The best weather has arrived in beautiful St. Petersburg, and there’s nothing like a picnic in the park to celebrate! We invite you to gather your family, friends and neighbors and join us at Flora Wylie Park as we attempt to break the World Record for the World’s Longest Picnic Blanket!
World Record Attempt
Flora Wylie Park, nestled along the shores of Tampa Bay on North Shore Drive NE, will be the scene of Picnic Land, where a winding row of colorful picnic blankets will be laid end-to-end. Our goal (while we support the Waterfront Parks Foundation) is to have enough blankets to create the world’s longest continuous ribbon of picnic blankets in one place! The entrance fee for four is only $40 and includes a souvenir blanket in the color of your choice. The event, which is co-sponsored by the City of St. Petersburg, will offer lots of fun for all ages, including food trucks, professional story tellers, a magician and live music. Best of all for the kids and grandkids, Santa will be a featured guest, complete with his own tent so they can get their Christmas wish list to him at Picnic Land!
Free Blanket with Purchase
You can choose from four blanket colors: blue, pink, green, or orange, which will be placed in individual color sections along the meandering ribbon of blankets, so if your group of friends/family choose blankets of the same color, you will easily be able to find one another and picnic together.
Optional Food Choices
When you reserve your blanket, you also have the option of preordering a charcuterie platter from Lolita’s Wine Market (with meat, vegetarian or gluten-free). So, you can bring your own picnic baskets, pick up your pre-ordered charcuterie boards or purchase food from your choice of food trucks at the event. All entrance proceeds will benefit the work of the Waterfront Parks Foundation.
Gather Your Friends
Get your group together and reserve your blankets today at picnicland.org. After all, you don’t find a public waterfront treasure like ours in many cities, and we all should take part in celebrating and supporting it. Hopefully, we’ll break a world record in the process!
Saturday, November 18, 2023
3:00 - 6:00 pm
Flora Wylie Park
St. Petersburg, FL
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