Ariel, lucky you! Sorry, I don't know the area well enough, but...

Check this out for outdoor-nature: http://floridahikes.com/tallahassee

(Although, you may want to return in cooler weather if "Florida summer" is hard on you, and use July for indoor museums, antique shopping in nearby towns, etc.)

If I had an extra night, any time of year, I'd stay again at Wakulla Springs State Park, 30? minutes south of Tallahassee through woods, at the state-owned historic inn built in 1930s, barely changed, has extra-long marble bathtubs, no TV, wonderful dining room/food/friendly people, boat ride of Tarzen movie river site, wildlife, etc.) at:

https://www.floridastateparks.org/park/Wakulla-Springs

http://www.goodwoodmuseum.org/ historic home & gardens

This is new to me. Anyone recommend? (Can you tell that I have the travel bug? Well, Tallahassee would be on the way to some hopefully cool mountain air!)

I went to FSU in the '60s... will always have a soft spot for that hilly, green, clay soiled town - so different from St Pete area. Ariel, go to the "Georgia Gardener" forum on GW and search on "Tallahassee". Some good info... Tally is near the GA line.

For instance, this is from 2010 in the above: "....Tallahassee Nursery, Esposito's and Native Nursery in Tallahassee are nearby and where I mainly go..I also would suggest Nesmith's in Thomasville Ga.They are open 7 days a week and have several greenhouses...."