Guided Botanical Tour of Hickory Preserve

Hickory Preserve

Guided plant identification tour of Hickory Preserve with Tallahassee botany experts.

9507 Mt Everest Ln

Join us on a guided botanical tour of Hickory Preserve to learn plant identification skills with two renowned North Florida Botanists/Ecologists: Lilly Anderson-Messec and Dr. Andre Clewell.This is a fundraising event in support of Hickory Preserve. To attend, a $50 donation is suggested.Tour starting point and parking instructions in confirmation email.Tour Guides:Lilly Anderson-Messec is a botanist and ecologist who serves as the Director of North Florida Programs for the Florida Native Plant Society, and Project Manager of the TorreyaKeepers Project. She is inspired by sharing her passion and knowledge of Florida’s diverse native plants and ecosystems with anyone who will listen, hoping that increasing public appreciation and familiarity with our flora will aid in improving conservation efforts. Lilly is a third generation Floridian, born in Tallahassee, where she currently resides.Botanist Andre Clewell (“Andy”) authored the book, "<a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=guide+to+the+vascular+plants+of+the+florida+panhandle&kgmid=/g/11fzyvztlg&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjNtofj_NSTAxVvSzABHR5QEKAQ3egRegYIAQgCEAQ" title="https://www.google.com/search?q=guide+to+the+vascular+plants+of+the+florida+panhandle&kgmid=/g/11fzyvztlg&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjNtofj_NSTAxVvSzABHR5QEKAQ3egRegYIAQgCEAQ" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Florida Panhandle</a> with keys to identify all of our native plants. He co-founded the <a href="https://www.ser.org/page/AndreClewell" title="https://www.ser.org/page/AndreClewell" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Society for Ecological Restoration (SER)</a> and co-authored the book "<a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=ecological+restoration:+principles,+values,+and+structure+of+an+emerging+profession&kgmid=/g/12bnjh55k&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjNtofj_NSTAxVvSzABHR5QEKAQ3egRegYIAQgDEAM" title="https://www.google.com/search?q=ecological+restoration:+principles,+values,+and+structure+of+an+emerging+profession&kgmid=/g/12bnjh55k&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjNtofj_NSTAxVvSzABHR5QEKAQ3egRegYIAQgDEAM" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Ecological Restoration: Principles, Values, and Structure of an Emerging Profession</a>, published in five languages. " A Gadsden County resident, Dr. Clewell is currently working on a new book describing local vegetation patterns. His passion is to encourage interest in botany in our region.

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