Holly Vincent and Meg Larrabee are preparing the ground for our Bird Garden with cardboard. Holly is the lead person for this garden. Planting 11 different plant types – 19 total plants, is scheduled later this month. It will show park visitors how even a small area of native Florida plants can have a beneficial […]
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New carpet has been installed in the great room of the Visitor Center. Funding for the carpet was provided by a grant from the Community Foundation of Sarasota County. Another step closer to opening the Visitor Center!
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We are please to announce our partnership with People for Trees, a non-profit native tree advocacy organization. They have been creating awareness about the importance of maintaining our tree canopy since 1997. Check out www.peoplefortrees.com. Alice White is the leader of People for Trees and she will be on our Leadership Team working on projects at
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We just received a $9,500 grant from the Gulf Coast Community Foundation to fund our Pedicab Ride Program. This program will offer free pedicab rides on The Legacy Trail to mobility-challenged children and adults who cannot enjoy the beauty of the Trail on their own. A pedicab is a pedal-powered canopied “rickshaw” that sits one
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Volunteer and Leadership Team member Dave Zimmerman developed the plans used to get the County permit for the job and also provided specifications for contractors doing the work. This helped reduce costs for County Parks. Another step closer to being able to open the Visitor Center!
County Parks has allowed us to begin work on the Rain Garden in front of the future Visitor Center. We are very excited to get started on our first of five demonstration gardens at OJT. The first order of business was removing some dead tree trunks. Volunteers Meg Larrabee, Holly Vincent and Emily Miller loosened
On Saturday April 6 form 11 am to 2 pm FOJT and Friends of The Legacy Trail sponsored a Free Bike Helmets for Kids Event at the OJT shade structure by the Trail. Ralph Monti, FOJT Bicycling Advocacy Coordinator, planned and supervised the event. Volunteers fitted and gave away 58 bike helmets. The helmets were
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Volunteers Beverly Bowen and Bette Keys added a unique education experience to our April 6 garage sale with a butterfly information table. They provided information about butterflies and their importance to our world and promoted the soon to be butterfly garden at the park that will be installed and maintained by FOJT volunteers.
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On Saturday April 6 FOJT volunteers worked from 8 am to 1 pm at our garage sale fundraising event selling items that were donated by many supporters. The event was held on the old greenhouse slab and grounds. We raised $871 to be used for the Visitor Center Project. It was a great success thanks
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Seven students with the Paws for the Planet Club at Cardinal Mooney High School removed invasive plants at Osprey Junction Trailhead Park Saturday morning March 30. The were supervised by Diane Buhler, Science Teacher and Club Sponsor at the school. Club members have worked several times during the school year at OJT Park. Chuck Butterfield,
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