyday are derived from trees, and we're going to learn how to make our own paper! Targeted for elementary and middle school aged youth.
Registration is required. Presented by Lara Milligan, Pinellas County Natural Resources Agent for UF/IFAS Extension.
Additional Notes: This program will be held in our auditorium. It takes about 10 minutes to drive from the preserve entrance (Keystone Rd.) to the parking lot, and there is a 2-5 minute walk from the parking lot to the auditorium. We will start promptly at 11am. Follow signs to the auditorium.
In case you missed it, we have a whole line-up of activities for Florida Arbor Day:
Ongoing activities all day :
-Free Trees (while supplies last)
-Hands-on Exploration Stations in the Education Center
-Tree Quest (an outdoor scavenger hunt to enhance your hike)
Scheduled activities:
-9:30am - Florida Arbor Day Hike (registration required)
-10-10:30am- Meet Smokey the Bear with Florida Forestry
-10am to noon- Touch-A-Truck with Florida Forestry
-1pm- THIS Youth Papermaking (registration required)
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Pinellas County complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you are a person with a disability who needs an accommodation to participate in this class you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Prior to 14 business days before the class, please submit your request to [email protected] and [email protected]. Include the date and title of the program and what specific accommodations you will need.