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Water Wings And Wild Things

Posted Oct 27, 2008 by Jennifer Leigh

Updated Oct 27, 2008 at 03:30 PM

The Circle B Bar Reserve is ready to welcome back an annual event that allows the public to get up close and personal with nature.  Water Wings and Wild Things is set for 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.

The free event will be at the reserve’s new Nature Discovery Center. Inside, participants can experience interactive exhibits that focus on the Green Swamp, water systems and Central Florida lakes. Also on tap: nature-based art vendors, workshops, Florida animals, hands-on activities and guided tours of the reserve. Some of the family activities include tree climbing, kite making, birdhouse building and a butterfly tent.

Water Wings and Wild Things has been held at IMC Agrico park the past two years while work was being completed on the Nature Discovery Center.

Circle B Bar Reserve is at 4399 Winter Lake Road in Lakeland. The entrance is about two miles east of U.S. 98.

For information on workshops, call (863) 534-7377. Reservations are required for workshops.