Welcome Party and Camp Conservation live animal exhibit highlights from the 2012 Florida Chautauqua Assembly.  Includes Florida Forestry Service's outstanding display at Camp Conservation, presentations by Emerald Coast Wildlife Refuge and Brian Staples of Brian Staples Animal Reserve & Rescue.

DeFuniak Springs, FL...An unbelievable garden in DeFuniak Springs, Florida created in the footprint of Thomas Jefferson's summer retreat, Poplar Forest, in Bedford, VA. The presentation was on Saturday, January 28, 2012 as a session of the official 2012 Florida Chautauqua Assembly. Dennis and Brenda Ray designed and own the garden, featuring boxwoods from historic places around the United States.

Thomas Jefferson (interpreted by Bill Barker of Colonial Williamsburg, VA) toasts the creators of an amazing garden, Dennis and Brenda Ray of DeFuniak Springs, FL, for their exceptional garden design in the footprint of Thomas Jefferson's summer retreat, Poplar Forest, in Bedford, VA. This video was taken during a session of the 2012 Florida Chautauqua Assembly themed "A Journey into the American Presidency."

Legendary porcelain art painter Mary Vinson is honored in 2010 by her beloved DeFuniak Springs community at the Chautauqua Hall of Brotherhood.  She is instrumental in bringing greater awareness to the revived Florida Chautauqua Assembly through her participation and spectacular porcelain art exhibits.