Culverhouse Community Garden

The April 15-16, 2026 Giving Challenge is fast approaching. For 24 hours, The Patterson Foundation will match gifts to our garden up to $100. This is a great time to join the Friends of Culverhouse Community Garden because your $50 membership fee becomes $100 and will make future improvements to the Garden possible. Here is where to donate online. Thank you VERY much!

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Susan Sprenger's beautiful photo 'After the Frost.'

Tommy Lee's Giant Nappa about 18" across!

Want to put a message on a Memorial Brick at Siesta Key Beach? Here is how.

You're invited!
25 Year Celebration Special Events
This fall, join us for a 10-week celebration honoring 25 years of Sarasota County’s Environmentally Sensitive Lands Protection Program. From guided nature walks to interactive programs, each event highlights the beauty, history and conservation successes of the lands we’ve preserved together!

Land Acquisition and Management Program | Sarasota County, FL Sarasota County’s Environmentally Sensitive Lands Protection Program (ESLPP) was created to acquire and protect natural areas that provide vital habitat, safeguard water resources and preserve the county’s unique character. Funded by voter-approved referendums, the program has conserved thousand...

On Sat, 6/28/25, 3:00-5:30, the newly formed Friends of Osprey's Bayview Park will have info on the park's recent history. They'll share their ideas on potential development. If you live in or near Osprey, the Friends of OBP would like you to share YOUR ideas with them. Then they'll share all the ideas with the County Parks Dept.

You may park at Evie’s on the Bay near US-41 and then take the short walk over.

Explore our garden on Monday, April 21, 2025 from 10 to 11 am. Get tickets at eventbrite on Sarasota County's Extension UF/IFAS website.

There is still time to plant your vegetables for a late spring and summer harvest.

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Brilliant Harvest, Sarasota's premiere solar energy company, helped us upgrade our water delivery system. Now gardeners have water in early morning, all day, and even in the evening! The new solar panels and Dakota batteries are far more powerful and efficient than our old panels and batteries. The old ones served us for 12 years, though. Roofing by Curry installed a new shed roof to support the solar panels.

We have a lot of very happy gardeners now!!! Thank you to gardeners Mike, Peter, Steve, Tommy and Raoul for their work to get this project accomplished.

Sandy Claws Beach Run is this Dec 14.