The Eugenia Chapter of the Florida Native Plant Society is meeting outdoors at a variety of locations on Saturday or Sunday afternoons, until covid conditions improve. Check back for updates on Chapter activities.
Sunday, March 21, 1:30pm — Learn & Laugh Native Plant Auction — at the Laura Riding Jackson House Pole Barn, 6155 College Lane, Vero Beach.
The Eugenia Chapter of the Florida Native Plant Society serves Indian River County. Until covid conditions improve, the Chapter will meet outdoors on Saturday or Sunday afternoons.
Our next meeting will be at CW Willis Family Farms on Sunday. February 21, 2021 from 1:30 to 3:30pm.
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Chapter member Tom Brown sent a photo of his gorgeous native Walter viburnum (Viburnum obovatum) full of flowers. A visit to his yard is scheduled for May 20, 2021 … This fast-growing shrub grows to be about 15′ tall and…
Thank you to Caleigh & Melissa Willis for hosting the Eugenia Chapter of the Florida Native Plant Society at the nursery CW Willis Farms, on 2/21/21. This relatively new nursery is located at 3700 – 9th Street SW (Oslo Road),…
Look for the striking scarlet spikes of coralbean (Erythrina herbacea) flowers rising up from saw palmettos (Serenoa repens) and other plants as you travel about in our car, as you walk in natural areas, and as you visit yards with…
On Thursday, September 17, 2020, the Eugenia Chapter visited Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge (PINWR) and walked along the Centennial Trail. Thanks to Sandy Peterson for these gorgeous close-up photos that show the splendor of our native plants …
Outside of their screened porch Kai Andrews and Marc Speiss have created a garden patch that takes advantage of water that runs off their roof. Swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata), the tall plant, is a larval food for monarch butterflies, so…
Check out how these slash pines (PInus elliottii var. densa) have grown in Tom Brown’s Sebastian yard. The first photo was taken on 5/22/20, and the lower photo was shot on 4/16/18. They now, along with his other plantings, provide…
We visited the native plant area and new rain garden at the Garden Club of the Indian River County on 7-16-2020. Special thanks to Garden Club and Eugenia NPS Chapter member Reva Brugnoli (center) for hosting us and providing us with…
Now that Carol is retired, she has more time to spend in her yard. Above she shows off a path to the street that she installed at the western edge of her property and how her neighbor now has native…
