Paynes Prairie

Rhexia mariana, pale meadow-beauty. Alachua County, Florida, August 2002. © T. Ann Williams

Alachua,Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Gilchrist, Levy, North Marion, Putnam, Suwannee Counties

Meets Third Tuesdays - September through May - 7:00 pm at the United Church of Gainesville, 1624 NW 5th Ave, Gainesville, FL Map

Handicapped parking available.

Current Newsletter,The Rhexia

We hosted the 2007 Conference . Here is the conference program and other conference background documents.

For Information about the chapter, contact Claudia Larsen
352-466-3880

The Chapter President is Brian Quinn
386-454-4340

The Board of Directors (BOD) Representative is Heather Blake
352-225-1381

Send chapter mail to:
P.O. Box 110670,
EH Dept., Univ of Florida
Gainesville, FL 32611

Announcements

Newsletter Archive - Search For Plant Tips! Submit an article or jpeg photos to our newsletter editor Mary Santello at Rhexia@gmail.com. Dealine for upcoming issues is the 25th of each month. We welcome your experiences and information about native plants for our area!

Recent issues of The Rhexia are indexed here.

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Display date: 08/18/2009 Drop date: 11/11/2013 Last change: 08/18/2009
Changed by: Claudia Larsen

Meeting Location and Parking

We meet third Tuesdays at 7pm, September through May at: United Church of Gainesville, 1624 NW 5th Ave, Gainesville FL.

(Church is 3 blocks from NW 13 th St and 5th Ave intersection near UF campus) Plenty of easy and safe parking.

Handicap parking on west side of building.

The public is welcome to attend.

Display date: 08/18/2008 Drop date: 08/20/2011 Last change: 08/05/2009
Changed by: Claudia Larsen

FNPS Officers for 2010

Officers for 2010:

President Brian Quinn, Bpatquinn@hotmail.com(386.454.4340)
Vice President Paula Russo, Prusso52@netzero.com (352.495.5611)
Secretary Erick Smith, urbanforester@gmail.com (352.380.0648)
Treasurer Joe Durando (386-462-5455)
Chapter Rep Heather Blake ButterflygirlH@yahoo.com (352.225.1381)

Directors: Debbie DeLoach, Jill McGuire, Ellen Thoms, Eleanor K. Sommer, Claudia Larsen

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Other positions:

Membership Chair: Goldie Schwartz
Newsletter editors: Mary Santello
Field Trip Coordinator: Ivor Kincaid
Plant Rescue & Field Trip Coordinator: Jamie Barichivich
Publicity and media contact: Vacant

Display date: 10/20/2008 Drop date: 10/20/2015 Last change: 11/18/2009
Changed by: Claudia Larsen

Calendar

Date(s)	Event
02/12/2010 --02/14/2010	February 12-14 Rally for the River - Riverside Park, Palatka FNPS is a sponsor and will host a booth and plant sale on Saturday Feb 13. Call Claudia to volunteer 352-846-1070 or email micanopywildflowers@yahoo.com Rally info posted at www:pcecweb.org
02/16/2010	February 16 - Monthly Program, 7pm TBA
02/20/2010	February 20 Special all day field trip to Tallahasse to see woodland wildflowers (Trillium, Trout Lily and other ephemerals)at Wolf Creek Ravine Conservation Area and enjoy opportunity to buy rare plants at Dan Miller's Nursery. Leader Brian Quinn. Details will follow soon.
03/16/2010	March 16 - Monthly Program, 7pm
03/20/2010	March 20 Field Trip TBA
04/16/2010	April 16-17 Spring Native Plant Sale, Morningside Nature Center - Best selection of trees, shrubs and wildflowers in Florida! All plants certified to be native to north central Florida. Friday evening for members only. Saturday 8:30-12:30AM for general public. Details at www.natureoperations.org Vendor inquiries: jelkslg@ufl.edu
04/20/2010	April 20 Program meeting at 7pm
04/24/2010	April 24 Field Trip TBA
05/04/2010	May 4 Chapter Planning Meeting 5:30-7:30pm Site TBA, All members invited to plan fall FNPS activities.
05/18/2010	May 18 Program Meeting 7pm
05/22/2010	May 22 Field Trip - Site TBA
06/01/2010 --08/01/2010	NO MEETING IN THE SUMMER - Programs resume in September