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…
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Janice Broda is the secretary of the Eugenia Chapter of the Florida Native Plant Society (FNPS) & a founding member. She was president of the statewide FNPS from 1996 - 1998.
Throwback Thursday: 7/27/17 – Yard of Fran Robinson
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,…
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Why Natives?
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
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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9/20/2018: Visit the Yard of Martha & Roger Willoughby
We visited the yard of Martha & Roger Willoughby on 9-16-2014 (when the pictures above were taken) and will again visit on Thursday, 9/20/2018, at 5:30pm. Beds of wonderful native wildflowers -- bee balm (Monarda punctuata), red tropical sage (Salvia…
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False Indigo
False indigo (Amorpha fruiticosa) has stunning dark purple flowers and was blooming, later than is usual, in the yard of Tom Brown which we visited in August 2018.
Simpson’s Stopper – Chapter Namesake
Simpson's stopper (Myrcianthes fragrans) is the Eugenia chapter namesake. Once upon a time when our Chapter began, its botanical name was Eugenia dicrana. Botanical names sometimes change. Nakedwood stopper also is a common name for this plant. Its bark, shown…
