Bonnet Springs officials explore food options
LAKELAND — Lakeland’s private Bonnet Springs Park promises 180 acres of nature trails, gardens and activities for visitors — young and old — who are bound to work up an appetite.
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Bonnet Springs Park Welcomes Director of Development
LAKELAND, FL – Heide Evans Waldron joins the founding team of Bonnet Springs Park as Director of Development. A Lakeland native, Heide empowers our great initiative by sharing over 15 years of experience in nonprofit management and hospitality. Heide connects with and strengthens relationships through clear organizational strategy, project management, and community relations, as she …
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Bonnet Springs PGTV
Our very own Kimberly Elmhorst and Explorations V Children’s Museum’s Kerry Falwell were featured on PGTV to tell the story of the Museum, the Park, and Friends of BSP!
BONNET SPRINGS PARK RECEIVES MAJOR GIFT
Bonnet Springs Park is excited to announce a legacy gift for the Bonnet Springs Park Capital Campaign from the Harrell family. This gift will be designated to The Jack & Tina Harrell Family Botanical Garden and The Jack & Tina Harrell Family Greenhouse.
Fundraising Effort Under Way for Bonnet Springs Park in Lakeland
LAKELAND, Fla. — Leaders of the privately funded $100 million Bonnet Springs Park in Lakeland are kicking off a major fundraising campaign. They hope to raise $25 million from the public.
Children’s museum unveils plans for Bonnet Springs site
By Sara-Megan Walsh Found on TheLedger.com. Click here to view. LAKELAND — Everything from watermelon seeds to a 100-foot alligator will have a space of its own at the next home for Explorations V Children’s Museum. The museum unveiled a sneak peek at its second major expansion as it prepares to relocate to Bonnet Springs Park in …
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Sculpting Lakeland’s Rail Yard into Bonnet Springs Park
By Sara-Megan Walsh Found on TheLedger.com. Click here to view. LAKELAND — Six trucks can be seen transporting sand and dirt across the future site of Bonnet Springs Park as it undergoes a rapid transformation. Bonnet Springs Park officials said construction of the roughly 170-acre private park is on an “aggressive schedule” to open in 2020. Bill …
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Spring Forward
By Leslie Perrez, Associate Asla On a Florida Brownsfield site, Sasaki Rehabilitates and eroded slice of urban wilderness. There are 38 named lakes in Lakeland, Florida, but as far as Bill TInsley knows, only one freshwater spring. A small seep spring, it bubbles clear, 72-degree water our of Florida’s sandy soils just west of downtown, …
Bonnet Springs Park on LALToday
Picture this: It’s a Saturday morning. You’re kayaking in Lakeland with your friends on the glistening waters of Lake Bonnet, snapping photos of wildlife in a vibrant botanical garden, and thinking of the live oak exploration + orange grove walk you’re planning to take later. Can you envision it? We can. Enter: Bonnet Springs Park – a new public …
Lakeland’s favorite gator reinvented as giant jungle gym
By Kimberly C. Moore Found on TheLedger.com. Click here to view. LAKELAND — Blinky the Alligator is returning to Lakeland, but this time at Bonnett Springs Park where he will be reincarnated as a 100-foot-long, interactive jungle gym with lights and sounds and a slide for a tail. “There’s a certain fascination about scale,” said the alligator’s …
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