by The Editors | September 3, 2024
The Slice: Ways to Support Florida’s State Parks
Rep your favorite Florida State Park with an eco-friendly license plate or a t-shirt from Freehand Goods's latest collection, and cheers to keeping the Sunshine State wild with an elderflower martini.
Florida State Parks Foundation License Plate
Add a splash of adventure to your ride with the “Explore Our State Parks” specialty license plate from the Florida State Parks Foundation. These $33 plates depict a perfect paddle down a Florida waterway surrounded by cypress trees and a few locals, including an alligator, a turtle and a sandhill crane. With dollars going directly to the foundation, donning this eco-friendly tag is a no-brainer and makes it easy to roll up to one of the 175 state parks in style. floridastateparks.org
The Elderflower Martini
Courtesy of The Biltmore Hotel
(Serves One)
1 ounce Tito’s vodka
1 ounce Empress 1908 indigo gin
½ ounce St. Germain elderflower liqueur
½ ounce lemon juice
½ ounce simple syrup
PREPARATION: Combine ingredients in a shaker. Pour into a coupe glass, and garnish with an edible flower and dehydrated lime.
Freehand Goods State Parks Collection
Wear your heart on your sleeve, or the front of your T-shirt, with this artfully designed ode to John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park. This Orlando-based apparel brand’s latest collection with artist and designer Veronica Steiner features lobsters, barracudas, pelicans, nurse sharks and other beloved wildlife known to live in the Florida Keys. Shop stickers, T-shirts and prints in support of the Florida State Parks Foundation. freehandgoods.com
