The Magnolia chapter is based in Tallahassee but includes many surrounding counties.  We are active throughout the area and we have a close association with the Sarracenia Chapter to the south.  We have a long history of wonderful programming and field trips, as well as outreach and research activities. We hold monthly program meetings where we have invited speakers from near and far present on topics ranging from fire ecology to plant biology to habitat restoration.  Since Tallahassee is home to two major universities and state government, we are lucky to have many local experts to draw upon for programs.  Our meetings are a great time to see old friends and meet new ones, learn about what’s going on with the chapter and other local organizations, and have a chance to win the native plant of the month. Monthly field trips offer a chance to visit private and public lands with botanists and ecologists who will show you the ropes.  We are pretty passionate about our outreach events, and work hard to engage people of all ages at various festivals around our region.  The Magnolia Chapter maintains a native plant garden in Maclay Gardens State Park, has active volunteer work at the Angus Gholson Nature Park in Chattahoochee, and the Wolf Creek Trout Lily Preserve in Whigham, GA. Our chapter has an email newsletter in which our board announces chapter events, other local events hosted by our partners, volunteer opportunities, and grant opportunities. If you are within the greater Tallahassee region and would like to receive our emails, you can subscribe to our chapter newsletter from our website, accessible through the FNPS website.  

Ashe's Magnolia, Magnolia ashei

Mailing Address

P.O. Box 3434

Tallahassee FL 32315-3434

Email

MagnoliaFNPS@gmail.com

Phone:

N/A

Address:

Room 1024 in the King Life Sciences Building on the FSU Campus (off Stadium Drive north of Pensacola St and south of Call St - see campus map at http://map.campus.fsu.edu/ for location). FSU has requested that our members park in the back parking lot: take Call Street east from Stadium drive, turn right on Psychology Way and go thru the open gate to the parking lot behind the King Building. Go through either set of glass doors on the ground floor to the open foyer outside the meeting room.

General Day/Time:

First Thursday of each month (September-May); 6:30 PM social, 7 PM program

Chapter Activities:

Science Speakers (Programs), Field Trips, Festival Booths, Demonstration Garden, Garden Tours

President: Nia Wellendorf

President Elect, Calendar Committee Chair: Marilena Lewandowski

Past President: Lilly Anderson-Messec

Treasurer: Jenny Rogers

Secretary: Josh Rowe

At-Large Member: Maddie Snuggs

At-Large Member: Helen Roth

Chapter Representative: James Cooper

At-Large Member: Rob Williams

At-Large Member: Annie Schmidt

At-Large Member: Ghita D. Heidt

At-Large Member: Jill Weisman

Student Member: Catherine Selin

Maclay Native Garden/Arboretum Coordinator: Fritz Wettstein

Gholson Nature Park Volunteer Coordinator: Bob Farley

Plant of the Month: Caroline Manuel

Ann Johnson, Patricia Stampe, Rayanne Mitchell, Vicki Cooper, Billy Boothe, Leigh Brooks