About Us
Grassy Waters Preserve Non-profit is dedicated to the promotion of environmental education and recreation programs at the 20-square mile wetland nature preserve and water supply for the City of West Palm Beach. We are also charged with pursuit of funding in the form of grants from public, private and foundation sources, in addtion to fund-raising events to assist in the creation and operation of environmental programs at the preserve. We strive to maintain a consistent membership role which also provides partial funding.
GWP offers unique educational and guided recreational opportunities on the edge of the vast, 20-square-mile wetlands resource. The preserve was historically the headwaters of the Loxahatchee Slough. It is the City of West Palm Beach’s Water Catchment Area.
Managed by the City of West Palm Beach Public Utilities Department, Grassy Waters Preserve (GWP) provides fresh drinking water to more than 130,000 people in West Palm Beach, the Town of Palm Beach, and the Town of South Palm Beach. The preserve includes nature center pavilions, meandering boardwalk trails, hiking, biking, canoeing, programs, entertainment, and more!
Apoxee Park, “Beyond Tomorrow” in the Miccosukee language, located to the southeast of GWP, is a natural water reclamation area that will provide an average of six to ten million gallons of water per day.
 Charles W. Bingham Pavilion (Photograph courtesy of Frank J. Skorupa) |
"I heard a bird sing -Oliver Herford, I Heard a Bird Sing |