Gainesville has a wealth of wonderful places to visit and activities to undertake during your stay. With exciting nature attractions, appetizing places to eat, and outstanding cultural events, Gainesville will make a great holiday get away before, during, or after the GreenTrends 2006 Conference. The easiest way to find out about all the opportunities that the area offers is on the official Web site of the Gainesville/Alachua County Visitors and Convention Bureau at www.visitgainesville.net/

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Gainesville/Alachua County Visitors and Convention Bureau

Here are the addresses, phone numbers, and Web site links to a few of our favorite places to visit in Gainesville:

1. Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art

S.W. 34th Street and Hull Road
PO Box 112700  |  University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida 32611-2700
Phone: 352-392-9826
www.harn.ufl.edu/

2. Florida Museum of Natural History
(including the famous Butterfly Rainforest)

 
Powell Hall (Hull Road & SW 34th Street)
PO Box 112710  |  University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida 32611-2710
Phone: 352-846-2000
www.flmnh.ufl.edu/

3. Kanapaha Botanical Gardens

4700 S.W. 58th Drive
Gainesville, Florida 32608
Phone: 352-372-4981
www.kanapaha.org/

4. Devil’s Millhopper Geological State Park

732 Millhopper Road
Gainesville, Florida 32653
Phone: 352-955-2008
www.floridastateparks.org/devilsmillhopper/default.cfm

5. Payne’s Prairie Preserve State Park

100 Savannah Blvd.
Micanopy, Florida 32667
Phone: 352-466-3397
www.floridastateparks.org/paynesprairie/default.cfm

6. Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Historic State Park

18700 S. CR 325
Cross Creek, Florida 32640
Phone: 352-466-3672
www.floridastateparks.org/marjoriekinnanrawlings/default.cfm

7. Hippodrome State Theatre

25 SE 2nd Place
Gainesville, FL 32601
Box Office: 352.375.4477
Administration: 352.373.5968
http://thehipp.org/

Playing the Mainstage (April 14 – May 7):
The Sleeper (by Catherine Butterfield)

This slightly zany, sexy comedy is a nervy look at the way we live in post 9/11 reality through the eyes of a "desperate housewife," her family and a mysterious math tutor. Winner of the Kaufman & Hart Prize for New American Comedy.