LIVE OAK--Where else can you pick a pumpkin, learn about plants that grow without soil, and solve the mystery of the corn maze? Why, the Suwannee Valley Research and Education Center's 50th anniversary celebration! 

Nearly 700 school children got to enjoy having fun while learning on October 24, 2000. 4-H agents from surrounding counties, FFA'ers and volunteers partnered with the station to provide a fun morning full of learning. The evening festivities included speeches, a hayride and a tent where youth could decorate pumpkins and enjoy face painting. Click below to see photos from the event.

  School Tours. See photos of the 657 school children in kindergarten and 4th grade visiting the pumpkin patch, the corn maze, and the hydroponics lab.

Evening Festivities at the Youth Tent. See face-painting and pumpkin decorating.

Hayride and Ceremony Pictures.

Read the press release about the event and visit the SVREC online. 

Special thanks to all the volunteers, staff, faculty, and agents who worked together to make this an outstanding event!

Questions about this page and the photos can be directed to adnei@ifas.ufl.edu.