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Pawpaw Chapter
Pawpaw May Meeting - Tree diseases of the South
Pawpaw ChapterPawpaw May Meeting - Tree diseases of the South12:00 am James St Youth Activity Center, South Daytona
The May meeeting program will be Tree diseases of the South presented by UF doctoral candidate Amanda Pendleton (see more about our speaker below)
Doors open 6:30 pm, Program at 7pm, followed by refreshments & business meeting.
Plant of the Month: Black-eyed Susan - Rudbeckia hirta - presented by Evie Phelps
Refeshments courtesy of the following members:
Snacks - Carolyn Kiel, Sweets - Harriet Damasek, Drinks - Carol Hawkes
Click here for meeting location info and map.
Surrounded by a family with a long farming history and passion for gardening, it was inevitable that Amanda Pendleton would also have an intense appreciation of plants. After graduating from Spruce Creek High School (Port Orange, Florida) in 2006, Amanda began her studies at the University of Florida in plant sciences. During her time at UF, she began researching plant-herbivore interactions and physical plant defenses in cucumber and maize. Following graduation in 2010 with a B.S. in Botany, Amanda continued her line of research concerning physical defenses of plants against pests in the tropical rainforests of Panama with the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Currently, Amanda is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Program at UF studying a destructive fungal pathogen on southern pines as well as the evolution of pathogenicity in fungi through comparative genomic analyses. Amanda anticipates graduating in the fall of 2014 and then continuing to pursue research in plant molecular biology as a university professor.
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Pinellas Chapter
May program: Orchids and Ephiphytes of Brooker Creek Preserve
Pinellas ChapterMay program: Orchids and Ephiphytes of Brooker Creek Preserve7:00 pm Pinellas County Extension, 12520 Ulmerton Road, Largo
James Stevenson, naturalist for Pinellas County Extension, will give a presentation about plants in the orchid and bromeliad families at Brooker Creek Preserve.
Everyone is welcome! Join us for our featured speaker, a roundup of upcoming events and local environmental happenings, a silent auction of native plants, complimentary refreshments, and the fellowship of other native plant enthusiasts.
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Ixia Chapter
Ixia Chapter12:00 am NO MAY MEETING: We will be at the annual FNPS Conference!
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Ixia Chapter
NO MAY MEETING: We will be at the annual FNPS Conference!
Ixia ChapterNO MAY MEETING: We will be at the annual FNPS Conference!12:00 am
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Sparkleberry Chapter
Sparkleberry Native Plant Sale
Sparkleberry ChapterSparkleberry Native Plant Sale10:00 am Branford
Come support our Sparkleberry Chapter and get native plants at the best prices in the area.
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Naples Chapter
FIELD TRIP
Naples ChapterFIELD TRIP8:00 am Meet at Naples Botanical Garden
Trip Leader - Dr. George Wilder; Meet at Naples Botanical Garden promptly at 8:00 AM. This will be a full day trip (with travel to and from Key Largo). Please bring lunch, lots of water and insect repellant. Participants are encouraged to carpool. (In the event of heavy rain, this field trip will be rescheduled for the following Saturday.) Limited to 15 participants.
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Magnolia Chapter
Field Trip: Tobe Botanic Garden
Magnolia ChapterField Trip: Tobe Botanic Garden9:00 am Tobe Garden in Quitman, GA
Open House Led by John Tobe
Directions to the Tobe Botanic Garden, Quitman, Georgia
Address: 901 Knights Ferry Road, Quitman, Georgia 31643
From Tallahassee – Three routes to choose from:
1) Most Scenic but slower Take US90 (Tennessee Street) east from Tallahassee, stay on US90 east to Monticello, about 20 miles. Go around the Jefferson County courthouse (it’s one way to the right) at Monticello, stay on US 90 east for a few blocks, before leaving Monticello you will see a small sign to Asheville, Florida this is on C-146 (this is a small green sign on the right side of 90), turn left onto C-146 from US 90. Take C-146 east to Asheville, Florida, about 15 miles. Asheville is at the junction of C-146 and SR221. Turn left onto SR221 at the junction of C-146 and SR221, take SR221 north to Quitman, about 12 miles. Stay on SR221 you will cross into Georgia, take SR221 to Quitman, look for CR333 junction with SR221. Take CR333 south from Quitman, about 4 miles south from Quitman on CR333 look for Nehemiah Baptist Church and Pineview Market, turn right at the Nehemiah Baptist Church onto Old Madison Road/CR 245 stay on this road for about 1/2 mile, you will junction with a paved road (first paved road intersection) called Knights Ferry Road (CR100), turn right onto Knights Ferry Road. Take Knights Ferry Road for about 1/2 mile look for Pine Branch Lane on the right (just past this lane, look for the mailbox adjacent to gravel driveway), immediately as you turn into the drive - take the gravel road adjacent to Pine Branch lane. There is another entry about 50 feet from mailbox entrance- either entrance will get you to the garden.
2) quickest route from NE Tallahassee only if I-10 is not convenient, take Thomasville Road (319) to Thomasville GA, then take 84 east to Quitman and follow instruction above when you get to junction of US 84 and SR 333 which is directly in front of Brooks County courthouse;
3) quickest route from Tallahassee and points WEST of Tallahassee take 1-10 to US19/ SR57/S Jefferson Street and drive north to Monticello, US19 will junction with US90 at the courthouse. Stay on US 90 east for a few blocks, before leaving Monticello you will see a small sign to Asheville, Florida and C-146 (this is a small green sign on the right side of 90), turn left onto C-146 from US 90. Take C-146 east to Asheville, Florida, about 15 miles. Asheville is at the junction of C-146 and SR221. Turn left onto SR221 (north) at the junction of C-146 and SR221, take SR221 north to Quitman, about 12 miles. Stay on SR221 you will cross into Georgia, take SR221 to Quitman, look for CR333 junction with SR221. Take CR333 south (turn to the right), after about 4 miles south from Quitman on CR333, look for Nehemiah Baptist Church and Pineview Market, turn right at the Nehemiah Baptist Church onto Old Madison Road/CR 245 (paved road) stay on this road for about 1/2 mile, you will come to the first paved road intersection with Knights Ferry Road (CR100), turn right onto Knights Ferry Road. Take Knights Ferry Road for about 1/2 mile look for Pine Branch Lane on the right - just past this lane, look for the mailbox adjacent to gravel driveway – turn into gravel road adjacent to Pine Branch lane. There is another entry about 50 feet from mailbox entrance- either entrance will get you to the garden.
It takes about 1 hour to drive to the Tobe Garden from Tallahassee.
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Tarflower Chapter
Mead Garden Workday
Tarflower ChapterMead Garden Workday10:00 am Mead Botanical Garden
Come out to Mead Garden for Tarflower's monthly workday. Help clean up and apply pine straw to the native planted area along S. Denning Dr (located between Orchid Ave and Garden Dr adjacent to the Community Garden). This area was planted a couple of years ago with native trees and shrubs, including longleaf pine, myrtle oak, saw palmetto and beauty berry. Weedy, non-native species including several big clumps of guinea grass (Panicum maximum) have grown in among them and need to be dug up, along with assorted other species. If there is time, more weeding is necessary in the native planting around the Discovery Barn.
Bring a picnic lunch, gloves, digging and clipping implements, large trash bags and water. Wearing closed-toe shoes and a hat is recommended.
Call Catherine Bowman (407-637-5883) or Stacey Matrazzo (407-590-5321) if you have questions. Otherwise, just show up!
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Coontie Chapter
Featured Speaker, M. E. DePalma
Coontie ChapterFeatured Speaker, M. E. DePalma7:00 pm Secret Wood Nature Center
M. E. DePalma has been involved in Wilton Manors since she moved there in 1992, serving on the board of her neighborhood association, and as a member of the Planning and Zoning Board for two terms. She is also active in the Wilton Manors Historical Society. She is a member of the Broward County NatureScape Board, is National Wildlife Federation Habitat Steward, and is active in the Moringa Garden Club. She is known around town as the Butterfly Lady for the many Naturescape Broward classes she has conducted on native plants and butterfly gardening and for the M. E. DePalma Park butterfly garden she created.
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PaynesPrairie Chapter
May 9 Program Meeting, 7pm
PaynesPrairie ChapterMay 9 Program Meeting, 7pm7:00 pm United Church of Gainesville, 1624 NW 5th Avenue, Gainesville FL
Topic: Gopher Tortoise Preservation
Speaker: Pat Ashton
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LongleafPine Chapter
Monthly Meeting - Speaker Ginny Stibolt - Organic Gardening Methods and Ecosystem Garde
LongleafPine ChapterMonthly Meeting - Speaker Ginny Stibolt - Organic Gardening Methods and Ecosystem Garde6:30 pm Main Library, 239 North Spring Street in Pensacola
Stibolt Presentation:
Growing your own vegetables is more popular than ever for many reasons.One of the biggest reasons is that folks want to take control of their own food supply; it's the best way to know the history of the food
from seed or seedling to the table.But your edible garden does not live in a vacuum; it's surrounded by the ecosystem of your property and your neighborhood.If you encourage the pollinators, especially the native bees, and the predators of bugs such as praying mantids, ladybugs, and insect-eating birds, then you've taken a big step in ecosystem gardening.
Stibolt Bio
Ginny Stibolt, a life-long gardener with an MS degree in Botany from the University of Maryland, moved to NE Florida in 2004.She writes about Florida gardening.She started with a series of columns, pod casts, and a supporting website called Adventures of a Transplanted Gardener that appeared in several publications for eight years.She also wrote the garden columns for Vero Beach Magazine for four years.Now her writing also includes two Florida gardening books published by University Press of Florida: "Sustainable Gardening for Florida" (2009) and "Organic Methods for Vegetable Gardening in Florida" (2013), and is working on a third book.She's an active member of the Florida Native Plant Society and writes regularly for their blog.She also writes monthly for the Native Plants & Wildlife Gardens blog and is the Florida representative for The Lawn Reform Coalition.
You can keep up with her on her own blog and/or the following web pages:
www.GreenGardeningMatters.com
www.FloridaVegetableGardening.com
www.fnpsblog.org
www.NativePlantWildlifeGarden.com
www.lawnreform.org
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Cocoplum Chapter
Field Trip to Jonathan Dickinson State Park
Cocoplum ChapterField Trip to Jonathan Dickinson State Park12:00 am
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Serenoa Chapter
Serenoa May Field Trip
Serenoa ChapterSerenoa May Field Trip9:00 am Boyd Hill Nature Preserve, Pinellas Co.
A ranger-led tour of Boyd Hill Nature Preserve will be followed by a visit to Richard Beaupre’s beautiful garden and lunch in the garden.
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PaynesPrairie Chapter
May Field Trip, 10am-2pm
PaynesPrairie ChapterMay Field Trip, 10am-2pm10:00 am Rainbow Springs State Park
Trip Leader: Erick Smith 352-380-0648
Join Erick for an easy stroll through Rainbow Springs State Park. We’ll mosey through the extensive gardens, side trails and check out the spring itself. Bring a lunch, beverage, and other necessary items. We’ll finish up and arrive back in Gainesville around 3pm.
To carpool, meet at the Publix on 34th Street just north of Willliston Road at 8:45am.
Directions: Drive south and west on SR 121 to Williston, then head due south on 41 towards Dunnellon. The address is 19158 SW 81 Place Road, Dunnellon, Fl. 34432. The park entrance is on your left before you arrive in Dunnellon. It’s about an hour drive from Gainesville.
For information about Rainbow Springs State Park, see http://www.floridastateparks.org/rainbowsprings.
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Pawpaw Chapter
Second Annual Rugel's Roundup
Pawpaw ChapterSecond Annual Rugel's Roundup12:00 am Volusia County
On Saturday, May 11 rom 8:30 AM to 3:00 PM the Pawpaw Chapter will be coordinating the second annual Rugel's Roundup.
The Rugel's Roundup is a coordinated survey of Volusia County's endemic Deeringothamnus rugelii - Rugel's false pawpaw. Also known as yellow squirrel-banana and Volusia pawpaw, this plant it the chapter's namesake and is an endangered species. Lat year's roundup was sucessfull in documenting some of the extremities of this rare plant's range, particularly to the south. This year the focus will be on the core of the range with the hope of finding previously unknown populations.
8:30 AM Volunteers meet to Carpool: Long Leaf Pine Preserve open parking lot at the west end of Pioneer Trail just before it converges with Hwy 44.
9:00 AM Hold Deeringothamnus rugelii ID and Data Collection Training Session:
North end of jeep trail off Hwy 44, accessed through a locked gate at the east entry to LLPP (1/4 mile West of where Pioneer Trail converges with hwy 44).
9:30 AM - 3:00 PM Survey teams armed with maps, data sheets and GPS unit will disperse to designated survey locations to collect required data on D. rugelii.
1:00 PM -3:00 PM Lunch: either bring you own or plan to purchase sandwich, drinks, and snacks at Cracker Creek's Canoe Outpost on Spruce Creek at 1795 Taylor Rd. Port Orange, FL 32128. (Restrooms and picnic shelter will be available.)
3:00 PM: All survey teams meet at Cracker Creek for collection of data sheets.
What participants can expect to get: Hot, THIRSTY, Chigger bites, sun burned, palmetto scratches, and an opportunity to BUY your own lunch at Cracker Creek after returning from the field. (BRING your OWN water, but know that Pawpaw Chapter will provide an extra bottle before you head out into the field.)
Note, all participants should be prepared for field work: plenty of water, snacks, insect repellent, long sleeves / pants, and appropriate weather protection. If you have questions after reading the above feel free to contact Sonya Guidry - Email: guidry.sonya@gmail.com Cell: 386 690-1797
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Suncoast Chapter
Buying Trip - Green Isles Gardens
Suncoast ChapterBuying Trip - Green Isles Gardens10:00 am Clermont Area
Green Isles Gardens will host our late spring buying trip. This trip is a week earlier than our normal field activity day in order to avoid conflicting with the conference.
The nursery carries a broad array of natives, including dry site specialists, that are appropriate to our central Florida area.
See you then!
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Pinellas Chapter
Invasive Plant Removal Workday
Pinellas ChapterInvasive Plant Removal Workday8:30 am Hammock Park, 1900 San Mateo Dr., Dunedin
Joint Workday with Friends of the Hammock Park
8:30 a.m until noon
Volunteers wanted to help remove exotic ground cover from Hammock Park. Meet us in the main picnic area at 8:30 AM for a brief orientation on identifying target species and work sites along the trails. Bring gloves and hand digging tools. Bags will be provided. Water will be available throughout the morning. Celebrate success with free pizza and drinks in the picnic area shelters following the event.
Photo courtesy of the Friends of the Hammock, is a before-and-after photo from last year's event.
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Sumter Chapter
Monthly Meeting
Sumter ChapterMonthly Meeting6:00 pm Sumterville Community Bldg
Jim Davis, with the Florida Yards & Neighborhoods program, will present "Plants for Central Florida."
Please join us for refreshments and native plants for raffle.
The Sumter Native Plant Society meets the second Monday of the month at the Sumterville Community Building, 2427 CR 522 (stone building 1/2 mile south of 470 on Hwy. 301).
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NatureCoast Chapter
Incorporating Native Wildflowers into the Landscape
NatureCoast ChapterIncorporating Native Wildflowers into the Landscape7:00 pm 5401 Land O Lakes Blvd. (US 41) Land O Lakes Fl 34639
Pam Brown, retired Extension Agent from Pinellas County will cover the definition of wildflowers, some basic landscaping information that pertains to “right plant, right place”, why native wildflowers are important in our landscapes, along with examples of some of the more common or easily available native wildflowers to plant into the landscape.
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Coontie Chapter
Orchids of Everglades National Park
Coontie ChapterOrchids of Everglades National Park7:30 pm Woman's Club, Deerfield Beach
Chuck McCartney presents "Orchids of Everglades National Park" for the Deerfield Beach Orchid Society.
What: Slide program "Orchids of Everglades National Park"
Presenter: Chuck McCartney
When: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 14
For: Deerfield Beach Orchid Society
Where: Woman's Club, 910 East Hillsboro Blvd. Deerfield Beach. Location is one street west of U.S. 1/Federal Highway (east of I-95 and also east of Dixie Highway), right behind the fire station on U.S. 1 and Hillsboro Boulevard. Parking is on south side of building.
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FNPS Chapter
2013 FNPS Conference: Celebrating La Florida, The Land of Flowers
FNPS Chapter2013 FNPS Conference: Celebrating La Florida, The Land of Flowers12:00 am University of North Florida University Center in Jacksonville, FL
The 2013 FNPS Conference theme is "Celebrating La Florida, The Land of Flowers". The Jacksonville event will be held May 16-19 at the University of North Florida University Center, a beautiful LEED Certified building surrounded by a campus heavily landscaped in native plants. Hosted by the Ixia Chapter.
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FNPS Chapter
BOD Meeting
FNPS ChapterBOD Meeting5:00 pm Jacksonville
At the conference
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Ixia Chapter
May, 2013: No General Meeting
Ixia ChapterMay, 2013: No General Meeting12:00 am
Join us at UNF University Center, where we will host the State Florida Native Plant Society Conference! The dates are May 16—19, 2013! The conference features field trips, workshops, and social events. Do not miss this conference. Volunteers are still needed. Contact Barbara Jackson to volunteer or make inquiries: bjack2804@aol.com or 904-655-2550 cell.
2013 Conference information is now appearing at http://fnps.org/conference/2013 and will be updated as we move closer to the conference.
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Magnolia Chapter
2013 FNPS Conference
Magnolia Chapter2013 FNPS Conference12:00 am University of North Florida, Jacksonville
5/16 - 5/19
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SweetBay Chapter
Florida Native Plant Society Annual Conference
SweetBay ChapterFlorida Native Plant Society Annual Conference12:00 am Jacksonville, Florida
Celebrating La Florida: The Land of Flowers
Thursday 16 May through Sunday 19 May 2013
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PaynesPrairie Chapter
2013 FNPS Conference, May 16-19 (Th-Sun)
PaynesPrairie Chapter2013 FNPS Conference, May 16-19 (Th-Sun)12:00 am University Center, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL
For the conference schedule, events, field trips and registration, see http://www.fnps.org/conference
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FNPS Chapter
Annul Meeting
FNPS ChapterAnnul Meeting10:00 am Jacksonville
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Coontie Chapter
May Native Plant Sale
Coontie ChapterMay Native Plant Sale9:00 am Secret Woods Nature Center
Many native plants available at this sale which is hosted not only by the Broward Chapter of the Florida Native Plant Society, but also Friends of the Secret Woods and many other local growers and nurseries.
We will post exact time (usually about 9am - 1pm) and details closer to the event date.
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Heartland Chapter
Board Meeting-Heartland Chapter
Heartland ChapterBoard Meeting-Heartland Chapter7:00 pm Denny's Restaurant in Bartow
Heartland Chapter
Board Meeting-Heartland Chapter
7:00 pm
Denny's Restaurant in Bartow
7:00 pm (Arrive by 6:30pm if you wish to have dinner prior to the meeting)
Denny's is located in Bartow: 1035 North Broadway Avenue, Bartow, FL 33830
President Greg Thomas, presiding.
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Magnolia Chapter
Workday: FNPS Garden Day
Magnolia ChapterWorkday: FNPS Garden Day9:00 am Maclay Gardens State Park
9 am - noon, led by Bob Farley
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LongleafPine Chapter
Tarklin Bayou State Park Field Trip
LongleafPine ChapterTarklin Bayou State Park Field Trip7:30 am Tarklin Bayou Sate Park
Jim Burkhalter will lead us on a field trip to Tarklin Bayou State Park to see native plants in a variety of habitats from pine flatwoods to pitcherplant bogs. Expected highlights: Pterocaulon pycnostachyum (wing stem or black root), Asclepias pedicellata (yellow savannah milkweed), and Sarracenia leucophylla (whitetop pitcher plant). Meet at 7:30 AM in parking lot in front of Big Lots at 400 N Navy Blvd. (just south of junction with U.S. Highway 98) or go directly to park (Bauer Road approximatly 1.7 miles south from junction with U.S. Highway 98). Easy hiking. Finish by noon. Cosponsored by Francis M. Weston Audubon Society.
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NatureCoast Chapter
May Field Trip to Withlacoochee State Forest
NatureCoast ChapterMay Field Trip to Withlacoochee State Forest9:00 am Withlacoochee State Forest in Citrus County
Our field trip will take us to some impressive karst features in the sandhills of the Withlachoochee State Forest, including Dames Cave and Lizzie Hart sinkhole. Our guides will be Sid Taylor and John Miller. With their knowledge of the area this will be a walk you will not want to miss.
Walking the trail will be moderately easy. It’s a half-mile hike through overgrown sandhill. Overgrown sandhill is a long-unburned pine community in the process of being displaced by oaks. Under a normal burn regime, the oaks would maintain an understory shrub-like stature with the pines forming an open-canopy overstory. In the absence of fire, the oaks grow until they become part of the overstory, and the canopy becomes more closed. This unfortunate circumstance will provide us with more shade than is normally found in a sandhill. We will see a wide variety of "scrub oaks" including turkey, and post, and bluejack. The closest facilities are five miles away at the Tillis Hill Recreation Area. Be sure to wear appropriate clothing, carry water, insect spray, camera and binoculars.
Directions:
Meet at 9:00 at the yellow gate on the east side of CR491 in Citrus County, across from Lone Court, about a mile north of the Citrus/Hernando County line and about a half mile north of CR480.
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