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RESCHEDULED TO 4/29/20 AS A VIRTUAL HIKE. Timucuan Parks Foundation, in partnership with AARP Jacksonville, is hosting monthly Wednesday walks in Jacksonville’s parks and preserves. This year marks the 400th anniversary of the first enslaved Africans brought to the U.S. Join the National Park Service for a tour of the Planter’s House, the slave cabins, and the grounds of Kingsley … Read more
RESCHEDULED TO 4/29/20 AS A VIRTUAL HIKE. Timucuan Parks Foundation, in partnership with AARP Jacksonville, is hosting monthly Wednesday walks in Jacksonville’s parks and preserves. This year marks the 400th anniversary of the first enslaved Africans brought to the U.S. Join the National Park Service for a tour of the Planter’s House, the slave cabins, and the grounds of Kingsley … Read more
Timucuan Parks Foundation, in partnership with AARP Jacksonville, is hosting monthly Wednesday walks in Jacksonville’s parks and preserves. Visit with city park naturalist Jean Schubert at the Tillie K. Fowler nature center and enjoy a one to two-mile walk on a path that immerses you in the natural beauty and rich history of one of Jacksonville’s premier wilderness parks. Free … Read more
Timucuan Parks Foundation, in partnership with AARP Jacksonville, is hosting monthly Wednesday walks in Jacksonville’s parks and preserves. Visit with city park naturalist Jean Schubert at the Tillie K. Fowler nature center and enjoy a one to two-mile walk on a path that immerses you in the natural beauty and rich history of one of Jacksonville’s premier wilderness parks. Free … Read more
Timucuan Parks Foundation, in partnership with AARP Jacksonville, is hosting monthly Wednesday walks in Jacksonville’s parks and preserves. The Spring 2020 series opens February 19: “Timucuan Parks Foundation: Celebrate and Explore Our Wilderness Parks” is a special exhibition at the Museum of Science & History (MOSH) that highlights the area’s national, state, and city parks and preserves and recognizes the … Read more
Timucuan Parks Foundation, in partnership with AARP Jacksonville, is hosting monthly Wednesday walks in Jacksonville’s parks and preserves. The Spring 2020 series opens February 19: “Timucuan Parks Foundation: Celebrate and Explore Our Wilderness Parks” is a special exhibition at the Museum of Science & History (MOSH) that highlights the area’s national, state, and city parks and preserves and recognizes the … Read more
Research shows both positive mental and spiritual effects when people have access to nature. The therapeutic potential of natural parks relies on its complexity, mystery, and power—all elements that foster restorative effects in people. Relax, observe, breathe, and capture that feeling as we take a one-mile guided walk through the arboretum and then try our hand at “plein air” (open … Read more
Research shows both positive mental and spiritual effects when people have access to nature. The therapeutic potential of natural parks relies on its complexity, mystery, and power—all elements that foster restorative effects in people. Relax, observe, breathe, and capture that feeling as we take a one-mile guided walk through the arboretum and then try our hand at “plein air” (open … Read more
Home of the Timucuan Preserve Visitor Center, this National Park Service site within the Jacksonville city limits memorializes the site of a 16th-century French colony—the first European settlement in the US. A ranger-led walk will lead to the memorial fort, with a stop at the Timucuan hut to learn about the cultural aspects of the Florida natives, such as hunting … Read more
Home of the Timucuan Preserve Visitor Center, this National Park Service site within the Jacksonville city limits memorializes the site of a 16th-century French colony—the first European settlement in the US. A ranger-led walk will lead to the memorial fort, with a stop at the Timucuan hut to learn about the cultural aspects of the Florida natives, such as hunting … Read more
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