NEWS BRIEFS
Culverhouse Nature Park includes a scenic pond. Photo courtesy Sarasota County
CULVERHOUSE NATURE PARK CELEBRATION SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY
Sarasota County Parks and Recreation,
Friends of Sarasota County Parks, Friends of
The Legacy Trail, Friends of Palmer Ranch
Parks, Friends of Culverhouse Community
Garden, the Sarasota YMCA and the Palmer
Ranch Master Association will host an open
house celebration from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, June 29, at the new Culverhouse Nature Park, 7301 McIntosh Road, Sarasota, the
county has announced.
news release notes, the park offers opportunities for picnicking, hiking, bicycling and gardening.
The park hours will be from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.
from April through October and from 6 a.m.to 6 p.m. from November through March, the
release notes.
Guided nature walks, community garden
tours, surrey bicycle rides and refreshments
will be available during the open house, along
Culverhouse Nature Park is at the northern
with park information and displays, the reterminus of The Legacy Trail. Sarasota Counlease adds.
ty acquired the 82-acre property in July 2010
through a donation from the Culverhouse fam- For more information, contact the Saraily, a news release says. The new park is one sota County Call Center at 861-5000 (TTY:
of seven trailheads for The Legacy Trail. In 711) or visit the Sarasota County website at
addition to providing access to the trail, the www.scgov.net.
