Outside Tall Timbers Lodge.

Register (max 20 participants)

Date: April 29, 2025
Time: 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time

Location: Tall Timbers Lodge
13093 Henry Beadel Dr
Tallahassee, FL 32312

Food: a catered lunch and catered dinner will be provided on the 29th. If you lodge on site the night before, a light breakfast is provided on the morning of the 29th as well.

Join the Guild and Tall Timbers on April 29^th for a full-day tour in the heart of the Red Hills region, a 300,000-acre conservation focus area between Thomasville, Georgia, and Tallahassee, Florida. The tour will kick off with a light breakfast of bagels and coffee at the lodge kitchen on Tall Timbers property at 8:00 a.m., followed by a 9:00 a.m. gathering at the main lodge before loading into vehicles for the day’s site visits. Participants will explore key ecosystems, starting with an upland longleaf pine savannah, home to the largest remaining concentration of this forest type within 30 minutes of Tall Timbers, where fire management parallels with western landscapes will be discussed. The tour will continue to the Beech-Magnolia Bottomland Forest, an iconic and well-studied ecosystem on Tall Timbers property, expected to be in bloom in April. The final stop will be a shortleaf pine site, also located on Tall Timbers land.

The group will return to Tall Timbers for a catered dinner, drinks, and discussion in the barn. In the evening, participants can choose to stay overnight at the Tall Timbers Lodge, with limited accommodations for 8-16 people depending on room-sharing preferences, or return to Tallahassee.

Field Tour Agenda:

8:00 a.m. – Light breakfast (bagels & coffee in the lodge kitchen)

9:00 a.m. – Gather at the main lodge, load into vehicles

• Lunch – Catered and eaten in the field

• Site Visits:

• 1. Upland Longleaf Pine Savannah 

• 1. • Largest remaining concentration – within 30 minutes of Tall Timbers
     • Fire management parallels with western landscapes
  2. Beech-Magnolia Bottomland Forest
     • Iconic site on Tall Timbers property, in bloom in April
     • Well-studied ecosystem
  3. Shortleaf Pine Site
     • on Tall Timbers property

5:00 p.m. – Return to Tall Timbers for a catered dinner, drinks, and discussion in the barn

Rooms with shared bathrooms at Tall Timbers Lodge

Lodging: 
8 rooms with shared bathrooms are available at Tall Timbers Lodge and can be reserved within event registration (choose either private or shared among two people, first come-first served)

Other recommended lodging options in Tallahassee (35 min away from the event):
Hyatt House Tallahassee Capitol University
Hotel Indigo Tallahassee – Collegetown
Hotel Duval, Autograph Collection

Transportation during the field tour will be a carpool in Tall Timbers trucks. Be prepared to ride in a different vehicle than your own.

Please bring:

• water bottle
• a snack if you need (lunch and dinner will be provided)
• footware that can get muddy  (all sites are accesible – no long hikes, but it may be muddy)
• insect repellent
• sunscreen/ hat
• Small backpack