Events

Registration: Pinellas County Celebrate archaeology at this family-friendly event with interactive activities, hands-on pottery workshops, expert artifact identifications, & more! Lecture at 2pm: Dr. Anna Guengerich, Associate Professor of Anthropology at Eckerd College, will be presenting on her research in the cloud forest region of Peru!

RSVP (optional): Eventbrite Garden advice from UF/IFAS Pinellas County Master Gardeners, the third Saturday of each month, 10:30AM-12:30PM. Stop in to discuss all things plant related, such as attracting butterflies and birds to your garden and growing vegetables and herbs. Feel free to bring samples or photos for plant identification or problem solving. Pick up […]

Registration: RunSignup The Friends of Weedon Island are excited to announce the 14th Annual Gopher Weedon 8K Trail Run on October 24, 2026. Tired of pounding the pavement on the same ole 5K race course? Go-pher something different and enjoy 8 kilometers (4.9 miles) of natural trails through one of Tampa Bay’s hidden gems! The […]

Registration: Pinellas County Join a Weedon Island Preserve Park Ranger on a guided tour highlighting mangroves.

The Annual Membership Meeting of the Friends will be held on October 29, 2026 beginning at 6:00PM.  The meeting will be held at WinDerby in the 6th floor dining area.  There will be a short business meeting followed by an open discussion of the future of the Preserve and the Friends given future funding uncertainties.  […]

Registration: Pinellas County Step into the shoes of a bat biologist. Learn about bats of Florida and get hands on with the tools biologists are using to track and monitor them. Celebrate Bat Week with us and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service! For adults and youth ages 8+.

Tickets: Tarpon Arts Friends of Weedon Island president Dr. William Fehring, an archaeologist, presents a short film and talk on Weedon Island Preserve: how Native Americans used the site for more than 2,000 years, what recent archaeological work suggests about even earlier activity there, and what the preserve means today for education and for Tampa […]