Eugenia Chapter – Florida Native Plant Society

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Next Meeting: 8-20-2020 at Environmental Learning Center

Our next meeting is scheduled for Thursday, 8-20-2020, at 5:30pm at the Environmental Learning Center, 255 Live Oak Drive, Vero Beach. All activities will be outside to allow for social distancing. Face coverings are requested, and mosquito protection is recommended.

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.

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5/22/20: Yard of Tom Brown

by ircnativeplantsAugust 8, 2020August 8, 2020

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…

7/16/20: Native Plants & New Rain Garden

by ircnativeplantsAugust 2, 2020August 8, 2020

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…

4/18/19: Yard of Carol Thomas

by ircnativeplantsAugust 2, 2020August 8, 2020

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…

9/19/2019: Yard of Carla Flournoy

by ircnativeplantsAugust 2, 2020August 8, 2020

Carla Flournoy hosted the 9/19/2019 meeting at her home in the Indian Trails subdivision. This community has a magnificent canopy of live oaks. Carla explained that her yard had been beset with drainage problems. She engaged Landscape Architect Robin…

Inspirational: Yard of Kei Andrews & Marc Speiss

by ircnativeplantsAugust 2, 2020August 8, 2020

Kei Andrews, Marc Speiss, and their son Ronan have transformed their small yard in a gated subdivision into an wonderland of native plants full of diversity and beauty — in only 2 years. Their inspirational yard fits into the community…

Simply Stunning! Blueberries

by ircnativeplantsMay 25, 2020August 9, 2020

On 5/22 & 5/23/20, 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.…

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