Education and Outreach
Do you have a special talent for sharing your love of nature with others?
Are you a talented photographer or illustrator?
Can you help to educate citizens of all ages throughout Florida?
Then consider joining the FNPS Education and Outreach Committee!
For additional information on existing educational programs or to find out how you can assist with current and future projects, e-mail the contact at the top of this page.
Education about Florida's native plants and their conservation needs is an important focus of FNPS. The Education and Outreach Committee is currently working on several projects, including:
* The Committee has created a list of public gardens and natural areas that featuring landscaping with native plants. If you know of any public gardens or other public areas featuring native landscaping, please contact Kari above and let her know the name, location, website, and contact information.
* The Committee is working to create a presentation that will be distributed to all FNPS chapters for use throughout local municipalities. The goal of the presentation is to educate Florida’s decision makers at various levels about the mission of the Florida Native Plant Society. This valuable education tool will communicate the importance of conserving Florida’s natural communities as a means to encourage support for the FNPS mission throughout Florida. The Committee will soon be looking for photos to use in this presentation. Future presentations for various audiences are also planned.
* The Committee is working with various chapters to continue the long-term project of creating a library of chapter-created presentations. All presentations will eventually become a resource for all FNPS chapters to use throughout their local community and/or at monthly membership meetings. Individual chapters have the freedom to create educational presentations on a wide variety of native plant and conservation topics. When a chapter-created presentation is complete, the Education Committee will also work with FNPS Administration to distribute the final presentation to all chapters. The eventual goal of this ongoing project is to provide a library of 30+ CD’s to all chapters.
Additional Educational Programs and Projects may also include:
- A curriculum guide for classroom teachers to use with elementary school students throughout the state
- Additional presentations for FNPS chapters to use with various audiences
- Educational displays
- Demonstration gardens
- Natural history workshops for teachers
- Nature workshops for members
- Workshops and learning events for people interested in native plant landscaping
- Pamphlets on Florida Native Plants
The Education and Outreach Committee is always looking for new members and new ideas of effective ways to educate FNPS members and Florida’s citizens about the use and value of native plants throughout the state. The above projects can not be completed without the help of volunteers!
If you are interested in helping with the projects listed above or if you have ideas for additional projects, e-mail the contact listed at the top of this page.
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This is a great brochure highlighting native species that can be used in place of non-native invasive species, in northeast Florida.
To view the Front/Back side, click here.
To see the inside, click here.
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The Education and Outreach Committee has compiled a list of gardens throughout the state of Florida that are open to the public, and at least in part feature native plants. The goal is to provide a list of places people can go to see native plants and how they can be used in the landscape. If you know of a garden that is currently not on this list, please contact Kari Ruder, Education Chair with the name, address, contact information and website of that garden.
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