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Life Lab: Stroll the Blue Cypress Boardwalk

with Clay Henderson

This Life Lab continues an eight-part 'Conservation Series' at Jacksonville Public Library (running May through June). Life Lab is a one hour program featuring local, trained professional professionals offering FREE help on a variety of topics aimed at improving your daily life. Grow your own garden or small business and take control of your health, career, and personal finances.

Clay Henderson, environmental lawyer, educator, and writer will take participants on a stroll down the Blue Cypress Park boardwalk. The city-owned park in the Arlington section of Jacksonville, was at one time an 18-hole golf course for the Edenfield River Estates development. Because the park is located in an environmentally sensitive area, plans were developed to reduce the course to a 9-hole golf course and use the remaining area for a natural, resourced-based public outdoor recreation site. Clay will talk about local conservation efforts and the flora and fauna that can be found along the banks of the St. Johns River. 

Blue Cypress Park is located at 4012 University Blvd N., Jacksonville, FL 32277. This program is paired with a Lit Chat with Clay Henderson that will talk place at the University Park Branch Library at 2:00 p.m. Register here.

St. Johns Riverkeeper's Mission: To defend the St. Johns River and advocate for its protection.

Clay Henderson is an award-winning environmental lawyer, educator, and writer long involved in environmental policy. He has served as president of Florida Audubon Society and Florida Trust for Historic Preservation. His previous public service includes Florida Constitution Revision Commission, Florida Communities Trust, and Chair of the Volusia County Council. Until his retirement, he served as Executive Director of the Institute for Water and Environmental Resilience at Stetson University. He has been recognized with the national public service award from The Nature Conservancy, lifetime achievement award from Environment and Land Use Section of the Florida Bar, and Florida Trust for Historic Preservation, and an EMMY award for the documentary Protect Our Paradise. He has published four books, including Forces of Nature, an environmental history of Florida, which received the Stetson Kennedy Florida Book Award.

Funding for this program was provided through a grant from the Florida Humanities with funds from The Mosaic Company. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of Florida Humanities or The Mosaic Company.

This is an 8-part series consisting of a variety of library programs on conservation and the environment with the Duval Audubon Society, North Florida Land Trust, and the St. Johns Riverkeeper.

Register to save your spot. Registration must be completed two hours prior to the start time. A library card and PIN are required for registration. If you do not have a card, click HERE to obtain one.

All registered spots will be forfeited at 5 minutes before the program start time and made available to waitlisted and walk-in attendees. Registered attendees arriving after this time will be accommodated if spots are available.

Pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, accommodations for persons with disabilities are available upon request. Please allow 1–2 business days to process. Last-minute requests will be accepted, but may not be possible to fulfill. Please ask for Learning Services at (904) 255-2665 or email JPLPrograms@coj.net.

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