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Day trip: Pepper Ranch Preserve native sunflower viewing, Immokalee

Imagine a panoramic view of fields bursting with Southeastern native sunflowers. Well, now's your chance to experience it for yourself, thanks to this Conservation Collier program. While the Pepper Ranch Preserve remains closed to the general public during the annual wet season till November, an exception is being made for a very special viewing Oct. 11 & Oct. 13-15, 2023, while the flowers are expected to be in bloom.

What & when:

  • Sunset viewing, Wednesday, Oct. 11, from 6 to 8 pm., reserved for serious photographers.
  • Daytime viewing, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 13-15, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., reserved for one car in each two-hour time slot.
  • Registration is limited and is currently open until all slots are filled. RSVP here.

Where & cost:

By Conservation Collier

Visit the Pepper Ranch Preserve in Immokalee, FL, to experience the annual bloom event of native Southeastern sunflowers.

And don't forget your sunscreen, sun hat and insect repellant while you're at it.

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It is 112 miles from Boca Raton to Immokalee via I-75 North. It should take about 1 hour and 45 minutes to drive.

Make sure you read the details and follow the regulations:

  • No food or drink available on site; take your own and remember not to litter.
  • Restrooms available at the visitor center and port-o-potties at the viewing fields.

As you travel to the sunflower fields, you may spot deer, turkey, hawks, sandhill cranes and members of the resident cattle herd that call Pepper Ranch Preserve home.

Questions? Email ConservationCollier@CollierCountyFL.gov or call 239-252-2961.

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Mary Lou Cruz

About Mary Lou Cruz

I worked at the South Florida Sun Sentinel for 21 years, as an Advertising Special Sections Writer; Editorial Systems Editor in Technology; and Editorial Assistant in the Newsroom. Before my newspaper career, I worked in the airline and travel industry and I have lived in Brazil, Puerto Rico and vacationed in more than 25 countries. Originally, I'm from Maryland. I moved to Florida in 1984 and raised my daughter in Miami. Email: events@SouthFloridaOnTheCheap.com.

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