Looking for something green-related to do this weekend? Look no further than our own Green Community Calendar.
Fresh Markets and More at Seminole Mall- Every Thursday-Sunday; 9 am-3 pm. Fresh Markets and More is a fun-filled celebration of the worlds most popular culinary ingredients along with a selection of unique arts and crafts all located in the air conditioned corridors of the Seminole Mall. Featuring multicultural foods, fresh produce, prepared foods, gourmet baked goods, arts and crafts, music and more. Will be open every Thursday through Sunday. Seminole Mall- 11201 Park Blvd., Seminole.
2010 Audubon Assembly: Protecting Florida’s Resilient Coasts and Special Places- Friday, October 22; 8 am. The Florida Audubon Assembly brings together conservation leaders and scientistsas well as policy makers, and business people from across Florida—- to discuss strategies to protect our coasts, birds, and wildlife, and secure our quality of life. This year’s theme is Protecting Floridas Resilient Coasts and Special Places. It will focus on bird rehabilitation, short-term recovery, and long-term conservation of birds and habitats. For a full itinerary and registration information, please visit: www.audubonoffloridanews.com. $120. Hilton Saint Petersburg Carillon Park- 950 Lake Carillon Drive.
Garden Tour Series at Willow Herbal Delight Gardens: Healing Herbs with Willow LaMonte- Friday, October 22; 10 am. Tour the organic Permaculture beds and meet healing plants who thrive in our Autumn and Winter conditions in Central Florida. Learn about medicinal herbs that we can eat, make into simple teas or tinctures, or use externally, plus find out about healing properties of our common culinary herbs. Fresh herbal tea will be served. Suggested donation: $10-15. At the end of Ray Rd. in Valrico ( off S. Miller Rd., 1/3 mile south of Lumsden; Valrico Church of Christ on Corner). 813-643-7285
Tampa Downtown Market- Fridays (through May); 10 am-2 pm. The vision of the Tampa Downtown Market is to provide local residents and businesses of the community with the freshest, highest quality, most nutritious, and most reasonably priced food and gourmet products. With a strong focus on sustainability, the Tampa Downtown Market intends to provide a vehicle to educate the community on the importance of good health as we create more business opportunities and residential benefits. Located in Lykes Gaslight Square- Tampa St. and Kennedy Blvd., Downtown Tampa.
World Cafe Discussions- Every Friday; 7:30-9:30 pm. Awakening and engaging collective intelligence through conversations about questions that matter. RSVP to Pat at 727.421.2746 or goodpat@tampabay.rr.com. Starbucks Cafe- 4th St N and 89th Ave N, St. Pete. www.theworldcafe.com.
Winthrop Town Center Farmers Market- Every Saturday; 8 am. Complete with more handcrafted goods, fresh fruits, veggies, and boiled peanuts than you can shake a stick at. 1109 Winthrop Market St., Riverview, 813-601-3129.
Tampa Bay Urban Permaculture Design Course- Saturday, October 23; 9 am-6 pm. A professional certificate course on urban sustainability, the Tampa Bay Urban Permaculture Design Course, will start Saturday, Oct 23, at Sacred Lands in St. Petersburg. Sacred Lands is a beautiful historical site set on several acres of lush jungle at the edge of the bay. The course will be held every other weekend for six weekends. This course gives cutting edge knowledge of how to live more sustainably in an urban environment. The course will include field trips to sustainable sites in the Tampa Bay area, lots of hands on experience, networking, career counseling, and apprentice and mentoring opportunities. The first day of this course is free! So come on down and see what it is like, see if it’s for you. We also have limited work study options, payment plans, and other options, please inquire. For more info, see: facebook.com/permaculture.guild (see events) or http://www.permacultureguild.us/category/courses/tampa-bay-courses/
St. Pete Saturday Morning Market- Every Saturday (October-May); 9 am-2 pm. Featuring locally grown fresh produce, prepared foods, tempting baked goods, plants, flowers, herbs, handcrafted gifts, live music, and more! Downtown St. Petersburg in the Al Lang Stadium parking lot at 1st Ave. S and 1st St. N.
This article appears in Oct 21-27, 2010.
