Sip, savor and share a glass among friends at the Second Annual Pairing and Sharing Wine Dinner at Churchill Oaks on Thursday, May 2 at 6 p.m. Proceeds from this event will directly benefit Caring & Sharing of Walton County.
Guests will begin the evening with cocktails, conversation, and passed...
Seagrove Garden Club members Linda Romano, left, Marie Spafford and Tracy Bielamowicz hosted Flower Wave, a spontaneous public flower give-away, at Hibiscus Guesthouse in Grayton Beach in late February to help celebrate the 30th anniversary of the bed and breakfast. Hibiscus’ original guest house once belonged to the family...
Sandestin Wine Festival April 11-14
The 37th Annual Sandestin Wine Festival at the Village of Baytowne Wharf at Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort will take place April 11 - 14, 2024. Topping area polls as a must-experience event, this beloved festival offers four full days of unique events including wine...
By Heather Bennett Eye
Walton County has a few local celebrities that are familiar with the spotlight, but our woodland neighbors, the Florida Black Bear, are getting their time to shine. The Paper Bear, a nonprofit, is creating a soon-to-be-released feature film to bring awareness of the importance of biodiversity...
by Kimberly Stanley, SEASIDE Institute™
SEASIDE Institute™ recently sponsored a pivotal resilience workshop in DeFuniak Springs, led by The Water Institute from New Orleans, Louisiana. This series of discussions focused on how to advance resilience efforts in Walton County. It also shed light on crucial strategies to fortify inland and...
Freeport High School boasts an innovative aquaponics program that integrates culturing fish (aquaculture) and various crops (agriculture) using an array of growing systems, including deep-water well, nutrient-film technique (NFT), Dutch buckets, and clay media beds. Spearheaded by the foresight of Walton County School District’s Superintendent A. Russell Hughes and...
By: Bernadette Canut, Public Outreach Coordinator and Amy Anguiano, Field Biologist
If Florida mosquitoes weren’t bad enough, yellow flies are here to steal their thunder. These devilish insects will begin to arrive around mid-April and normally stick around for six weeks. They are quiet flyers and are hard to hear...
Local school districts including Walton County School District, Liberty County Schools and Washington County School District will join 10 other schools across Florida in a pilot program that will integrate local produce into school cafeterias.
This is due to a 6.5 million dollar grant the Florida School Nutrition Association (FSNA)...
From Visit South Walton:
Walton County is widely regarded and celebrated for its 26 miles of sugar-white sand paired with incredible turquoise waters. It’s truly a breathtaking sight and the reason that many of our residents were attracted here.
Our beaches are what draws visitors here as well, generating an economic...
by Kimberly Stanley, Seaside Institute™
The Seaside Prize™ is an annual event that celebrates the trailblazers who have dedicated their careers to reshaping communities through innovative design and creative planning by using the principles of New Urbanism. This year’s 30th celebration, February 2-4, extended its embrace to include the sister...
