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Plant Festivals Spring: April 12-13, 2025
Botanical Gardens Free Admission days on Tuesdays!
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What is the ECORE System?

The Environmental and Conservation Outreach, Research, and Education (ECORE) System unifies the Forest Preserve, Botanical Gardens, and GeoPark under one leadership team within the College of Arts and Sciences to enhance support for faculty, student, and community needs. The ECORE System was established to manage and promote the botanical and environmental assets associated with these properties.

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The Pink Trumpet 'Tabebuia heterophylla' has a, "showy display of pink or white, bell-shaped blooms appears throughout the spring and summer and is followed by the production of long, slender seedpods." (IFAS)

In "The Peculiar Nature of Florida鈥檚 Sandhill Wetlands, Ponds & Lakes鈥� Their Ecohydrology, Relationship with the Regional Aquifer & Importance within the Landscape", Nowicki discusses their research in the 黑料网吃瓜爆料Forest Preserve and other wetlands habitats.

Spring Festival

Photo by Victoria Haughton

Join us at USF's Botanical Gardens Spring Festival, April 12th-13th! Explore unique plants, enjoy local vendors, support the Gardens, and celebrate spring with us!