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Have a Lovely Green Weekend + A Few Green Things

June 10, 2011 0
Hello Friends! What are your weekend plans? We have moved into our new space and today I am playing tour guide to Mr. Sweet Greens’ Mom and Eben’s favorite cousin – who are staying with us for two weeks! What a great way to kick off summer break, no?

Wednesday, I took them to the Loggerhead Marinelife Center and yesterday we spent the day at the beach. Today, I am thinking of taking them on a tour of the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse and Museum, which offers climbing tours of the 1860 lighthouse – which is still used to this day. It is super neat to see at night! Followed by a trip to The Loxahatchee River Center which offers touch tank demonstrations and interactive exhibits. The perfect way to spend the day with two 10 year old boys, don’t you agree?

While, I get ready for a day of adventure, here are a few green things to start your weekend:

– TOMS does it again! You get a pair of glasses, someone in need get the medical treatment, prescription glasses or sight-saving surgery they need. Win, Win!
– A waterfall made from recycled plastic. Beautiful and sad at the same time.
– Now this, is my type of vacation!
– Oooo. A fruit festival in South Florida this weekend.

I hope you have a lovely weekend and I will see you back here on Monday.

xo,
Sweet Greens

P.S. — What do you think of the photo? This little guy was on the side of the highway — we had to stop to relocate him to a safer location. Isn’t he adorable? I don’t think he understood that we were trying to help him, he tried to bite Mr. Sweet Greens. Ha!

Loggerhead Marinelife Center | Juno Beach, Florida

June 9, 2011 0
Yesterday, we visited one of our favorite turtle sanctuaries, Loggerhead Marinelife Center in Juno Beach. The Loggerhead Marinelife Center was founded over 25 years ago, by Juno Beach resident Eleanor Fletcher. The Loggerhead Marinelife Center houses a variety of sea turtles that have been injured or that have become too ill to survive in the ocean alone. The staff at the Loggerhead Marinelife Center performs veterinary and rehabilitation services in their state-of-the-art sea turtle hospital. They also conduct research, provide conversation efforts and educate the community.

We spent the afternoon enjoying their fantastic interactive exhibition complete with native salt water tanks and my favorite – the replica of Archelon, the largest sea turtle to ever live. Then, it was off to the educational room where you can get up close and personal with the five different species of turtles that live in the waters off the Florida Coast. We were lucky enough to watch a sea turtle having his x-rays done. After, we strolled through Sea Turtle yard, where we were able to view the current sea turtles that are in the care of the Loggerhead Marinelife Center.

If you are going to be in the Palm Beach area, I highly recommended stopping by for the afternoon for the opportunity to look into the world and lives of sea turtles. Also, if you are interested, you can support the Loggerhead Marine Center by “adopting” a sea turtle patient for $35 – which includes a personalized adoption certificate for the sea turtle of your choice, a bumper sticker, sea turtle fact sheet, and a subscription to the Marinelife Review newsletter.

Loggerhead Marinelife Center
14200 U.S. Highway One, Juno Beach, FL 33408
561.627.8305

Get Your Guerrilla Gardening On with Seed Bombs

June 8, 2011 0
Seed bombs are just so much fun! The combination of committing random acts of planting by throwing a seed bomb or several into a vacant lot or your neighbors barren flower beds – brilliant. These seed bombs from Visualingual come in a colorful pouch with seeds picked for your region of the country. Bombs away!

Where would you throw seed bombs in your local area?
Have you been known to guerrilla garden?

How to Get Your Child Excited About Gardening

June 7, 2011 0
Now that the weather is warming up, it is time to start your garden. Wouldn’t it be great if you could get your children involved in the gardening process? It’s much easier than you may think and it’s a great activity that your family can do together, bonding at the same time. Regardless of age, there is something for everyone when it comes to gardening, we promise your kids will love digging, planting, and tending the garden, too. You can learn my favorite ways to incorporate gardening into your family’s daily lifestyle and how to grow something much better than a garden as well – your family bond.

HOW TO: Make a Hide and Seek Game in a Recycled Tin

June 6, 2011 0
Eben loves to play hide and seek. The only problem; he is an only child and trying to find places that I can actually hide is tough. After several, “Mom, I see you hiding in the curtains – again!” we came up with a hide and seek game played with miniature toys. We would collect a handful of miniature toys and hide them throughout the house. However, once the toys were hidden, neither one of us could remember what we had hidden or where. So, I came up with a fun way to store our hide and seek pieces that also includes a “key” to show you what is hidden. The best part everything that you need you to make your own hide and seek game can be found in your child’s bedroom and the garage recycling bin.
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