Calendar of Events

9am-4pm

$400 per child

Embark on a discovery this summer during the first ever Nature's Wonders Summer Camp! With programs that are fun, exploratory and educational, this interactive experience will leave your child with summer camp memories they will never forget.

-Program information and dates-

Saturday, June 21, 2008
A crucial species to the ecosystem, the Florida Panther is a breathtakingly beautiful creature. Yet with its environment threatened by development and invasive plants, its population has dwindled to less than 100 panthers, making it one of the most endangered mammals on the planet. The Friends of the Florida Panther Refuge are committed to saving this native animal from extinction, and your efforts will help in many ways. You will help maintain the refuge by clearing trails of non-native and invasive plants. By protecting the habitat for panthers, you protect our environmental heritage and health, and provide a wildlife legacy for generations to come.

Daily, 2:30-4:30pm

Traditional Tea $24-$40; Peter Rabbit Tea $12

A Ritz-Carlton tradition, afternoon tea is an elegant event served in gracious surroundings. Every detail of the service is carried out with care to ensure that your afternoon tea experience becomes a treasured memory.

Sundays, 9am

Join Ranger Randy on a casual stroll of the hotel boardwalks and beach. Search for and talk about some of the most colorful critters found in Southwest Florida, including gators, dolphins, reptiles and birds. Find out what mangrove swamps have to do with what is on your dinner plate.  

9am-4pm

$400 per child

Embark on a discovery this summer during the first ever Nature's Wonders Summer Camp! With programs that are fun, exploratory and educational, this interactive experience will leave your child with summer camp memories they will never forget.

-Program information and dates-

Daily, 2:30-4:30pm

Traditional Tea $24-$40; Peter Rabbit Tea $12

A Ritz-Carlton tradition, afternoon tea is an elegant event served in gracious surroundings. Every detail of the service is carried out with care to ensure that your afternoon tea experience becomes a treasured memory.

Sundays, 9am

Join Ranger Randy on a casual stroll of the hotel boardwalks and beach. Search for and talk about some of the most colorful critters found in Southwest Florida, including gators, dolphins, reptiles and birds. Find out what mangrove swamps have to do with what is on your dinner plate.  

Daily, 2:30-4:30pm

Traditional Tea $24-$40; Peter Rabbit Tea $12

A Ritz-Carlton tradition, afternoon tea is an elegant event served in gracious surroundings. Every detail of the service is carried out with care to ensure that your afternoon tea experience becomes a treasured memory.

Sundays, 9am

Join Ranger Randy on a casual stroll of the hotel boardwalks and beach. Search for and talk about some of the most colorful critters found in Southwest Florida, including gators, dolphins, reptiles and birds. Find out what mangrove swamps have to do with what is on your dinner plate.  

Daily, 2:30-4:30pm

Traditional Tea $24-$40; Peter Rabbit Tea $12

A Ritz-Carlton tradition, afternoon tea is an elegant event served in gracious surroundings. Every detail of the service is carried out with care to ensure that your afternoon tea experience becomes a treasured memory.

Sundays, 9am

Join Ranger Randy on a casual stroll of the hotel boardwalks and beach. Search for and talk about some of the most colorful critters found in Southwest Florida, including gators, dolphins, reptiles and birds. Find out what mangrove swamps have to do with what is on your dinner plate.  

Daily, 2:30-4:30pm

Traditional Tea $24-$40; Peter Rabbit Tea $12

A Ritz-Carlton tradition, afternoon tea is an elegant event served in gracious surroundings. Every detail of the service is carried out with care to ensure that your afternoon tea experience becomes a treasured memory.

Sundays, 9am

Join Ranger Randy on a casual stroll of the hotel boardwalks and beach. Search for and talk about some of the most colorful critters found in Southwest Florida, including gators, dolphins, reptiles and birds. Find out what mangrove swamps have to do with what is on your dinner plate.  

November 24, 4-5pm

The cougar, mountain lion and Florida Panther, all the same species, have a distribution throughout the western hemisphere second only to humans. They are top predators, masters at securing their prey. Yet they are more than mammals. They are sentinels of the wilderness. Not guards or wardens, but harbingers to what really wild places still offer humans-the real predators. Photographer and author Larry Richardson will take you to their home in Florida. His stunning imagery and stories will confirm the reach of the panther and their safety net that preserves a home of all the plants and animals that make up the wilderness.

Daily, 2:30-4:30pm

Traditional Tea $24-$40; Peter Rabbit Tea $12

A Ritz-Carlton tradition, afternoon tea is an elegant event served in gracious surroundings. Every detail of the service is carried out with care to ensure that your afternoon tea experience becomes a treasured memory.

Sundays, 9am

Join Ranger Randy on a casual stroll of the hotel boardwalks and beach. Search for and talk about some of the most colorful critters found in Southwest Florida, including gators, dolphins, reptiles and birds. Find out what mangrove swamps have to do with what is on your dinner plate.  

December 22, 4-5pm

Greek philosopher Aristotle once said, “In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.” In the 20th century, writer and poet Henry David Thoreau once set out to discover “nature,” but proclaimed he discovered himself in the process. Join nature photographer and speaker Larry Richardson for a delightful presentation on Living with Nature. His stunning photography and life experiences will engage your curiosity and sense of awe about our natural world. You will see something of the marvelous and discover something about yourself. His acclaimed imagery, scientific discoveries and musical interludes make his multi-media events exciting, heartfelt, and memorable.

Daily, 2:30-4:30pm

Traditional Tea $24-$40; Peter Rabbit Tea $12

A Ritz-Carlton tradition, afternoon tea is an elegant event served in gracious surroundings. Every detail of the service is carried out with care to ensure that your afternoon tea experience becomes a treasured memory.

Sundays, 9am

Join Ranger Randy on a casual stroll of the hotel boardwalks and beach. Search for and talk about some of the most colorful critters found in Southwest Florida, including gators, dolphins, reptiles and birds. Find out what mangrove swamps have to do with what is on your dinner plate.  

January 19, 4-5pm

Imagine our world as a garden; a metaphor that shouldn’t be a stretch to imagine. Rather than a foot path between the rows of peas, we have roads. A shed is replaced by cities and towns. The flowers, shrubs and crops we tend represent the forest, wilderness and natural areas around us. We enjoy the garden. We harvest its bounty. We take to the paths everyday. But like any garden, there are pests and some dangers. Weeds are more benign n a small scale. However, hundreds of thousands of acres of exotic Melaleuca have drained the Everglades over much of the last century. Florida panthers are venturing into backyards. Some argue, “Not everything in the garden is god.”

Let photographer and wildlife biologist Larry Richardson take you to his garden and treat you to both – the good and the evil. Explore with him a wilderness in our backyards and discover a part of paradise few people know about, and many people fear. His striking and evocative images will cause you to take notice of this “Garden.” His stories will help you fall in love with it.

Daily, 2:30-4:30pm

Traditional Tea $24-$40; Peter Rabbit Tea $12

A Ritz-Carlton tradition, afternoon tea is an elegant event served in gracious surroundings. Every detail of the service is carried out with care to ensure that your afternoon tea experience becomes a treasured memory.

Wednesdays, 10am-12pm

$45 per person

Join us at The Ritz-Carlton Spa, Naples for "Naturally Nutritious" Cooking Classes. Students learn secrets from our amazing chefs as they watch them create nutritious and flavorful meals (see menu). Take-home recipes encourage students to re-create the spa cuisine at home.

Sundays, 9am

Join Ranger Randy on a casual stroll of the hotel boardwalks and beach. Search for and talk about some of the most colorful critters found in Southwest Florida, including gators, dolphins, reptiles and birds. Find out what mangrove swamps have to do with what is on your dinner plate.