# Event Details - **Event Name**: Nature Connection 2026 Presents Doug Tallamy's "Homegrown National Park" - **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 21 Mar, 2026 at 08:00 am – Sat, 21 Mar, 2026 at 11:00 am - **Event Description**: Join us in person for Doug Tallamy's talk on creating a Homegrown National Park right in your backyard!About this EventNature Connection 2026 PresentsDoug Tallamy's "Homegrown National Park"Bay County Audubon Society's Nature Connection 2026 Program is bringing Doug Tallamy - Ph.D., American entomologist, and native plant conservationist behind the Homegrown National Park movement - to Captain Anderson’s Event Center (nearby the famous Restaurant) on Panama City Beach. Love the Nature Connection focus on wildlife, ecology, and education? Scott Rashid - Owl Expert from Estes Park, Colorado, and author, watercolorist, and bird rehabilitator - will be coming to the area for a presentation at the FSU Holley Center on March 28th. Click the Scott Rashid link at the bottom of this post for more on his Nature Connection 2026 event, including tickets. Main Program for SATURDAY, MARCH 21 at Captain Anderson’s Event Center:8am - Plant Fair9am - “Meet and Greet” Doug Tallamy, coffee and refreshments9:40am - Student Acorn Planting Session10am - Main Event: “Homegrown National Park” presentation by Doug Tallamy11am - Audience Q&A w/ Doug TallamyOn FRIDAY, MARCH 20, at 6pm, there will be a “Meet & Greet” with Doug Tallamy (location TBD) for major donors and those who purchase applicable tickets (see the ticket info below each ticket listing to see if the ticket you're purchasing qualifies). The Plant Fair will be open to the public, but tickets are required to attend the Friday 6pm Meet & Greet and Saturday Main Program. Ticket levels are as follows:Caterpillar - $35Family/homeschool ticket – $50 for a family of four, $10 each additionalMilkweed - $25Monarch - $60Mighty Oak - $100Go Native - Sponsorship Level $250 to $999Ecocentric - Sponsorship Level $1,000 and up*More information on what is included in each ticket purchase is listed below in the ticket selection section. “Step Up For Students”/PEP participants can request an invoice for submittal, to be honored after purchase. Net donation proceeds will go to local educational and conservation organizational non-profits such as the Bay Education Foundation, Inc., which funds grants from Nature Connection Program donations to public/charter schoolteachers for nature-related classroom projects, and to wildlife and bird injury rehabilitators such as Panhandle Wildlife Rescue , Inc., and Birds Gone Wild, Inc.This Doug Tallamy Program event is hosted in conjunction with Panama City's Sweetbay Chapter of the Florida Native Plant Society with assistance from Sandhills Native Nursery & Landscaping.Learn more about Bay County Audubon Nature Connection 2026 Presenting Scott Rashid. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/panama-city-beach/nature-connection-2026-presents-doug-tallamys-homegrown-national-park/100001978746688612 - **Event Categories**: nonprofit, art, literary-art, meet-and-greet, meetups - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 12.51, max: 1068.91, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Panama City Beach - **state**: FL - **country**: United States - **location**: Captain Anderson's Event Center - **lat**: 30.1485168 - **long**: -85.7465345 - **full address**: Captain Anderson's Event Center, 5550 N Lagoon Dr #2, Panama City Beach, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Nature Connection 2026 Presents Doug Tallamy's "Homegrown National Park" - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events10/banners/ea239caf21e9a1c9dd3b1d982c4dd3fdc570aa0809dd7a21267166d4b7123de2-rimg-w1200-h497-dcf1f2ee-gmir.jpg?v=1767287853 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Nature Connection 2026 Presents Doug Tallamy's "Homegrown National Park" being held? - **A:** Nature Connection 2026 Presents Doug Tallamy's "Homegrown National Park" takes place on Sat, 21 Mar, 2026 at 08:00 am to Sat, 21 Mar, 2026 at 11:00 am at Captain Anderson's Event Center, 5550 N Lagoon Dr #2, Panama City Beach, United States. - **Q**: How much do tickets cost for Nature Connection 2026 Presents Doug Tallamy's "Homegrown National Park"? - **A:** Ticket prices for Nature Connection 2026 Presents Doug Tallamy's "Homegrown National Park" range from USD 13 to USD 1,069 depending on the ticket type. 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