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PlantFest 2K6 and last year's Plant fest in TFH
Thanks to Kevin for the write up in THF for the event.
He gave a good account of what the event entails. For those willing to take a few days out and not leave the USA, but still want the experience, the Plant Fest 2K6 is going to be this June 10-17th , with the 11th-13th being the FW portion. 15-17th the Marine portion. Stop looking at the glass box, become one with the plants, it'll provide you with a dramatic change of attitude. Cost is cheap, motel cost are cheap, food is cheap, the activities are cheap and even folks that are not really interested in plants enjoy themselves great deal and have more driftwood than they know what to do with. Wanna see mermaid weed in it's natural state? We got plenty for you. I'll post more details on the barr report web site's free public section. Regards, Tom Barr www.BarrReport.com |
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PlantFest 2K6 and last year's Plant fest in TFH
Wanna see mermaid weed in it's natural state?
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PlantFest 2K6 and last year's Plant fest in TFH
I set up in the public section of my web site below.
It'll say plant Fest. It's set up informal and generally has 10-15 folks. http://www.barrreport.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2150 Swim with plecos loose in the wild, Everglades aquatic plant nursery tour, trip to Tampa Public aquarium presentation at Tampa's aquarium society, more driftwood than you shake a stick at, native fish, weeds and more weeds. Stop watching the Discovery channel and do the Discovery channel. Float down tranquil submersed clear water springs in an inner tube on a warm summer day passing by ancient Bald Cypress forest, Turtles, fish, 15 submersed plant species growing below you. Canoe down a clear water river, see invasive Crypts, canoe down a black soft water river full of fish and plant, swim with plecos, we may opt to stop by one of the rare Sal****er springs (there are plants- Potamogeton, Hydrilla and Val growing very well). We will also FW tidepool along the Suwannee river blackwaters. We will tour the Center for Aquatic Weeds at UF one afternoon or early morning, time permitting. David Hewck will be giving us a tour of Everglades Exotic Plants nursery on July 11th (folks will also be allowed to purchase plants I believe) and we will all go to the Tampa Bay Aquarium society later for a presentation later that evening and tour the Public Aquarium in Tampa. As always, we will make a trip to Tom's for driftwood and petrified wood. If you are coming in from JAX, best to stop there on the way in/out. Marine plant fest is more formal and truthfully will have many folks going salt. I set it uop moere like a class that is out to gather ewxamples of the various species of macro algae and marine plants. We stay in dorm like like settings and collect during the day, speciate at night and hangout, eat, drink and tend sun burnt backs. Day one we will take a boat out to a reef and snorkel. On the way we will stop by and see Cladphora ball formation. We wills stop along the bay and collect plants, the gaint Caulerpa, and other rarer species on the boat trip. Then we will travel to the other side of Key Largo and snorkel in the Mangrove forest. This is not to be underestimated, the life under these forest is incredible. Day 2 we can opt to rent a boat to head out to an uninhabitated island evening BBQ, and Day 3 we will island hop in the morning and spend the evening/late afternoon in Key West shopping, eating and sight seeing. Registration is required this year and the groups are limited to 15 people for each event. This is an inexpensive opportunity to see some awesome freshwater planted ecosystems and sal****er plants in perhaps some of the best places on earth, we do not have to go far to see plants in nature. Registrants need to be able to swim and handle warm humid weather. Each day you will have a chance to get very wet and cool off. ORL, Tampa and JAX are close by and cheap flights in/out are available, Busch Gardens, Disney and many other theme parks and events are close so spouse and kids can do other activities as well. Spouse and kids are welcomed and generally have as much fun as the plant zealots on the fest( it's happened in the past). I will have announcements later as to the cost and items that will be paided for. I am likely going to rent a van with 18 people capacity and we will use that to go to the various sites. This will be dependent on what folks are wanting, it'll make things cheaper and easier to go to each site. Should other folks wish to rent their own or drive down (or have a van), they are welcomed to. Snorkel equipment is available across the street from the Motel we will be at and rates run 29.99 a night and 22$ person in the Marine version(it's right on the water). Food we all share (BBQ after the ride down the rivers) or do ourselves, fees for canoes/tubes, state parks we all pay as we go and are cheap. This is the cheapest way to do this and keeps cost down for everyone. Regards, Tom Barr www.BarrReport.com |
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