{"id":225674,"date":"2026-04-10T01:10:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T01:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/225674\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T01:10:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T01:10:08","slug":"19-events-to-take-care-of-the-planet-in-tampa-bay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/225674\/","title":{"rendered":"19 Events To Take Care Of The Planet In Tampa Bay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The upcoming weeks offer several events and observances in the Tampa Bay area to celebrate \u2014 and take care of \u2014 the great outdoors.<\/p>\n<p>Earth Day, a global observance for environmental protection, is on Wednesday, April 22. Arbor Day on Friday, April 24, is a great opportunity to plant trees. Look around: Spring cleanup is in full swing, and trails and parks are full of people.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve rounded up events in the Tampa Bay area to celebrate the environment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manateelibrary.libcal.com\/event\/15676427\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Spring Celebration in the Garden<\/a>, April 11, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Braden River Branch Library, Bradenton<a href=\"https:\/\/www.manateebeautiful.com\/edm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Earth Day Manatee<\/a>, April 18, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., sites in Bradenton and Palmetto<a href=\"https:\/\/zootampa.org\/event\/conservation-connections-earth-day-party-for-the-planet-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Earth Day Party for the Planet<\/a>, April 18, 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., ZooTampa at Lowry Park, Tampa<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sarasotafl.gov\/News-articles\/City-to-give-away-200-trees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tree Giveaway<\/a>, hosted by the city of Sarasota, April 18, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., at The Bay, Sarasota<a href=\"https:\/\/sans.market\/classes-events\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Earth Day Clean-Up + Block Party<\/a>, April 18, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., meet at Sans Market, 1037 Central Ave., St. Petersburg<a href=\"https:\/\/www.myclearwater.com\/Sustainability-Greenprint\/Earth-Month-2026\/Earth-Day-at-Moccasin-Lake\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Earth Day at Moccasin Lake<\/a>, April 18, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Moccasin Lake, Clearwater<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebaysarasota.org\/event\/earth-day-at-the-bay-4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Earth Day at the Bay<\/a>, April 18, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., The Bay, Sarasota<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/earth-day-every-day-party-for-the-planet-tickets-1984646901307?aff=erellivmlt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Earth Day Every Day: Party for the Planet<\/a>, April 18, 7 to 10 p.m., St. Petersburg Distillery, St. Petersburg<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tampa.gov\/parks-and-recreation\/city-tampa-earth-fair\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Earth Fair<\/a>, April 19, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Al Lopez Park, Tampa<a href=\"https:\/\/manateelibrary.libcal.com\/event\/16037279\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Remake Learning Days<\/a>, April 21, 3 to 7 p.m., Manatee County Central Library, Bradenton<a href=\"https:\/\/thetampariverwalk.com\/events\/event-calendar.html\/event\/2026\/04\/22\/earth-day-riverwalk-clean-up\/559819\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Earth Day Riverwalk Clean-Up<\/a>, April 22, 8 to 11 a.m., Cotanchobee park, Tampa<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/earth-day-cleanup-blackthorn-skyway-tickets-1980204002477?aff=oddtdtcreator\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Earth Day Clean-Up with Keep Pinellas Beautiful<\/a>, April 22, 8:30 to 11:30 a.m., Blackthorn Skyway, St. Petersburg<a href=\"https:\/\/greatex.org\/event\/earth-day-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Earth Day at Great Explorations<\/a>, 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., St. Petersburg<a href=\"https:\/\/mote.org\/event\/earth-day-scistarter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Earth Day Animal Spot-a-Thon<\/a>, April 22, 10:45 a.m. to 1 p.m., Mote Marine Laboratory &amp; Aquarium, Sarasota<a href=\"https:\/\/manateelibrary.libcal.com\/event\/15693194\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DIY Terrarium Workshop<\/a>, April 22, 6 to 7 p.m, Palmetto Branch Library, Palmetto<a href=\"https:\/\/www.keeppascobeautiful.org\/earth-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Keep Pasco Beautiful Earth Day Celebration<\/a>, April 25, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Crews Lake Wilderness Park, Spring Hill<a href=\"https:\/\/stpeteyouthfarm.org\/earthday\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">St. Pete Earth Day at the Farm<\/a>, April 25, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., St. Pete Youth Farm<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stpeteparksrec.org\/programs___events\/events\/green_thumb\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Green Thumb Festival<\/a>, April 25-26, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Walter Fuller Park, St. Pete<a href=\"https:\/\/selby.org\/events\/2026-multi-sensory-earth-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Multi-Sensory Earth Day<\/a>, April 25, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Marie Selby Gardens, downtown Sarasota <\/p>\n<p>Are you planning an event this spring? <a href=\"https:\/\/patch.com\/compose\/event?utm_source=article&amp;utm_medium=roundup_cta&amp;utm_campaign=events_posting&amp;utm_content=inline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Feature it, so<\/a> nearby readers see it all across Patch \u2014 including in roundups like this!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The upcoming weeks offer several events and observances in the Tampa Bay area to celebrate \u2014 and take&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":225675,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-225674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=225674"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225674\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/225675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}