BIRD TALK TOURS
FLORIDA LECTURES & WORKSHOPS: BIRD TALK TOURS ’25
WINTER JAN 2025 FLORIDA KEYS
JANUARY 22, 2025 AT 6:30PM Wednesday
Dagney Johnson Key Largo Hammock Botanical State Park presents an annual lecture
series, “The Delicate Balance of Nature,” at John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park
John Pennekamp 102601 Overseas Hwy, Key Largo, FL CLICK HERE
CAFE MOKA, TAVERNIER, KEY LARGO. Thursday, January 23, 2025 10 am until noon. (or until we are done chatting) Meet me at the table for consults for your “food truck” 91731 Overseas Highway Tavernier, FL 33037 LINK HERE
NATIVE PLANT FESTIVAL DAY: JOHN PENNKAMP: Saturday, January 25, 2024 at 9 am to Noon If we are still chatting, I have time. We’ll have worksheets for your bird gardens and consults with Tricia. The link to the days events are HERE.
ISLAMORADA BREWERY & DISTILLERY : Saturday, January 25, 2025 4pm until 6pm (or we are done chatting). Meet me at the table for consults for your “food truck”. 82229 Overseas Hwy, Islamorada, FL 33036 LINK HERE
DOING WORK COFFEE BEAN STORE, Monday, January 27, 2024 9:00 am to 11:30 am – or until we are done chatting. Meet me at the table for consults LINK HERE
218 Whitehead St #5, Key West, FL 33040
SPRING 2025 NORTHWEST FLORIDA LECTURES & WORKSHOPS
FEBRUARY 25, 2025 Sassafras Chapter of the Federation of Garden Clubs
Regular Monthly 11am CST CLICK HERE for more information.
MARCH 1, 2025 Plant Swap Day: Mary Esther Library
I’ll be the featured speaker and there will be a plant swap activity. Bring a plant – take a plant. CLICK HERE.
MARCH 6, 2025 Okaloosa Chapter of the Audubon Society
The featured speaker for the monthly meeting CLICK HERE for more information
MARCH 20, 2025 Kiwanis Club Niceville, FL Chapter
The featured speaker for the monthly meeting.
MARCH 25, 2025 AT 10:30AM Crosspoint Church Niceville, Florida
Active Over 50 group from Cross Point Church. Featured speaker this month.
MARCH 29, 2026 Paradise Trees & Palms (featured sponsor)
Annual Native Plant Day at the Valparaiso, FL Nursery CLICK HERE
MAY 17, 2025 Paradise Trees & Palms (feature sponsor)
Plant Day Festival
JUNE 12, 2025 Molina Library (near Pensacola, FL)
Food Trucks for Birds talk and horticulture class workshop at 11am
JULY 18, 2025 E.O. Wilson Biophilia Center
Tricia will be the featured speaker at the auditorium talk this summer for a presentation at NOON time.
JULY 23, 2025 Okaloosa County, FL Master Gardners Monthly Talk
Tricia will be the featured speaker for the Master Gardners of Okaloosa County at 9am
SEPTEMBER 11, 2025 Bluewater Bay Garden Club in Niceville, FL
Tricia will be the featured speaker at the auditorium talk this summer for a presentation at 9am
SPONSOR A BIRD TALK
We need your assistance to bring this activity to the community to connect people to birds and native plants. We can make a difference in the lives of migrating birds this year. Please go to our GoFundMe page to make a donation. Tricia is also requesting funds to complete the 501 C set up and paperwork to make this a non profit. Thank you!
IN THE MEDIA!
Tricia Keffer Educates Locals on ‘Food Trucks’ for Migrating Birds by Melinda Van Fleet March 11, 2025 Keys Weekly News. Florida Keys.
CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY.
Spring 2024
March 7, 2024 Niceville Community Center Complex at 2pm
March 14, 2024 FWB Food Trucks @ FWB Library Center 9am Plant Swap
March 20, 2024 Ft. Walton Beach Library Hall at 3pm
April 23, 2024 Destin Library at 4pm
May 4, 2024 Native Plant Festival at Paradise Palms and Plant Valpariso, FL at 9 am to 2pm
June 4, 2024 Shalimar County Government Complex at 1:30 pm
October 10, 2024 Longleaf Pine Chapter FNSP at the Pensacola MESS Hall 6:30pm
October 19, 2024 Paradise Trees & Palms – Native Plant Festival Day 9 am – Noon
Sponsored by Paradise Trees & Palms
Crestview Library March 2023 : March 2, 2023 Talks and Art at 10:30am and 3:00pm
March 30, 2023 Talk at 10:30am
The art installation will be available for the month of March 2023.
West Florida Library Talk : March 10, 2023 at 4:00Pm
In October 2022, Tricia launched the first annaul south migration for Food Trucks For Birds Tour. It began with her trip south from the panhandle to the Southern Most Point in Key West. Along the way, she stopped at the libraries in Homestead, Key Largo, Islamorada, Marathon, and Key West to offer planting plans and information about the Neotropical Birds Migration through the Tropical Hardwood Hammocks in South Florida and the Florida Keys.