Join us for Pride at Prairie Creek as we celebrate the LGBTQ+ community in the outdoors. Alachua Conservation Trust is committed to making our preserves safe spaces for all who wish to enjoy them and welcome members of the LGBTQ+ community and allies to Prairie Creek Lodge for an afternoon enjoying the preserve with friends and family. Note: please bring blankets / seating for the musical performance.
Learn and talk to your local orgs & hear how they are creating safe spaces for the LBGTQ+ community.
Enjoy guided tours of Prairie Creek Preserve and Prairie Creek Conservation Cemetery.
Attend an early bird walk + banding with Alachua Audubon, as well as multiple native flower plantings.
Hear a performance from our special musical guests, Clay Dixon & the Piccadillies as well as The Front Porch Backsteppers!
Meet our wildlife friends from Sunrise Wildlife Rehabilitation.
Taste from local food truck Eim Thai, dine on desserts from Mosswood Farm Store & Bakehouse, and enjoy beer from First Magnitude Brewing Co.
We will be taking special precautions to implement social distancing of at least 6 feet between groups. Face masks will be required to be worn even if vaccinated.
This event is FREE but please reserve tickets below to help ACT gauge the number of attendees.
WHEN
Sunday, October 24
12:00 PM – 4:00 PM
WHERE
Prairie Creek Lodge
7204 SE County Road 234
Gainesville, FL 32641
ABOUT THE PRESERVE
Prairie Creek Preserve and the surrounding 1,150 acres were purchased by ACT from 2005 to 2009. Over 500 acres were then added to Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park, while another 96 acres were added to Alachua County Forever’s Conservation Lands Program. The remainder comprises Prairie Creek Preserve, a 606-acre nature preserve that includes Prairie Creek Conservation Cemetery, a natural burial ground that also conserves land.
Prairie Creek drains Newnans Lake, one of the largest lakes in north Florida, towards Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park and Orange Lake. The upland areas of the preserve are made up of flatwoods, mesic and hydric hammocks, and wetlands that include cypress swamps, depression marshes, and blackwater streams. To learn more about the preserve here.
FOR MORE INFORMATION & TICKETS
Contact Alachua Conservation Trust by phone: (352) 373-1078 or email: info@AlachuaConservationTrust.org
This event is FREE, but please click on the link below to RESERVE TICKETS.
