Scheduled Field Trips
Follow these pages to get updates on what is being planned. The trips will have the best of central Florida, giving you a chance to visit some of Florida's oldest and most unique ecosystems.
- See rare plants in their native habitats
- See examples of outstanding ecologically sound land management
- Get to meet some of Florida's best field botanists and ecologists
All field trips require advance reservation. Check individual field trips for costs and difficulty. Trip days and times may change several times before the field trips are finalized.
Always plan to bring
- Water
- Comfortable field clothes and closed-toed shoes (boots recommended). In many places, long pants are strongly advised.
- Sunscreen and sun hat
- If the trip will extend through the noon hour, bring lunch
Click on the title of any trip to get trip detail
Cross Section of a Dry Sandhill
Visit one of the largest intact sandhills in the peninsula
Horseback riding with Cactus Jack on Florida Trail at the Land Bridge!
An Adventure by horseback in the center of horses of the world!
Plant Communities of the Chassahowitzka Wildlife Management Area
From Sandhills to Springs
Visit the Giant Cypress in Goethe State Forest 
More than you thought possible about Cabbage Palms
A fieldtrip and workshop at Mockernut Hill Botanical Garden
Werner Boyce Salt Springs State Park Guided Hike
Botanize and bird this beatuiful park with its manager, Adam Belden
Croom Tract of the Withlacoochee State Forest
Explore the huge Croom Tract with a Senior Forester
Tram Ride on the 7-Mile Loop Trail at Crystal River Preserve State Park
Natural Communities of the Big Bend
Chassowitzka River Kayak Trip (morning)
Paddling to the best springs of “The Chazz”
Chassowitzka River Kayak Trip (afternoon)
Paddling to the best springs of “The Chazz”
Gulf Coast Ecosystems and Sea Level Rise
An Up-Close Look at Sea Level Rise Impacts in the Southern Big Bend
Crystal River Cruise
A Scenic Exploration by Pontoon
Pontoon Boat Tour of Three Sisters Springs
Sunday Edition
Gum Slough/ Seven Springs Field Trip and Paddle 
Native Landscapes in The Villages – Fourteen Residential Homes Self-Guided Tour
Native Landscapes in a Managed Community
Two-Mile Prairie/Johnson Pond Trail
One of the lesser-known tracts of the Withlacoochee SF
Citrus Tract - Withlacoochee State Forest
A Florida Gem - Sandhill in the Spring
Ross Prairie of the Marjorie Harris Carr Cross Florida Greenway
A botanical hiking adventure of scrub, upland longleaf and sand pine habitats
Homassassa Springs Wildlife SP 
Hiking the historical sandhill of the Chinsegut WEA
Walk and learn at the Conservation Center Tract
Horseback riding with Cactus Jack on Florida Trail at the Land Bridge!
An Adventure by Horseback in the center of horses of the world!
Tour of Mockernut Hill Botanical Garden
with Linda Duever and Edwin Bridges