Eugenia Chapter – Florida Native Plant Society

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Native Plants for Sale at ELC

The Native Plant Nook at the Environmental Learning Center (ELC) is closed due to coronavirus concerns. The grounds (only) at the ELC are open for folks to take their own walks.

The ELC is a wonderful place to see how native plants can be used for landscaping! Most of the plantings are more than 25 years old. The site, prior to its transformation with native plants, was a spoil deposition site invaded by Brazilian pepper and Australian pines.

A variety of native plants will be for sale when the ELC re-opens, and the selection will vary. Proceeds benefit the ELC. Visit the ELC website to learn more.

Next Meeting: 6-18-2020 Garden Club

Our next meeting is scheduled for Thursday, 6-18-2020, at 5:30pm in the native plant garden at the Garden Club of Indian River County building. With all of the coronavirus uncertainty, we remain unsure about the structure of the meeting.

Reservations will be required IF gatherings are limited to 10 people. If that restriction remains, we likely will do hourly walks. Folks on our email list will be notified of meeting arrangements at least a week before. Or, you can check back here for updated info.

Eugenia Chapter of the Florida Native Plant Society

The Eugenia Chapter of the Florida Native Plant Society serves Indian River County and meets on the third Thursday of each month (except December). All are welcome at these meetings.

Click here to add your name to the Eugenia Chapter email list to get reminders & updates.

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Simply Stunning! Blueberries

by ircnativeplantsMay 25, 2020

On 5/22 & 5/22/20, two lucky small groups visited the Sebastian yard of Tom Brown, which we visited two years ago as a much larger, coronavirus concern-free group. Many of his plantings had grown substantially, and his blueberries were quite…

8/22/2019: Yard of Lori & Terry Greene

by ircnativeplantsAugust 25, 2019August 26, 2019

Our yard visit was postponed for a week due to rain, and the yard of Lori and Terry Greene was well worth the wait. Located in the Collier Club subdivision in Sebastian, this impeccably maintained yard is filled with lots…

7/18/2019: Yard of Maureen Labadie

by ircnativeplantsAugust 8, 2019

Maureen Labadie hosted our July 18, 2019 walk in her yard in celebration of the 11th month anniversary of the installation of native plantings. She shared her successes and let us know what plants failed to thrive in her yard.…

Preview: 8/15/2019 Yard Visit

by ircnativeplantsAugust 5, 2019

Terry Greene sent some photos of his native yard planting that were installed about 2 years ago. These pictures were taken in the winter. Weather-permitting, we will visit his yard on Thursday, August 15, beginning at 5:30pm. His yard…

5/16/19: Flowers in the Yard of Fran Robinson

by ircnativeplantsAugust 5, 2019August 5, 2019

Fran Robinson is a Master Gardener & a masterful gardener. Her 2-acre yard was amazingly weed-free due to her diligence & vigilance. It was wonderful to re-visit her yard and to see how much she has accomplished. We lasted visited…

Throwback Thursday: 7/27/17 – Yard of Fran Robinson

by ircnativeplantsMay 10, 2019May 10, 2019

3030 – 18th Street, Vero Beach We visited the yard of avid Master Gardener on 7/27/2017, a visit re-scheduled from the usual third Thursday of the month due to thunderstorms. If the weather allows, we’ll visit again on Thursday,…

Why Natives?

by ircnativeplantsSeptember 26, 2018

Botanist Ginny Stibolt spoke about her new book, Climate-Wise Landscaping: Practical Actions for a Sustainable Future at the Vero Beach Book Center on 9-20-2018. Many Eugenia Chapter members, including Martha Willoughby, Fran Robinson, Jane Schnee, David Martin, Tom Brown, and Janice…

9-20-2018 Virtual Visit to the Yard of Martha & Roger Willoughby

by ircnativeplantsSeptember 21, 2018September 21, 2018

Each time that we visit the yard of our Chapter Treasurer Martha Willoughby, we are inspired by her ever diminishing areas of turf grass, her beautiful beds of native wildflowers, her use of attractive native grasses, her shoreline plantings that…

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