From Orange Audubon and Staff Reports
In Summary:
Orange Audubon will host a self-guided tour of eight bird-friendly home landscapes on October 4, featuring four new properties and four returning stops. Homeowners and volunteers will share information about native plants for birds and pollinators. Tickets cost $15, and up to two children ages 8-16 are admitted free with a registered adult; proceeds support the future Natural History Museum at Apopka Birding Park.
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Central Florida residents can gather ideas for creating bird-friendly landscapes while supporting a future educational attraction in Apopka during Orange Audubon’s Bird-friendly Native Yards Tour on Sunday, October 4.
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The self-guided tour runs from 9 am to 2 pm and features eight home landscapes around Central Florida. Proceeds will support Orange Audubon’s planned Natural History Museum at Apopka Birding Park, connecting the backyard gardening event to the organization’s local fundraising effort.
See native plants in home landscapes
The annual tour offers an opportunity to see how native plants look in residential settings and talk with homeowners and volunteers about plants for birds and pollinators. Four homes are new to this year’s tour, while four return from last year.
Participants can explore different approaches to bird-friendly landscaping and consider ideas for their own properties. The event flyer also highlights feeder yards among the landscapes on display.
Orange Audubon is organizing the tour with co-sponsors Wild Birds Unlimited in Winter Springs and the Tarflower Chapter of the Florida Native Plant Society.
Register early for gated-community access
Tickets cost $15, and up to two children ages 8-16 may accompany a registered adult at no additional charge. All tickets must be purchased online.
Organizers ask participants to register before October 2 to be included on the entry list for one home in a gated community. We will email a map with addresses several days before the event so participants can plan their routes.
Registration and payment are available at orangeaudubonfl.org/yards-tour/. For additional information, email info@orangeaudubonfl.org or call 407-637-2525.
For Apopka residents, the tour offers a chance to bring home landscaping ideas while helping fund Orange Audubon’s future museum at Apopka Birding Park.
Five key points:
- The tour takes place Sunday, October 4, from 9 am to 2 pm.
- The tour features eight Central Florida home landscapes, including four new stops.
- Homeowners and volunteers will share information about native plants for birds and pollinators.
- Tickets are $15 online; register before October 2 for the gated-community entry list.
- Proceeds support Orange Audubon’s planned Natural History Museum at Apopka Birding Park.
