The Eugenia Chapter of the Florida Native Plant Society — usually — meets on the third Thursday of the month. Through September we will be meeting in Chapter members’ yards.
Our next meeting is on Thursday, September 16, at 5:30pm. We will meet at the Environmental Learning Center, 255 Love Oak Drive, Vero Beach.
The Eugenia Chapter of the Florida Native Plant Society serves Indian River County. The Chapter is returning to regular third Thursday of the month meetings. Through September we will meet in member yards at 5:30pm.
Our September meeting is a landscape walk on Thursday, September 16, at 5:30pm at the Environmental Learning Center, 255 Live Oak Drive.
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The atala butterfly (Eumaeus atala), once thought to be extinct, has expanded its range likely due the increased use/transport of its larval host plant, coontie (Zamia integrifolia), in landscaping, rearing/releases at Disney Wabasso Beach, and warming temperatures. The photo above…
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Fran Robinson, pictured above in a vintage FNPS t-shirt, is an avid gardener, and her garden continues to grow beautifully. She graciously has hosted us on 7/27/2017, 5/16/2019, and most recently on 5/20/2021.What a transformation! A pretty privacy hedge of…
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The yard of Lori & Terry Greene, visited by folks from the Eugenia Chapter of the Florida Native Plant Society on May 25, 2021, demonstrates dramatically how you can use native plants to create beauty and privacy within the confines…
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