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Upcoming events

    • October 14, 2024
    • 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
    • Dade Battlefield Historic State Park

    Traditional pine needle basketry is taught by Dade’s experienced volunteers. All materials are provided to make a long-leaf pine needle basket. Cost is park entry at $3/vehicle or Florida State Parks Annual Pass plus $5/person activity fee.  Group size is limited to 12.   Pre-registration is required – call 352-793-4781 or email DadePrograms@FloridaDEP.gov

    • October 14, 2024
    • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
    • Dade Battlefield Historic State Park

    Get WILD with your students at Dade Battlefield Historic State Park each month in an immersive educational experience utilizing both indoor and outdoor activities teaching nature’s mysteries in a fun and engaging way!  Each month we will use curricula from Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s Project and Aquatic WILD.  Cost is free for this educational event.






    • October 25, 2024
    • 6:00 PM
    • October 26, 2024
    • 9:00 PM
    • Dade Battlefield Historic State Park















    The 2024 Haunted Event will be held October 25 and 26, 2024. Make your plans now to join us for a spooky good time!

    Dade’s Annual Haunted Event includes the Haunted Trail, Haunted House, Haunted Café, puppet show and games, cupcake walks, storytellers, trucks with treats, costume contest and crafts.  Cost is $5/person for park entry and event; children aged 5 and under free. Entrance fee includes a one-time visit to the Haunted Trail and most activities.  Additional $1 tickets (cash only) required for Haunted House & Café.   

    PLEASE NOTE- there are new EVENT GUIDELINES this year to help make the event safe and enjoyable for everyone. 

    1. NO WEAPONS- Real or replica weapons, including toy guns, knives or other objects that could be perceived as dangerous, are not permitted. 

    2. MASKS/ FULL FACE PAINT- For security reasons, masks and full face paint are not allowed for those 13 years old and older.

    3. HAUNTED TRAIL- The trail will stay open until everyone in line by 9 P.M. gets to enjoy the chilling adventure and frights.

    For information on how you can help support the event, sponsorships and donations, contact Karen Cloud at karencloud@yahoo.com



    • November 07, 2024
    • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
    • Dade Battlefield Historic State Park

    Join us as we learn how to work with felt to make needle felting crafts.   Cost is $3/vehicle (or Florida State Parks Annual Pass) plus $5/person activities fee.  Group size is limited to 12.   Pre-register by calling 352-793-4781 or email DadePrograms@FloridaDEP.gov



    • November 09, 2024
    • 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
    • Dade Battlefield Historic State Park



















    Join us in celebrating Florida’s rich past with a living-history timeline celebrating several key periods in Florida history, music, folk crafts, pioneer games for children and hands-on activities for both children and adults. Food vendor and more. Cost is $5/vehicle for park entry and event.

      

         

    • November 13, 2024
    • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
    • Dade Battlefield Historic State Park

    Prepare early to decorate your house naturally as we make decorative holiday crafts from palm and palmetto fronds, shells, rocks, pine needles and other natural materials. Cost is park entry at $3/vehicle or Florida State Parks Annual Pass, plus $5/person activity fee; children 12 and under free. Pre-registration is required – call 352-793-4781 or email DadePrograms@FloridaDEP.gov.  

    • November 17, 2024
    • 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
    • Dade Battlefield Historic State Park

    Traditional pine needle basketry is taught by Dade’s experienced volunteers. All materials are provided to make a long-leaf pine needle basket. Cost is park entry at $3/vehicle or Florida State Parks Annual Pass plus $5/person activity fee. Group size is limited to 12 Pre-registration is required – call 352-793-4781 or email DadePrograms@FloridaDEP.gov.  

    • November 18, 2024
    • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
    • Dade Battlefield Historic State Park

    Get WILD with your students at Dade Battlefield Historic State Park each month in an immersive educational experience utilizing both indoor and outdoor activities teaching nature’s mysteries in a fun and engaging way! This month we will use curricula from Project Learning Tree curriculum created by the Sustainable Forestry Initiative. Cost is free for this educational event. Pre-registration is required – call 352-793-4781 or email DadePrograms@FloridaDEP.gov.  






    • November 19, 2024
    • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
    • Dade Battlefield Historic State Park

    Join expert volunteers as they teach participants how to do the historic art of quilling.  Cost is $3/vehicle (or Florida State Parks Annual Pass) plus $5/person activity fee, 12 and under free Pre-register by calling 352-793-4781 or email DadePrograms@FloridaDEP.gov.  


    • December 07, 2024
    • 2:00 PM - 7:00 PM
    • Dade Battlefield Historic State Park

    Celebrate a pioneer Christmas at Dade with old timey music, wreath making, punch tin crafting, Virginia Reel, caroling, rag, corn husk and clothes pin doll making, soap carving, period demonstrators, home-made wassail, popcorn over a fire, candle-making, old time general store, frontier foods and more.  Cost is $5/vehicle for park entry and event.   


    • December 16, 2024
    • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
    • Dade Battlefield Historic State Park

    Get WILD with your students at Dade Battlefield Historic State Park each month in an immersive educational experience utilizing both indoor and outdoor activities teaching nature’s mysteries in a fun and engaging way!  Each month we will use curricula from Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s Project and Aquatic WILD.  Cost is free for this educational event.






    • January 04, 2025
    • 9:00 AM
    • January 05, 2025
    • 5:00 PM
    • Dade Battlefield Historic State Park

    Commemorating the 188th Anniversary of Dade's Battle of 1835, the beginning of the Second Seminole War. Reenactment includes period soldier, Seminole and civilian camps, period vendor trade fair, historic arts and crafts demonstrations and full-scale cannon firing plus 19th century games and activities for children. Cost is $3/parking and $5 per person entrance fee. 5 and under are free.




Past events

October 10, 2024 **CANCELLED** Silk Scarf Painting
October 05, 2024 Wild Foods Foraging
October 02, 2024 Dade Bird Walk
October 01, 2024 Fall Wildflower/ Butterfly Walk
September 16, 2024 Project WILD for Kids
September 13, 2024 Pine Needle Basket Class
September 11, 2024 Grapevine Wreath Making And Pine Cone Flower Art Class
September 07, 2024 Living Historian-Led Guided Walk Program
August 31, 2024 Campfire Dutch Oven Cooking
August 25, 2024 Wild Fruit Jelly and Curd or Wild Pickle Making Class
August 24, 2024 The Life of a Soldier and His Spouse in the mid 1830’s.
August 23, 2024 Palm Weaving/Boondoggle Class
August 20, 2024 Pine Needle Basket Class
August 13, 2024 Mandala Rock Painting Class
August 06, 2024 Silk Scarf Painting
July 30, 2024 Trash to Treasures
July 27, 2024 Campfire Dutch Oven Cooking
July 24, 2024 Project Learning Tree For Educators
July 22, 2024 Pine Needle Basket Class
July 19, 2024 Mandala Rock Painting Class
July 17, 2024 Project WILD/Aquatic WILD For Educators
July 14, 2024 Ice Cream Music Jam
July 13, 2024 Living Historian-Led Guided Walk Program
July 09, 2024 Needle Felting Class
July 07, 2024 Patriotic Family Fun Day
June 29, 2024 Campfire Dutch Oven Cooking
June 28, 2024 Palm Weaving/Boondoggle Class
June 23, 2024 Pine Needle Basket Class
June 20, 2024 Florida Trees with County Forester Arthur Clothier
June 15, 2024 Soldier/Seminole Living Historian-Led Battlefield Walk Program
June 12, 2024 Weeki Wachee Wildlife Encounter
June 10, 2024 Wild Foods Foraging
May 31, 2024 Quilling Class
May 28, 2024 Project WILD for Kids
May 27, 2024 Memorial Day at Dade Battlefield
May 25, 2024 Campfire Dutch Oven Cooking
May 16, 2024 Pine Needle Basket Class
May 11, 2024 Soldier/Seminole Living Historian-Led Battlefield Walk Program
May 10, 2024 Palm Weaving/Boondoggle Class
April 29, 2024 Project WILD for Kids
April 26, 2024 Swallow-tailed Kite Nest Walk
April 26, 2024 2024 Convocation of Seminole War Historians
April 20, 2024 Breakfast with a Park Ranger
April 12, 2024 Spring Wildflower and Bird Walk
April 11, 2024 Mandala Rock Painting Class
April 10, 2024 Gopher Tortoise Day Program
April 06, 2024 Soldier/Seminole Reenactor-Led Battlefield Walk Program
April 06, 2024 Pine Needle Basket Class
March 30, 2024 Eggs in the Park
March 25, 2024 Project WILD for Kids – “Smokey Bear Said What”
March 23, 2024 Wild Food Foraging
March 22, 2024 Palm/Boondoggle Weaving
March 16, 2024 Mad Hatter Children’s Tea
March 11, 2024 Mandala Rock Painting Class
February 29, 2024 Necktie Purse Craft Class
February 26, 2024 Project WILD for Kids - “Lights Out!”
February 24, 2024 Historical Fashion Show
February 20, 2024 Dade Bird Walk
February 19, 2024 Line Dancing
February 17, 2024 Soldier/Seminole Reenactor-Led Battlefield Walk Program
February 15, 2024 A Road Back in Time
February 10, 2024 Mandala Rock Painting Class
January 31, 2024 Silk Scarf Painting
January 27, 2024 Dade Quilt Show
January 22, 2024 Line Dancing
January 09, 2024 Pine Needle Basket Class
January 06, 2024 Dade Battle Weekend
January 01, 2024 First Day Hike
December 28, 2023 Battle Anniversary Commemoration and Wreath Laying Ceremony
December 18, 2023 Project WILD for Kids
December 14, 2023 Pine Needle Basket Class
December 08, 2023 Dade Bird Walk
December 02, 2023 Christmas on the Florida Frontier
November 27, 2023 Project WILD for Kids
November 18, 2023 Dutch Oven Cooking
November 15, 2023 Holiday Craft Class: Natural Ornaments
November 14, 2023 Pine Needle Basket Class
November 13, 2023 Line Dancing
November 11, 2023 Florida Heritage Day
November 09, 2023 Holiday Quilling Class
November 06, 2023 Mandala Rock Painting Class
November 04, 2023 Soldier/Seminole Reenactor-Led Battlefield Walk Program
October 30, 2023 Project WILD for Kids
October 27, 2023 Haunted Event
October 22, 2023 Orionids Meteor Shower Night Walk
October 21, 2023 1800’s Era Pioneer Woman Homesteader Program
October 16, 2023 Line Dancing
October 12, 2023 Mandala Rock Painting Class
October 10, 2023 Nature Craft Painting
October 07, 2023 Wild Food Foraging Class
October 02, 2023 Dade Bird Walk
September 29, 2023 Fall Wildflower/ Butterfly Walk
September 23, 2023 Little House on the Florida Prairie
September 19, 2023 Pine Needle Basket Class
September 17, 2023 Needle Felting Class

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