Calendar of Events

picture of lake apopka shore

Lake Apopka shoreline seen from the DeWitt Pavilion at the Oakland Nature Preserve ©Mike Brinkley

CALENDAR of FOLA Events

The FOLA Board of Directors meets on the first Thursday of every other month at the Oakland Nature Preserve Education Building, 747 Machete Trail, at 5:00 PM.

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Visitors are invited to attend.

Next FOLA Board meetings will be on:
September 2
November 4

Other Upcoming Events

Oakland Nature Preserve Next Board Meeting Saturday, August 14 - at the ONP Education Center. See the all new website at ONP... for more information and the full calendar of activities now happening at the preserve. 13th Annual Saturday, October 30 at Speer Park in Oakland Now looking for Vendors! See details in Application Winter Garden New/Revised Florida Friendly Landscaping and Native Plant Workshops: • October 21, 6pm-8:30pm • January 20, 6pm-8:30pm All landscaping workshops are FREE and open to all Winter Garden residents and businesses. Location: Winter Garden City Hall, 300 West Plant Street Registration: Please call 407.654.2732 or email astout@wintergarden-fl.gov Thank you, Angela Stout Water Conservation & Recycling Coordinator Public Services Department City of Winter Garden 300 West Plant Street Winter Garden, FL 34787 Phone: 407.656.4111 Ext. 5193 Fax: 407.877.2363 Email: astout@wintergarden-fl.gov Website: http://www.wintergarden-fl.gov We never know the worth of water till the well is dry. ~Thomas Fuller Greetings Avid Birders and Dragonhunters, I have put together a schedule for the 2010 SJRWMD Lake Apopka bird surveys and dragonfly surveys. During 2010, we will focus our bird surveys on fall and winter months, rather than summer months. This will allow us to collect data on migratory birds and overwintering species. We will focus our dragonfly surveys on the period when dragonflies are most likely to be abundant, in the spring, summer and early fall. I also avoided July so the survey does not conflict with any of the annual butterfly surveys. Except for January and September, all of the survey dates fall on the first Saturday of the month. In January and September when the first Saturday conflicts with the New Year’s and Labor Day holidays, the survey has been scheduled for the 2^nd Saturday. Listed below are the dates for each survey in 2010. I thought you might want to put these dates on your new calendar. Bird Survey – March 6^th, September 11^th (2^nd Saturday), and November 6^th Dragonfly Survey – April 3^rd, June 5^th, August 7^th, and October 2^nd I sure hope you' all will be able to join us for these surveys!! And I hope you have a wonderful holiday season!!! Be safe and thank you’all so much for all of your help during this past year!!! Pam Pamela J. Bowen Environmental Scientist St. Johns River Water Management District 4049 Reid Street/ Hwy 100 West P. O. Box 1429, Palatka, Florida 32178-1429 ph: (386) 329-4870, FAX: (386) 329-4585 e-mail: pbowen@sjrwmd.com
TUESDAY MORNING RESIDENTIAL HORTICULTURE CLINIC We are happy to inform you of the Tuesday morning residential horticulture clinics at the Mid-Florida Research & Education Center (MREC). Please stop by with your plant problem or soil for testing between the hours of 9:00 am and 12:00 noon. Here are some suggestions that will help you bring the best sample:
	1. Please bring about a pint of soil for testing taken from the surface to six inches deep. 2. Plant samples should be representative of the problem and where possible include several leaves or even a whole branch. 3. We are also happy to look at bugs, which are best transported in a bottle. 4. Sod for examination should include a square foot of turf two inches thick cut from the border of a good and bad area.
During clinic hours a University of Florida trained Master Gardener will respond to your concerns. Otherwise the results will be sent promptly in the mail. The center is located at the MREC, 2725 Binion Rd., Apopka, FL 32703 See http://ocextension.ifas.ufl.edu/res_hort/res_hort_plc.html for more information, or see map to MREC. Ed Thralls Extension Agent Urban Horticulture, Orange County