Prepare early to decorate your house naturally as we make decorative holiday crafts from palm and palmetto fronds, pine needles, and other natural materials.
Cost is $3/vehicle or Florida State Parks Annual Pass, plus $5/person activity fee; children 12 and under free.
Pre-registration is required. E-mail DadePrograms@FloridaDEP.gov or call the park office at 352-793-4781 to register.
Traditional pine needle basketry is taught by Dade’s experienced volunteers.
All materials are provided to make a longleaf pine needle basket.
Pre-register by calling 352-793-4781 or email DadePrograms@FloridaDEP.gov.
Cost is $3/vehicle (or Florida State Parks Annual Pass) plus $5/person activities fee.
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.
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, 12 and under free.
Pre-registration is required at DadePrograms@FloridaDEP.gov or 352-793-4781.
Sundays: 1:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m.
Tuesdays: 4:00 p.m., 5:00 p.m., and 6:00 p.m.
Thursdays: 4:00 p.m., 5:00 p.m., and 6:00 p.m.
Saturdays: 4:00 p.m., 5:00 p.m., and 6:00 p.m.
Travel through time with us as we take you room to room with various Christmas decorations through the years of the Baker House. Each room is decorated by a local business or civic group. Reservations required.
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.