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Learn how to create homemade cold-pressed juices with simple recipes without a ton of ingredients. These simple, yet tasty juice blends are known for boosting immunity, fighting cancer, and aiding in weight loss. Each participant will receive a juicing brochure with recipes / benefits, one 12oz bottle of cold-pressed juice, and samples of the juices created.

WHEN Saturday, December 10, 2022 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm CST WHERE Eden Gardens State Park 181 Eden Gardens Road Santa Rosa Beach FL 32459 DIRECTIONS Extra parking will be available at Bay School on Gilmore Street. FEES Admission is free for this annual event. DESCRIPTION Eden Gardens will once again illuminate the park for an evening that has become a local holiday tradition. Experience the magic of Eden Gardens at nightfall when more than 2,000 luminaries will be placed along...

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We invite you to join us for "A Night in Bethlehem." During this 3-hour come and go Christmas event, you will wander through the bustling Bethlehem marketplace and discover what life was like when Jesuswas born. As you visit various shops and watch dramatic gospel presentations, you'll discover anew the wonder of Jesus' birth.

Ages: 18 and up, adults only please! Instructor: Sonja Marshall Capture the season and special memories with preserved flowers and leaves. Learn how to make unique preserved floral jewelry using UV resin. In this course, Sonja shows you how to create UV resin jewelry from start to finish. Using pre-dried florals, students will create a design, pour your own resin, remove bubbles, use a UV lamp to cure your piece of jewelry and finish with attaching any findings necessary. We'll...

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December 17 and 18 9am-5pm $300 nonmember/$275 member This two-day beginning blacksmith workshop will be held at the Museum’s smithy with instructor Michael Murphy, the Museum’s resident blacksmith.  This workshop is for people with little to no blacksmith experience.  Each person will have the opportunity to work with the traditional coal-burning forge, as well as the more modern propane-burning forge.  Materials will be provided and participants may take their creations with them at the end of the day. Please be...

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Instructor: Robert Bowden Moving to Florida was a big decision and now that you’re here, how in the world do you take care of all those strange subtropical plants? Enjoy a fun filled presentation by Robert Bowden, an Ohio transplant himself, as he helps you with tips on how to become a successful Central Florida gardener. No problem is too small so bring your questions and have a fun afternoon! Robert Bowden recently retired as Executive Director of Leu Gardens...

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Instructor: Chris Stalder Learn about where to find living & fresh dead marine mollusks along FL coasts, how to collect & clean these beautiful animal creations, and about the amazing lives of some of the mollusks in our midst. Christopher Stalder is a graduate of the University of Florida and has worked with the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. He is also an environmental scientist, a butterfly gardener, a backyard beekeeper and a member of the Florida State Beekeepers Association. He...

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Our Global Farm is anything but typical. Through our tour, you’ll experience farming at its most creative, with unique demonstrations, plants, and techniques being used to help farmers and urban gardeners in developing countries.  There are seven different settings on our farm, with crops, techniques, and animals from around the world. ECHO is home to one of the largest collections of tropical food plants in the United States. Plus, our Urban Garden is a tour standout, with some unconventional, but...

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WHEN Sunday, December 18, 2022 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm EST WHERE Dade Battlefield Historic State Park 7200 Battlefield Parkway Bushnell FL 33513 FEES Park entry fee is $3 per vehicle or Florida State Parks Annual Pass. Activity fee is $5 per person. DESCRIPTION Join expert volunteers as they teach how to do the historic art of quilling: the art of arranging, curling and bending strips of paper to make creative artwork. Pre-registration is required. Email DadePrograms@FloridaDEP.gov or call the...

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The whole Bible points to Jesus. There is no better Christmas album that beautifully captures this reality than Andrew Peterson's "Behold the Lamb of God"! SHOW DESCRIPTION: Join storied Nashville singer-songwriter and author Andrew Peterson with guest artists The Arcadian Wild, Jess Ray, Jill Phillips, Andy Gullahorn, and Skye Peterson for the Advent song cycle Behold the Lamb of God: The True Tall Tale of the Coming of Christ. The concert brings the singing and playing of Peterson's original folk-roots...

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My annual Urban Crawl is coming up, my twelfth, on Friday, December 23rd in Winter Park. My Urban Crawl is a free class. We meet in front of Panera’s at 10 a.m. We wander south to the college, stop at Starbucks, go east to the public library area, then back to Panera’s. It is wheelchair friendly. BEGINNING POINT: Panera’s in Winter Park where we start and finish the Urban Crawl. "A reasonable question is what about foraging in a city?...

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