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FAU Pine Jog Environmental Education Center Programs include offerings such as H2O To Go, Climate Ready, an afterschool program at Pine Jog Elementary School, a summer camp at Pine Jog Elementary School, group field trips, and facilities rentals. The programs take place in a natural science education setting that includes land and nature trails, a pond, an authentic Seminole Indian chickee, and a boardwalk in the marsh.
• Schedule: Programs include options such as an afterschool program, a summer camp, and group field trips
Pine Jog was first owned by Henry M. Flagler, who purchased the land shortly after 1893, and control passed to the Lake Worth Drainage District in 1930. In 1946, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Kay purchased the property, and from 1960 to 1962, trails were cleared and two main buildings were constructed. In early 1960, Pine Jog was established as a conservation center, became affiliated with Florida Atlantic University, and by 1962 had established itself as a natural science education center. Between 1962 and 1970, Pine Jog continued to grow, Florida Atlantic University began to offer off-campus courses there in 1965, and in 1968 construction of a pond, authentic Seminole Indian chickee, and boardwalk in the marsh was made possible. The pond was enlarged in 1975 when Pine Jog received the Founder’s Fund award from The Garden Club of America.
The mission of FAU Pine Jog Environmental Education Center is to develop, research, and share educational programs and services that cultivate environmentally literate and engaged communities, with a philosophy that focuses on students observing and evaluating their relationship with the natural environment. Pine Jog lies within a shallow drainage basin between the Loxahatchee Slough on the west and the Lake Osborne Basin to the east, and the present pinewoods community there contains trees estimated at no older than about 50 years. Prior to drainage, the property consisted of three plant communities: wet prairie, marsh, and low hammock, and it was called Pine Jog Plantation, named after the pines on the land and the road it bordered, Jog Road.
Pine Jog operated under the sponsorship of the Florida Audubon Society until early 1960, when it became affiliated with Florida Atlantic University. The Garden Club of Palm Beach sponsored Pine Jog for the national Founder’s Fund award and continues to support Pine Jog, and Pine Jog received the Founder’s Fund award from The Garden Club of America. Florida Atlantic University describes Pine Jog as a natural science education center of considerable excellence and reputation and as an outstanding success story due to its educational contributions and its philosophy of preservation, protection, and promoting awareness of the natural environment. Florida Atlantic University states that it embodies a culture of strategic and collaborative community engagement that results in mutual benefit to the institution and the internal and external communities that it serves.
Last updated February 14, 2026.
• Schedule: Programs include options such as an afterschool program, a summer camp, and group field trips
Pine Jog was first owned by Henry M. Flagler, who purchased the land shortly after 1893, and control passed to the Lake Worth Drainage District in 1930. In 1946, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Kay purchased the property, and from 1960 to 1962, trails were cleared and two main buildings were constructed. In early 1960, Pine Jog was established as a conservation center, became affiliated with Florida Atlantic University, and by 1962 had established itself as a natural science education center. Between 1962 and 1970, Pine Jog continued to grow, Florida Atlantic University began to offer off-campus courses there in 1965, and in 1968 construction of a pond, authentic Seminole Indian chickee, and boardwalk in the marsh was made possible. The pond was enlarged in 1975 when Pine Jog received the Founder’s Fund award from The Garden Club of America.
The mission of FAU Pine Jog Environmental Education Center is to develop, research, and share educational programs and services that cultivate environmentally literate and engaged communities, with a philosophy that focuses on students observing and evaluating their relationship with the natural environment. Pine Jog lies within a shallow drainage basin between the Loxahatchee Slough on the west and the Lake Osborne Basin to the east, and the present pinewoods community there contains trees estimated at no older than about 50 years. Prior to drainage, the property consisted of three plant communities: wet prairie, marsh, and low hammock, and it was called Pine Jog Plantation, named after the pines on the land and the road it bordered, Jog Road.
Pine Jog operated under the sponsorship of the Florida Audubon Society until early 1960, when it became affiliated with Florida Atlantic University. The Garden Club of Palm Beach sponsored Pine Jog for the national Founder’s Fund award and continues to support Pine Jog, and Pine Jog received the Founder’s Fund award from The Garden Club of America. Florida Atlantic University describes Pine Jog as a natural science education center of considerable excellence and reputation and as an outstanding success story due to its educational contributions and its philosophy of preservation, protection, and promoting awareness of the natural environment. Florida Atlantic University states that it embodies a culture of strategic and collaborative community engagement that results in mutual benefit to the institution and the internal and external communities that it serves.
Last updated February 14, 2026.
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