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APRIL NEWSLETTER
"Plant Based Retreat, A Healing Weekend In Tropical Paradise"
April 26-28
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Check out our website!
Get the latest on our commitment to Naturism, Permaculture, Health, Nutrition, Spirituality and Community.
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Please like and subscribe.
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We will be posting videos showcasing all the interesting sights and experiences of visiting Sunsport. And of the philosophy and history of Naturism.
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Our New Video is now LIVE!!
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We have beautiful Cabins and RVs to suit your desires.
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To see pictures and descriptions of all our rentals and a map of locations.....go here.
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Check out the slide show on our homepage of all the best photos of the Sunsport Experience by our talented photographers.
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Sunsport Gardens is enjoying some of the best weather of the year with lots of sun and not too hot or cold weather.
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Community Happenings
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Events in April
People are playing daily pétanque, pickleball, and often volleyball. Water aerobics is Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 10 am, and yoga is Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday at noon on Orchid Lawn.
The community drum circle will be Friday, April 5th, at 9 pm.
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Yoga - Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays at noon
Daily Events - afternoon Pétanque at 2, Water Aerobics Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings at 10, Morning Pickleball at 9am
Monthly Drum Circle
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The April 5th First Friday Community Drum Circle is ON!
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Note: the special drum circle ground fees will be in effect only until 10 pm when the office closes. After 10 pm entry, regular ground fees will apply.
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Please arrive before 10pm to enjoy the $15 price.
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2024 Events at Sunsport
Family Youth Gathering - July 6-14
Young Adult Weekends - May 10-12, September 13-15
Mid-Winter Naturist Festival - February 13-18 2025
Community Drum Circles - The first Friday of each month.
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New rates for site rentals start April 1st.
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See Rate Sheet at the end of this Newsletter.
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Plant Based Retreat -
A Healing Weekend In Tropical Paradise
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A "Plant Based Retreat, A Healing Weekend In Tropical Paradise" April 26-28. "Connect with nature and enjoy a weekend with some of the most healing foods and practices on the planet." The cost is $150 plus $30 for non Sunsport members or anyone tent camping. Call 914-886-3148 or email [email protected] for information.
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World Naked Gardening Day
and International Permaculture Day
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The World Naked Gardening Day and International Permaculture Day weekend is coming May 4 and 5, 2024. The schedule will include permaculture/gardening workshops and work projects that will benefit the Sunsport community. We expect the workshops and projects to run from 10 AM to 3 PM on Saturday and Sunday, with time off for lunch on the restaurant deck. The fee for all weekend events and daily ground fees is $30, $15 for Sunsport members.
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Young Adult Naturist Weekend
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The next Young Adult Naturist Weekend is May 10-12. The theme is, "Naked, Natural, & Nurtured". The weekend is going to include yoga workshops, an artistic nude photography workshop, a musical medicine concert by Brielle Águila and Michael Waters, a land connection plant walks, and a planting ceremony to be reciprocal with the land that is holding us, an authentic sharing circle by the fire, a drum circle, body painting and much more! Vendors and facilitators who are still interested are encouraged to reach out to Katie at [email protected].
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The cost is only $30 for the whole weekend including tent camping for people ages 18-30 and $40 for people ages 31-40. Anyone over age 40 may attend many of the activities, but will pay regular day & camping fees.
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Sunsport's Natural Beauty
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The Sunsport Board has established a Nature Preserve area including the walking and golf cart nature trails through the jungle, the Labyrinth, the Permaculture Project, the Lotus Pond, and the Meditation Field overlooked by a beautiful Buddha Head. The cart trail has been elevated to avoid flooding. A new foot trail thru Saw Palmetto, The Palmetto Jungle Trek has been created. Discover the many rare fruit trees planted there.
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The Serenity Garden near the office now has a waterfall, beautiful new plants, a small campfire area, a Buddha statue, and an aviary. New in the Serenity Garden is a Japanese style Zen Garden. If the gate to the Serenity Garden is closed, please check with Theresa or Morley before entering.
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There will be no camping in these areas, just experiencing Sunsport's natural beauty. The Nature Preserve and the Serenity Garden exemplify the spirit of Sunsport.
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To find your way around be sure to get a copy of our map either in the office or on the website.
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May is the month when lower summer rates for site rentals start.
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Snack Bar Hours
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Beginning May 1, the Snack Bar will be open Friday, Saturday, and Sunday 11 am to 1 pm and 5 pm - 7 pm for the summer. Snack Bar hours may differ for special events. Healthy food will be available daily in the office which is open 10 am - 6 pm. Be sure to pick up your food for dinner by 6 pm.
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April Wrap Up
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Sunsport has many new members; the long term membership is at a new high. Come meet the new members, and enjoy Sunsport's natural beauty.
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Artist-in-Residence Program
Calling all Artists, Dancers, Painters, Sculptors, Musicians, Writers etc
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Sunsport has created an Artist-in-Residence Program. Stay for a week or a month+.
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Free camping and day fees.
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Create art or relax and commune with nature.
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Sunsport Tee Shirts.......
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The office now has a variety of Sunsport Gardens T-shirts available.
The shirts have attractive designs by Christopher Vuk.
Purchase them at the office or online on our website (coming soon)
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the Naturally Nude Cafe.......whats cookin.....
Sunsport grown Vegetables!
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Snack Bar Hours:
Friday - Saturday - Sunday
Breakfast/Lunch - 11am-1pm
Dinner - 5-7pm
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Closed Monday to Thursday
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Healthy food will be available daily in the office which is open 10 am - 6 pm
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Farm fresh eggs & home made Jams and Sauces are also available.
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NEW HEALTHY OPTIONS MENU!
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For those looking for low salt, vegan, KETO, paleo, gluten free, low sugar etc
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Don't see what you want? Just ask Tracy and she will use her culinary creativity to accommodate your desires.
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Please use the appropriate containers for throwing out items. Place materials such as clean paper and cardboard in the yellow bins; cans, plastics (except styrofoam, utensils,and bags), juice boxes, and glass and plastic bottles in the blue bins. Place large items such as platforms and furniture near, but not in, the dumpster. Place only bagged garbage and small items in the dumpster.
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To help Sunsport and the environment, *please deposit aluminum cans in a special bin with a round hole in the top in the main recycling area.
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- The yellow containers are for paper and flattened cardboard
- The blue containers are for aluminum cans*, glass, juice boxes, and plastics except styrofoam, bags, and utensils.
- Deposit other trash in the large grey or black trash bins with tops.
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Please secure all trash cans tightly since raccoons are skilled at opening containers and making large messes. Thanks.
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the Gardens of Sunsport
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This month we feature a natural garden growing on a dead Saw Palmetto.
There a whole forest of plants growing on this one dead trunk.
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ArtBox & Serenity Garden
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Staying Cool.
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Birds Life with Theresa
❤️🦜
Three's Company
❤️🐕
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Permaculture Sunsport News
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Praise the Dead: The Ecological Values of Dead Trees
Is a dead tree a living organism?
If “alive” means growing, breathing cells, a dead tree wins hands down. While only a thin layer of wood and bark are growing and actively transporting water and nutrients from roots to leaves in a live tree, all of a dead tree's cells are teeming with insects, fungi, and bacteria.
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Dead trees (snags) and the subsequent downed log provide habitat for many living organisms, including fungi, mosses, lichens, invertebrates, birds, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians. The decayed surface of a snag provides a growth substrate for fungus, moss, and lichen. Invertebrates such as scorpions, moths, beetles, and ants use spaces under the bark as cover and as places for foraging. Birds use cavities for nesting or roosting and branches and broken tops are used as perches and to support nests structures.
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Primary cavity excavators, such as woodpeckers and nuthatches, need the soft wood of snags to create cavities for nesting. Secondary cavity nesters, such as bluebirds, flycatchers, swallows, and small owls, nest in old abandoned holes that were created by primary cavity excavators. Cavities serve as mammal dens, food storage, and resting and escape cover. Bats roost in crevices created by lightning scars and under loose bark - an 18” by 24” piece of bark can support more than two hundred roosting bats! Once snags fall and become downed logs, the dead tree then becomes useful in other ways.
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A Pileated Woodpecker getting lunch and creating a nest
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Elevated areas on downed logs are used as lookouts and feeding sites for reptiles, birds and small mammals. The spaces between loose bark and wood are used as hiding and thermal cover by invertebrates, reptiles, and amphibians. Protected areas under the log are used as nesting cover by birds and as hiding and thermal cover by mammals. The root wad is also useful to birds for perching and nesting. Once the down log has further decomposed, the soft wood is used by squirrels for storing food and by mice for constructing burrows. The duff or sawdust is used by some birds for dusting.
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Females have a red crest like the males but don't have the red cheek stripe.
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The Pileated Woodpecker is a large and noble-looking species of Woodpecker that is found across much of North America. The species is easily recognized by its distinctive appearance, with a black body, white neck, and white wing-stripe, as well as its very loud, distinctive calls.
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The Pileated Woodpecker is most commonly found in mature and old-growth forests, where it feeds on a variety of insects, including carpenter ants and wood-boring beetles. The species is also known for its distinctive drumming, which can often be heard echoing throughout forests in Florida.
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Males have a bright red crest and a red stripe on the cheek.
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The Red-Headed Woodpecker is a fascinating bird that is native to Florida and fiercely territorial. As the breeding season approaches in May, the male calls out to potential mates by rapidly drumming on dead trees. Once a pair forms, they work together to carve out cavities in dead or dying trees to lay their eggs.
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The female incubates while the male brings food to both her and the hatchlings. After the young fledge, the family stays together for a while, foraging and roosting together before eventually venturing out on their own to establish their territories.
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Red-Headed Woodpeckers are not picky eaters, with a diet consisting primarily of insects, fruits, and nuts. They are also known to be opportunistic feeders, taking advantage of any food source that comes their way – even stealing eggs and nestlings from smaller bird species.
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Please make a small donation to help us continue to develop the Meditation and Permaculture Projects.
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Hey What is Permaculture?
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Permaculture is a philosophy of design for creating a sustainable human culture. That is, it's a way of thinking about how we set up the support systems around us: shelter, food, water, energy, society and business. Well designed permaculture systems allow us to live as a beneficial part of the ecosystems around us.
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Join our FaceBook page for more details and meetings of the Sunsport Permaculture & Community Garden Group .
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Art & Naturism.......naturist spirited art
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Sylvia Sleigh, artist
Her most celebrated work began to emerge around 1970 when, motivated by feminist art principles, she produced a series of paintings which featured male nudes alluding directly to canonical female nudes, for example those of Ingres, Titian and Velázquez.
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Realist painter Sylvia Sleigh (1916-2010) was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by Women’s Caucus for Art shortly before her death in 2010. Celebrated for her portraiture and male nudes, she “turned traditional portraiture on its head by presenting the male nude posed as a reclining Venus or odalisque.” The Times, Oct 2010.
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Born in 1916, Sylvia Sleigh grew up in Hove and was a student at the Brighton School of Art. When she died in New York in 2010, she had been honoured with the announcement of a Lifetime Achievement Award, 2011 by Women’s Caucus for Art and had received the 2008 Distinguished Artist Award for Lifetime Achievement by the College Art Association.
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Her most celebrated work began to emerge around 1970 when, motivated by feminist art principles, she produced a series of paintings which featured male nudes alluding directly to canonical female nudes, for example those of Ingres, Titian and Velázquez.
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Asked in 2007, “How has feminism changed contemporary art practice?” Sylvia Sleigh responded:
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“I feel that my paintings stress the equality of men & women (women & men).
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“To me, women were often portrayed as sex objects in humiliating poses. I wanted to give my perspective. I liked to portray both man and woman as intelligent and thoughtful people with dignity and humanism that emphasized love and joy.
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“I did this by placing my models in beautiful settings outside or inside against colorful landscapes or pleasing fabrics. To me, it made me think that the model was a jewel, being emphasized by their surrounding or environment. Feminism allowed me to express my thoughts freely. It gave me the freedom to show the beauty of the body – the most luminous parts equally. My style is the way I can best express these ideas.
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“Feminism gave us this intense freedom of expression thus allowing a change. Anything that helps to express the artist’s ideas, whether it is to surprise, glorify, shock or simply express a philosophy will lead to a change or will simply allow an opportunity for change.”
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Robert Lucy in a Grove -1991
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This months Friday evening,
April 5th monthly Community Drum Circle is ON!!!
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Please Support These Important Organizations
Fighting for Our Freedoms
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Vision: Creating a clothing-optional world where your body does not define who you are.Mission: Promoting a culture of body acceptance through clothing-optional recreation, education, and community outreach.Values: Naturism, Understanding, Diversity, Education
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The Naturist Action Committee is the political adjunct to The Naturist Society Foundation. NAC exists to advance and protect the rights and interests of naturists throughout North America, and supports the responsible recreational nude use of public lands.
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The Naturist Education Foundation is the nonprofit informational and educational adjunct to The Naturist Society Foundation and is dedicated to improving the awareness of naturism and body acceptance among both naturists and non-naturists, including business leaders, legislators, and the college community. NEF seeks to achieve an understanding and acceptance of naturists and their activities throughout North America.
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NAC and NEF are 501(c) nonprofit corporations.
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Our Mission: Simply put, we exist “To advocate nudity and nude recreation in appropriate settings while educating and informing society of their value and enjoyment.”
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The American Association for Nude Recreation is the largest, most long-established organization of its kind in North America. With roots dating to 1931, we have grown from our humble beginnings to an organization that has served 213,000 individuals throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico and beyond. These members enjoy their own backyards and pools with family and friends, as well as over 180 nudist resorts and affiliates.
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The Federation of Canadian Naturists (FCN) is Canada’s national nudist organization. Along with the Fédération québécoise de naturisme (FQN), the FCN represents and promotes the naturist lifestyle as wholesome, healthy, and enjoyable.
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Our Mission Statement
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The Federation of Canadian Naturists is a member-supported, not for profit organization dedicated to fostering a greater understanding, acceptance and appreciation of naturism as a way of life throughout Canada.
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Incorporated in 1980, SFFB has long worked tirelessly for the advancement of naturism in general, and clothing-optional beaches in particular, across the entire state of Florida.SFFB’s Legal Defense Fund has financially assisted countless naturists over it’s tenure.
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B.E.A.C.H.E.S. Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation, former Miami-Dade County Parks, Recreation and Open Spaces Department Programming Partner for Haulover Beach and an adjunct of South Florida Free Beaches (SFFB), founders of Haulover Beach’s naturist section in 1991.
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Rate Sheet
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Reservation and Deposit Policy 2024-2025 Winter Season
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