Sponsored by
Naples Cultural Landscape*
A Fund of the Community Foundation of Collier County (501c3)

OPEN M- SAT 10 AM - 4 PM
THURSDAY 'TIL 8:30 PM
239-594-2978
FOUNDED 2007 
LAVERN N GAYNOR & Lois A Bolin, PhD

NAPLES BACK YARD HISTORY
Coming to a Memory Near You Spring 2008

Naples Cultural Landscape
A Fund of the Community Foundation
of Collier County (501c3)

Naples Backyard History is the educational arm of our fund.   We seek to preserve our community's identity by working to promote our county's history and her local historical groups and museum. 

Making our local history an "economic" component of Collier County will allow us to work with the tourism development council (TDC) to help us help our cultural and historical resources during the shoulder months.

Our efforts are targeted to connecting children to their local history through a varitey of programs.

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We would appreciate your supprt so we can continue showcase the magic of the place we call home.

 All and all funds will be directed to local programs or to one of our three strategic partners:


The Education Foundation / Connect to the Classroom/Local History
The Children's Musuem of Naples / Journey to the Everglades
Hodges University / Life Long Learning Series

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The Community Foundation of Collier County
2400 Tamiami Trail Suite 300
Naples, Fl 34103

Make your check payable to
Community Foundation/Naples Cultural Landscape

100% of your contributions goes to directly to programs

NBYH Invites You to Visit and Enjoy the Beauty & History of this
                                PLACE We Call HOME 

Click here to expand content  Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary
Travel North on Tamiami Trail North (US 41) to Immokalee Road (CR 846). Turn east (right) onto Immokalee Road. Travel 21 miles to Sanctuary Road (CR 849). Turn North (left) onto Sanctuary Road, stay on pavement 2 miles to Sanctuary entrance. Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary is open every day of the year, except in extreme weather. The boardwalk is wheelchair accessible.
Click here to expand content  Clam Pass Beach Park
Click here to expand content  Eagle Lake Community Park Bird Sanctuary
Click here to expand content  Collier County Museum
Click here to expand content  Immokalee Pioneer Museum At Roberts Ranch
Click here to expand content  Conservancy Of Southwest Florida Nature Center
Click here to expand content  Crew Land & Water Trust
Click here to expand content  Naples Depot Museum
Click here to expand content  Picayune Strand State Forest
Click here to expand content  Museum Of The Everglades
Click here to expand content  Collier Seminole State Park
Click here to expand content  Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park
Click here to expand content  Fakahatchee Strand State Preserve
Click here to expand content  Janes Scenic Drive
Click here to expand content  Tigertail Beach County Park
Click here to expand content  Naples Botanical Garden
Click here to expand content  Naples Zoo at Caribbean Gardens
Click here to expand content  Big Cypress National Preserve
Click here to expand content  Everglades National Parks
Click here to expand content  Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
Click here to expand content  Shy Wolf Sanctuary
Click here to expand content  Lely Barefoot Beach
South Florida Archeology and Enthnography




Lal says, "Someone once said that
if you didn’t know history, you were like a leaf that didn’t know
it was part of a tree.    Our tree is called Naples.    Her roots are strong due t
o the tender loving care from “social gardeners” .  These social garnders understood the meaning of community – knew the value of making a place a home – 
wanted to leave this “paradise found” better for future generations. 
We will ensure that their memories are with us always."

Join us in making history....more fun...more available...and most of all... more meaningful.  

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2009 Executive Summary 

Two Exhibits on Third Street South  (more than 1300+ visitors this season)
 NEW Folk Artist Dick Jay, Keewaydin & More underwritten by Joan Fleishmann Tobin
 Art Ullmann's Aerial Exhibit at the Plaza  - Underwritten by the Camalier Family
 
Economic Development Council of CollierCounty (History noted in economic drivers)
Endorcers of Project Innovation
 
Listening Stations  (completed)
2 listening stations will be set up. Samplings include   Doris Reynolds, Haldeman House, Mullet Fryers, Sherriff Hendry on Huricane Donna radio update
 
Heritage Tour Guide Book   (City portion completed - in graphic artist stage)
(In process)
 
Florida History Fair   (completed - a success)
Collier County Schools 1st participation in the National History Day Competition 
 
School Tours of Old Naples (Now working with Education Foundation's retired treachers)
Trolly tours and meeting back at the Exhibits to meet some of our oldtimers
 
County Birthed-Day Proclamation (A darling & sweet success) May 8th
Endorcers Chambers of Commerce, EDC and  CVB (Convention Visitors Bureau)   
 
Highway 29 Heritage Trail
Meeting with landowners and the FDOT to establish interpretative signs in the area where Collier County began
 
City of Naples Archiving
Partnered with the City of Naples on Tom Morgan's archives
Hosted Historic Photos during History Month
 
NBYH Speaker Series at the Naples Preserve (NEW SERIES 2009) See Below
 
Underwriting Documentaries  (Along with PBS, Barron Collier Foundation & the Wynn Family)
History of the Conservation iwith FGCU's Untold Stories. 
 
Gordon RiverArt Pedestrian Walkway  (Oh do we have a surprise coming :-)
Still in the works -Consulting on depicting the History of the Working Waterfront

NBYH Mini Museum Speakers (NEW SERIES)  See Speakers' Page
Speakers featuring old-timers and authors

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               Volunteering opportunities - 3 hours a week to help us
           make history more fun...more available and more meaningful.   

 

 

 

 

 

   
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